Burning for freedom : a theology of the black Atlantic struggle for liberation / Delroy A. Reid-Salmon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reid-Salmon, Delroy A., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sharpe, Sam, 1801-1832.

Sharpe, Sam.

Slave Insurrection (Jamaica : 1831).

Black theology.

Antislavery movements.

Slave rebellions.

Liberation theology.

Slavery--America.

Slavery.

Racism--Religious aspects.

Racism.

Jamaica--History--Slave Insurrection, 1831-1832.

Jamaica.

America.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (185 pages)

Place of Publication:

Kingston ; Miami : Ian Randle Publishers, [2012]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"In Burning for Freedom: A Theology of the Black Atlantic Struggle for Liberation," Delroy A. Reid-Salmon explores the reasons behind the abolition of slavery in the Black Atlantic World by examining the Sam Sharpe Revolt. Through this examination, secular bases for human liberation--liberation theories that espouse socio-political reasons among the enslaved for wanting freedom as well as espouse human self-reliance and sovereignty over their own lives--are challenged. Instead, Reid-Salmon posits the belief that liberation in the Black Atlantic World was as a direct result of the manifestation of the work of God in human existence; the Sam Sharpe Revolt was theological act signifying the revelation and involvement of God in history to set the oppressed free. As the first major theological study and interpretation of the Sam Sharpe Revolt, Burning for Freedom places faith in God and the promise of God as established in events such as The Exodus Story, The Prophetic Tradition and the Gospel of Jesus Christ as the bases for human liberation, which enabled and engendered freedom in the Black Atlantic World"--P [4] of cover.

Contents:

Introduction. Sam Sharpe: the man behind the 'legend'. Personal identity

Vocation

Brilliant mind

Model leader

Conclusion

All right: perspectives of the Sam Sharpe revolt. Political perspective: social transformation, industrial action

Religious perspective: Moslem interpretation, Christian interpretation

Theological perspective

Living in Buckra's house: the making of a liberator. Plantocracy: place of identity, place of autonomy

Culture of resistance

Religion of liberation

Conclusion. Working in vain: the limits of liberation

Liberation without faith

De-cent[e]ring of faith

Domestication of Black Christianity

Get up and stand up: the grounds of liberation

Equality of all persons

Freedom

Justice

Embodiment

Uprising: the power of the oppressed. Biblical witness

Exodus story

Prophetic tradition

Gospel of Jesus Christ

All o' we a one: the ties that bind. Historical relationship

Theological connection

Common quest for liberation and freedom

Fighting for survival: towards a theology of the Black Atlantic struggle for liberation

Righteousness

Hope

Conclusion.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9789766376505

9766376506