Pragmatic spirituality : the Christian faith through an Africentric lens /
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| Author / Creator: | Wilmore, Gayraud S. |
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| Imprint: | New York : New York University, c2004. |
| Description: | xi, 323 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5207804 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I. Teaching African American Religious Studies
- 1.. What Is African American Religious Studies?
- 2.. Reinterpretation in Black Church History
- 3.. Black Religion: Strategies of Survival, Elevation, and Liberation
- 4.. Womanist Thought as a Recovery of Liberation Theology
- 5.. "Doing the Truth": Some Criteria for Researching African American Religious History
- Part II. The Quest for an Africentric Cultural Identity
- 6.. What Is African American Christianity?
- 7.. African Beginnings
- 8.. The Black Messiah: Revising the Color Symbolism of Western Christology
- 9.. Black Consciousness: Stumbling Block or Battering Ram?
- Part III. Black Theology: History and Major Motifs
- 10.. What Is Black Theology?
- 11.. Eschatology in Black
- 12.. Black Power, Black People, and Theological Renewal
- 13.. The Role of African America in the Rise of Third-World Theology: A Historical Reappraisal
- Part IV. Africentric Pastoral Ministry
- 14.. What Is the Relevance of Black Theology for Pastoral Ministry?
- 15.. Black Christians, Church Unity, and One Common Expression of Apostolic Faith
- 16.. Lessons from My Father's World: A Sermon
- 17.. Struggling against Racism with Realism and Hope
- Notes
- Index
- About the Author
