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Follows Dietrich Bonhoeffer as he defies Germany with Harlem's black Jesus. The Christology Bonhoeffer learned in Harlem's churches featured a black Christ who suffered with African Americans in their struggle against systemic injustice and racial violence - and then resisted.

Table of Contents
  • Foreword to the Revised Edition (Ferdinand Schlingensiepen)
  • Preface to the Revised Edition
  • Introduction
  • 1. To Harlem and Back: Seeing Jesus with New Eyes
  • 2. A Theology of Resistance in the Harlem Renaissance
  • 3. Bonhoeffer in the Veiled Corner: Jesus in the Harlem Renaissance
  • 4. Christ, Empathy, and Confrontation at Abyssinian Baptist Church
  • 5. Christ-Centered Empathic Resistance: Bonhoeffer's Black Jesus in Germany
  • Conclusion

Bonhoeffers Black Jesus

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      Publisher Baylor University Press
      Published 10/30/2021 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9781481315852
      978-1481315852
      ISBN-10 1481315854
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      Ethics and moral philosophy Theology

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Follows Dietrich Bonhoeffer as he defies Germany with Harlem's black Jesus. The Christology Bonhoeffer learned in Harlem's churches featured a black Christ who suffered with African Americans in their struggle against systemic injustice and racial violence - and then resisted.

      Table of Contents
      • Foreword to the Revised Edition (Ferdinand Schlingensiepen)
      • Preface to the Revised Edition
      • Introduction
      • 1. To Harlem and Back: Seeing Jesus with New Eyes
      • 2. A Theology of Resistance in the Harlem Renaissance
      • 3. Bonhoeffer in the Veiled Corner: Jesus in the Harlem Renaissance
      • 4. Christ, Empathy, and Confrontation at Abyssinian Baptist Church
      • 5. Christ-Centered Empathic Resistance: Bonhoeffer's Black Jesus in Germany
      • Conclusion

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