Pragmatic spirituality : the Christian faith through an Africentric lens / Gayraud S. Wilmore.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilmore, Gayraud S.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Religion.

African Americans.

Physical Description:

xi, 323 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University, [2004]

Contents:

Part I Teaching African American Religious Studies

1. What Is African American Religious Studies? 15

2. Reinterpretation in Black Church History 27

3. Black Religion: Strategies of Survival, Elevation, and Liberation 44

4. Womanist Thought as a Recovery of Liberation Theology 60

5. "Doing the Truth": Some Criteria for Researching African American Religious History 74

Part II The Quest for an Africentric Cultural Identity

6. What Is African American Christianity? 87

7. African Beginnings 97

8. The Black Messiah: Revising the Color Symbolism of Western Christology 121

9. Black Consciousness: Stumbling Block or Battering Ram? 137

Part III Black Theology: History and Major Motifs

10. What Is Black Theology? 155

11. Eschatology in Black 167

12. Black Power, Black People, and Theological Renewal 186

13. The Role of African America in the Rise of Third-World Theology: A Historical Reappraisal 207

Part IV Africentric Pastoral Ministry

14. What Is the Relevance of Black Theology for Pastoral Ministry? 225

15. Black Christians, Church Unity, and One Common Expression of Apostolic Faith 246

16. Lessons from My Father's World: A Sermon 259

17. Struggling against Racism with Realism and Hope 267.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-302) and index.

ISBN:

0814793959

0814793967

OCLC:

54454730