Description
Book SynopsisDrawing together insights from black cultural studies and secularism studies, this book reinvigorates the field of black theology. It argues that black theology can best support the racial justice struggles of today by fully embracing both blackness (as opposed to multiculturalism) and theology (as opposed to religious diversity).
Trade Review"Once again Vincent Lloyd has written an insightful, demanding, even daring book, and this time with an irritating title straight out of the 1960s. Lloyd throws down a stinging challenge to all those of us who cling to idolatries of race, class, and gender as well as to our privileges in the classroom, the boardroom, and the pulpit. We have betrayed black theology in our failure to uphold the wisdom of the marginalized, the cherished people of God." -- -M. Shawn Copeland Boston College
Table of ContentsIntroduction
Cornerstones
1: Cone
2: Baldwin
3: Mbembe
4: Derrida, Agamben, Wynter
Questions
5: What is Black Tradition?
6: What is Black Organizing?
7: For What Are Blacks to Hope?
8: For What Are Whites to Hope?
Exempla
9: The Revelation of Race: On Steve Biko
10: The Racial Messiah: On Huey P. Newton
11: The Post-Racial Saint: On Barack Obama
12: The Race of the Soul: On Gillian Rose
Afterword: The Birth of the Black Church
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