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Indigenous Black Theology : Toward an African-Centered Theology of the African American Religious Experience / by J. Clark.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Clark, Jawanza Eric.
- Series:
- Black Religion/Womanist Thought/Social Justice, 2945-6983
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Religion--History.
- Religion.
- Race.
- Theology.
- African Americans.
- Culture.
- Christianity.
- Black theology.
- History of Religion.
- Race and Ethnicity Studies.
- Christian Theology.
- African American Culture.
- Black Theology.
- Local Subjects:
- History of Religion.
- Race and Ethnicity Studies.
- Christian Theology.
- African American Culture.
- Christianity.
- Black Theology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (205 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2012.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This work is concerned with the way Black Christian formation, because of the acceptance of universal, absolute, and exclusive Christian doctrines, seems to justify and even encourage anti-African sentiment.
- Contents:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Series Editors' Preface; Author's Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 "I Once Was Lost, But Now I'm Found": The Origins of Black Christian Anti-African Sentiment; 2 The Only Way to Salvation: A Christological Critique; 3 Overcoming Religious and Cultural Amnesia: Who Are the Ancestors?; 4 Indigenous Black Theology: Toward a Theology of the Ancestors; 5 The Dead Are Not Dead: The Future of Black Theology and Black Church Theologies; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781283737050
- 1283737051
- 9781137002839
- 1137002832
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