Reading While Black

Author: Esau McCaulley
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
ISBN: 0830854878
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 215

Book Description
Reading Scripture from the perspective of Black church tradition can help us connect with a rich faith history and address the urgent issues of our times. Demonstrating an ongoing conversation between the collective Black experience and the Bible, New Testament scholar Esau McCaulley shares a personal and scholarly testament to the power and hope of Black biblical interpretation.

Stony the Road We Trod

Author: Cain Hope Felder
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishers
ISBN: 1506472044
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 367

Book Description
A hallmark of American Black religion is its distinctive use of the Bible in creating community, resisting oppression, and fomenting social change. Stony the Road We Trod accomplishes this--and much more. This expanded edition contains a new introduction and three new essays that underscore the historic importance of this book for a new generation.

A Black Political Theology

Author: James Deotis Roberts
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN: 9780664229665
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 244

Book Description
Originally published: Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1974.

Free at Last?

Author: Carl F. Ellis
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
ISBN: 0830843752
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 299

Book Description
In this historical and cultural study, Carl Ellis offers an in-depth assessment of the state of African American freedom and dignity. Tracing the growth of Black consciousness from the days of slavery to the 1990s, Ellis examines Black culture and shows how God is revitalizing the African American church and expanding its cultural range.

True to Our Native Land, Second Edition

Author: Brian K. Blount
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishers
ISBN: 1506483003
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 664

Book Description
True to Our Native Land is a pioneering commentary of the New Testament that sets biblical interpretation firmly in the context of African American experience and concern. The second edition includes updated commentaries and essays.

Josey Johnson's Hair and the Holy Spirit

Author: Esau McCaulley
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
ISBN: 1514005484
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36

Book Description
When Josey wonders why people are so different, Dad helps her understand that our differences aren't a mistake. In fact, we have many differences because God is creative! Children and the adults who read with them are invited to join Josey as she learns of God's wonderfully diverse design. Also included is a note from the author to encourage further conversation about the content.

Bitter the Chastening Rod

Author: Mitzi J. Smith
Publisher: Lexington Books
ISBN: 1978712014
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 299

Book Description
Bitter the Chastening Rod follows in the footsteps of the first collection of African American biblical interpretation, Stony the Road We Trod (1991). Nineteen Africana biblical scholars contribute cutting-edge essays reading Jesus, criminalization, the enslaved, and whitened interpretations of the enslaved. They present pedagogical strategies for teaching, hermeneutics, and bible translation that center Black Lives Matter and black culture. Biblical narratives, news media, and personal stories intertwine in critical discussions of black rage, protest, anti-blackness, and mothering in the context of black precarity.

Black Theology

Author: James H. Cone
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780883448687
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 462

Book Description

Divided by Faith

Author: Michael O. Emerson
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780195147070
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 228

Book Description
Through a nationwide survey, the authors of this study conclude that US Evangelicals may actually be preserving the racial chasm, not through active racism, but because their theology hinders their ability to recognise systematic injustice.

The Talking Book

Author: Allen Dwight Callahan
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300137877
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 300

Book Description
The Talking Book casts the Bible as the central character in a vivid portrait of black America, tracing the origins of African-American culture from slavery’s secluded forest prayer meetings to the bright lights and bold style of today’s hip-hop artists. The Bible has profoundly influenced African Americans throughout history. From a variety of perspectives this wide-ranging book is the first to explore the Bible’s role in the triumph of the black experience. Using the Bible as a foundation, African Americans shared religious beliefs, created their own music, and shaped the ultimate key to their freedom—literacy. Allen Callahan highlights the intersection of biblical images with African-American music, politics, religion, art, and literature. The author tells a moving story of a biblically informed African-American culture, identifying four major biblical images—Exile, Exodus, Ethiopia, and Emmanuel. He brings these themes to life in a unique African-American history that grows from the harsh experience of slavery into a rich culture that endures as one of the most important forces of twenty-first-century America.