Creative Exchange A Constructive Theology of African American Religious Experience

Name: Creative Exchange A Constructive Theology of African American Religious Experience
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ISBN: 9780800662554

ISBN-10: 0800662555

ISBN-13: 9780800662554

Edition: 2008

Authors: Victor Anderson

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At least until recently, most African Americans would know what is meant by "the black church" or by "African American religion." But now, Victor Anderson argues, that tradition is undergoing radical change and harbors great ambiguities and unresolved dilemmas. Anderson's new book seeks to provide a pragmatic but principled way forward for African American religion and life. Anderson's work is two-sided: on one hand, he seeks to deconstruct an older, monolithic idea of African American religion as the stereotypical "black church" experience with one relationship to the larger cultural scene. If that picture was ever accurate, it was always partial, he argues. Constructively, Anderson argues…

Book details

List price: $23.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: 1517 Media
Publication date: 2/13/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.704
Language: English



Foreword



Introduction: From Human Experience To Creative Exchange: Benchmarks of a Pragmatic Theology of African American Religious Experience



Beyond Dichotomies: Toward a Relational Concept of Race in African American Religious Experience



We See Through A Glass Darkly: Slave Narrative Theology and the Opacity of African American Religious Thought



Faith On Earth: A Defense of Redemptive Suffering in African American Theology



The Smell of Life: A Pragmatic Theology of Religious Experience



Home and the Black Church: Centers of Value in a Pragmatic Theology of African American Religious Experience


Postscript


Endnotes


Index