We have been believers : an African American systematic theology / James H. Evans, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Evans, James H., 1950-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Black theology.

Physical Description:

xxii, 233 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : Fortress Press, [2012]

Summary:

Seeking to overcome the chasm between church practice and theological reflection, James H. Evans Jr., a major and distinctive voice in American religion, situates theology squarely in the nexus of faith with freedom. There, with a sure touch, he uplifts revelatory aspects of black religious experience that reanimate classical areas of theology, and he creates a theology with a heart, a soul, and a voice that speaks directly to our condition. Edited and introduced by Stephen G. Ray Jr., the second edition, published on the twentieth anniversary of the first, includes three new essays that identify the value of the book for Womanist, evangelical, and black church audiences.

Contents:

Revelation and liberation

The Bible : a text for outsiders

The ungiven God

Jesus Christ : liberator and mediator

On being Black

The community of faith and the spirit of freedom

The last shall be first

We have been believers : three twentieth-anniversary responses. A womanist conjure on We have been believers / Linda E. Thomas

The meaning of We have been believers for the Black church / Jeremiah A. Wright Jr.

A Black evangelical response to We have been believers / Bruce L. Fields.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0800698789

9780800698782

OCLC:

772525874

Publisher Number:

99948326579