{"product_id":"speculations-on-black-life-9781350338746","title":"Speculations on Black Life","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIs God a white racist? Posed by William R. Jones in his ground-breaking book of the same name, this question disrupted the theological assumptions that marked Black religious thought from early writings of the 1800s to the formation of Black theology in the 1960s. This book compiles his key and essential writings related to over three decades of critical reflection on race, religion, secularism, and oppression in the United States.     Over the course of 30 years, Jones pushed questions and considerations that refined Black theology and that gave greater shape to and understanding of Black philosophers' intervention into issues of racial and structural inequality. His philosophical work, related to the grid of oppression, fosters an approach to the nature and meaning of oppression in the United States, encouraging rational interrogation of structures of injustice and thought patterns supporting those structures.     Still relevant today, the straightforward style of communication used \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this time of rising authoritarianism, white nationalism, and white supremacy, this collection of essays provides the background to Dr. William Jones’ creative and critical methods for elucidating the structural injustice that shapes our world.  With this resource, we can better live out his legacy of addressing the ongoing mutations of racial injustice, and his vision of co-equal freedom, authority and power. * Sharon D. Welch, former Provost and Professor of Religion and Society, Meadville Lombard Theological School, USA *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eForeword\u003c\/b\u003e. Peter Paris, Princeton Theological Seminary, USA  \u003cb\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/b\u003e Monifa Love, Bowie State University, USA  \u003cb\u003ePart I. (Black) Humanism \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e1.\u003c\/b\u003e Black Power and Unitarianism: A Personal View [1967]  \u003cb\u003e2.\u003c\/b\u003e Theism and Religious Humanism: The Chasm Narrows [1975]  \u003cb\u003e3.\u003c\/b\u003e The Concept of Functional Authority in Religious Humanism [1978]  \u003cb\u003e4.\u003c\/b\u003e The Case for Black Humanism [1978] \u003cb\u003e5.\u003c\/b\u003e Religious Humanism: Its Problems and Prospects in Black Religion and Culture [1979] \u003cb\u003e6.\u003c\/b\u003e Toward a UU Concept of Authority  [1979]  \u003cb\u003e7.\u003c\/b\u003e Is Faith in God Necessary for a Just Society? [1987] \u003cb\u003e8.\u003c\/b\u003e Oppression, Race, and Humanism (Skinner House Volume) [1992]   \u003cb\u003ePart II. Theology and Philosophy \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e9.\u003c\/b\u003e Theodicy and Methodology in Black Theology: A Critique of Washington, Cone and Cleage [1971]  \u003cb\u003e10.\u003c\/b\u003e Reconciliation and Liberation in Black Theology [1972] \u003cb\u003e11.\u003c\/b\u003e Toward an Interim Assessment of Black Theology [1972]  \u003cb\u003e12.\u003c\/b\u003e  Theodicy: The Controlling Category for Black Theology [1973]  \u003cb\u003e13.\u003c\/b\u003e Crisis in Philosophy: The Black Presence [1973] \u003cb\u003e14.\u003c\/b\u003e Toward a Black Theology [1974]  \u003cb\u003e15.\u003c\/b\u003e Theological Response: The Church and Urban Policy [1978] \u003cb\u003e16.\u003c\/b\u003e Toward a Humanist Framework for Black Theology, in Black Theology II [1978] \u003cb\u003e17.\u003c\/b\u003e The Legitimacy and Necessity of Black Philosophy [1978]  \u003cb\u003e18.\u003c\/b\u003e Liberation Strategies in Black Theology: Mao, Martin, or Malcolm? [1983]  \u003cb\u003e19.\u003c\/b\u003e The Religious Legitimation of Counterviolence: Insights from Latin American Liberation Theology [1987]  20. Purpose and Method in Liberation Theology: Implications for an Interim Assessment [1987]  \u003cb\u003e21.\u003c\/b\u003e Coping with the Four R’s: Reading, ‘Riting, ‘Rithmetic, and Racism: Insights from Liberation Theology [1987]  \u003cb\u003e22.\u003c\/b\u003e Process Theology: Guardian of the Oppressor or Goad to the Oppressed: An Interim Assessment [1989]   \u003cb\u003ePart III. The Politics of Race \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e23.\u003c\/b\u003e Power and Anti-Power [1977]  \u003cb\u003e24.\u003c\/b\u003e Towards a Norm for Assessing the Christianization of Africa [1981] \u003cb\u003e25.\u003c\/b\u003e Moral Decision-Making in the Post-Modern World: Implications for Unitarian-Universalist Religious Education [1985]  \u003cb\u003e26.\u003c\/b\u003e  Religion as Legitimator and Liberator: Insights from the Underclass for Public Policy [1987]  \u003cb\u003e27.\u003c\/b\u003e Guidelines for the Diagnosis of Social Reality in America [1988]  \u003cb\u003e28.\u003c\/b\u003e Hypocrisy, Bibliogracy, and Democracy [1993]  \u003cb\u003e29.\u003c\/b\u003e The Disguise of Discrimination [1995]  \u003cb\u003e30.\u003c\/b\u003e Towards a New Paradigm for Uncovering Neo-racism in American Institutions [2003]   \u003cb\u003ePart IV. Critical Reflection on Jones’ Writings \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eEssay One.\u003c\/b\u003e Anthony Pinn, Rice University, USA \u003cb\u003eEssay Two.\u003c\/b\u003e Jamil Drake, Florida State University, USA \u003cb\u003eEssay Three.\u003c\/b\u003e Jawole Zollar, MacArthur award-winning dance choreographer \u003cb\u003eEssay Four.\u003c\/b\u003e Brittany O’Neal, Lehman College, USA  \u003cb\u003eAfterword. \u003c\/b\u003eDarrell Jones, Columbia College, Chicago, USA  \u003cb\u003eBibliography\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eIndex\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019651776855,"sku":"9781350338746","price":80.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350338746.jpg?v=1750780914","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/speculations-on-black-life-9781350338746","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}