{"product_id":"tt-clark-handbook-of-african-american-theology-9781350320406","title":"TT Clark Handbook of African American Theology","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis handbook explores the central theme of Christian faith from various disciplinary approaches and different contexts of black experience in the United States. The central unifying theme is freedom; an important concept both in American culture and Christianity. African American theology represents a Christian understanding of God's freedom and the good news of God's call for all humankind to enter lifetrue human identity and moral responsibilityin genuine and just community.   Contributors to the volume argue that African American theology highlights how racism and other intersecting forms of oppression complicate the human predicament; and that their eradication requires an expansion of salvation to include the liberation of persons who lack full participation in society and enjoyment of the good (and goods) made possible by that society. The essays in this handbook employ the tools of biblical criticism, history, cultural and social analysis, religious studies, philosophy, and sys\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book will serve well as a text for introductory theology courses and for advanced study of African American theology. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty. * CHOICE *\u003cbr\u003eThis text is a bold statement detailing the theological legacy of a people. African Americans have made an indelible mark on the pages of Christian theology and this fine text explores this ongoing development, covering all the major themes and disciplines in an exemplary manner. This is a must read! * ANTHONY G. REDDIE, THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA, SOUTH AFRICA *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Contributors Acknowledgment   Introduction - \u003ci\u003eFrederick L. Ware, Howard University School of Divinity, USA\u003c\/i\u003e   \u003cb\u003ePart I. Historical Investigations\u003c\/b\u003e   1. The African American Struggle for Human Dignity in Chattel Slavery and      Afterwards - \u003ci\u003eBeverly Eileen Mitchell, Wesley Theological Seminary, USA\u003c\/i\u003e  2. Re-evaluating Roots: Slavery as Source and Challenge for African American Theology - \u003ci\u003eAlexis S.Wells-Oghoghomeh, Vanderbilt University, USA\u003c\/i\u003e 3. Then and Now: Salvation, White Supremacy and Black Agency in the Aftermath of      the White Supremacy Campaign of 1898 and Presidential Election of 2016 -\u003ci\u003e Sharon J. Grant, Hood Theological Seminary, USA\u003c\/i\u003e  4. Engaging History Theologically: Early Afro-Pentecostal Interracial Communities as      Sites of Emancipatory Politics - \u003ci\u003eDavid D. Daniels, McCormick Theological Seminary, USA\u003c\/i\u003e  5. “Peace Be Still”: James Cleveland and the Paradox of Peace in the      Civil Rights Movement - \u003ci\u003eJohari Jabir, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA\u003c\/i\u003e 6. African American Evangelicals - \u003ci\u003eSoong-Chan Rah, North Park Theological Seminary, USA\u003c\/i\u003e   7. The Classroom and the Pulpit of the Public Theologian: A Brief Survey of Black      Faith Tradition(s) - \u003ci\u003eAdam L. Bond, Virginia Union University, USA\u003c\/i\u003e     \u003cb\u003ePart II. Theological Method and Construction\u003c\/b\u003e   8. The Hebrew Bible and Black Theology: Fresh Hermeneutical Considerations for      Liberation Theologies and Situating the Teachings of Jesus - \u003ci\u003eHarold V. Bennett, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eInterdenominational Theological Center\/Morehouse College, USA\u003c\/i\u003e   9. From Ideology to Theology: Toward a More Liberating Doctrine of Revelation - \u003ci\u003eHarry H. Singleton, Benedict College, USA\u003c\/i\u003e   10. The Reality of God and Racism: Shifting Paradigms in Race, Culture, and the      Church - \u003ci\u003eHenry J. Young, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary\/Hood Theological Seminary, USA\u003c\/i\u003e  11. Is Racism in America a Functional Refutation of Classical Philosophical      View of Understanding as Pertaining to Universal Concepts? - \u003ci\u003eCyril Orji, University of Dayton in Ohio, USA\u003c\/i\u003e   12. Theological Considerations of  Being Human while      Black - \u003ci\u003eAntonia Michelle Daymond, Independent Scholar, USA\u003c\/i\u003e   13. Pneumatology and Contemporary Theological Discourse - \u003ci\u003eWilliam C. Turner, Duke University Divinity School, USA\u003c\/i\u003e   14. Mad with Supernatural Joy: On Representations of Pentecostalism in the Black      Religious Imagination - \u003ci\u003eEric Lewis Williams, Smithsonian Institution National Museum of African American History and Culture, USA\u003c\/i\u003e   15. Baptism and Holy Communion: Affirming that Black Lives Matter - \u003ci\u003eBrad R. Braxton, Smithsonian Institution National Museum of African American History and Culture\/The Open Church of Maryland, USA\u003c\/i\u003e   16. God and Time: Exploring Black Notions of Prophetic and Apocalyptic Eschatology - \u003ci\u003eLisa Marie Bowens, Princeton Theological Seminary, USA\u003c\/i\u003e   17. Methodological Development in African American Theology: The Influence of Past Historical      Periods upon Contemporary Black and Womanist Thought - \u003ci\u003eWalter R. Strickland II, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, USA\u003c\/i\u003e   18. The Ethics, Politics, and Civic Engagement of African American Theological      Production - \u003ci\u003eJames S. Logan, Earlham College, USA\u003c\/i\u003e  19. The Church and the Tangent: Everybody’s Protest Theology - \u003ci\u003eMatthew V. Johnson, Mount Moriah Baptist Church\/Social Justice Commission of the Progressive National Baptist Convention, USA\u003c\/i\u003e    \u003cb\u003ePart III. Church, Ministry, and Leadership\u003c\/b\u003e   20. Prophetic Preaching and Theological Reflection - \u003ci\u003eKenyatta R. Gilbert, Howard University School of Divinity, USA\u003c\/i\u003e   \u003ci\u003e21. Plenty Good Room\u003c\/i\u003e      Revisited: The Quest for a Radically Inclusive Twenty-first-century Black Church - \u003ci\u003eMarcia Y. Riggs, Columbia Theological Seminary, USA\u003c\/i\u003e  22. Black Ecumenism and the Ecumenical Movement: Four Perspectives - \u003ci\u003eBeverly J. Goines, Center for the Study of African American Religious Life at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of African American History and Culture, USA\u003c\/i\u003e   23. Receiving the Body as Gift: African American Christian Ethics and the Harlem      Renaissance as a Theo-Ethical Intervention - \u003ci\u003eReggie L. Williams, McCormick Theological Seminary, USA\u003c\/i\u003e   24. Theology, Praxis, and Leadership: Paradigm for Black Churches - \u003ci\u003eForrest E. Harris, American Baptist College\/Vanderbilt University Divinity School, USA\u003c\/i\u003e   25. Black Church Pastors as Chief Executive Officers: A Theoretical Reframing of the      Debate - \u003ci\u003eNimi Wariboko, Boston University School of Theology, USA\u003c\/i\u003e   \u003cb\u003ePart IV. Dialogues\u003c\/b\u003e   26. Black Theology and Black Humanism - \u003ci\u003eDuane T. Loynes, Sr., Rhodes College, USA\u003c\/i\u003e   27. White Feminist Theologies and Black Womanist Theologies - \u003ci\u003eKaren Teel, University of San Diego, USA.\u003c\/i\u003e  28. Jewish Theology and African American Theology in Dialogue - \u003ci\u003eKurt Buhring, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eSaint Mary’s College, USA\u003c\/i\u003e   29. Black Theology and the Care of the Soul, Mind and Body: Reading African American      Theology from a Black British Perspective - \u003ci\u003eDelroy Hall, Region 5 of the Church of God of Prophecy, UK\u003c\/i\u003e  30. African American Theology and Her Siblings in the Caribbean Diaspora: Toward a Theology of      a Plurality of Praxis in the Black Atlantic World - \u003ci\u003eDelroy A. Reid-Salmon, Grace Baptist Chapel, USA and University of Oxford, UK\u003c\/i\u003e  31. Metals and Movens of Colored Television: The Spirit is a Bone: A Response to      Marla F. Frederick’s \u003ci\u003eColored      Television: American Religion Gone Global\u003c\/i\u003e   - \u003ci\u003eNimi Wariboko, Boston University School of Theology, USA\u003c\/i\u003e  32. Epilogue - \u003ci\u003eEric Lewis Williams, Smithsonian Institution National Museum of African American History and Culture, USA and Antonia Michelle Daymond, Independant Scholar, USA\u003c\/i\u003e    Biblical Citations Index Subject Index","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019650728279,"sku":"9781350320406","price":34.88,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350320406.jpg?v=1750780911","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/tt-clark-handbook-of-african-american-theology-9781350320406","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}