We have been believers : an African American systematic theology /

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"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 ex...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Evans, James H., 1950-
Other Authors: Ray, Stephen G., Jr (editor and author of foreword)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : Fortress Press, [2012].
Edition:2nd ed.
Subjects:
Evangelicalism > United States.
Black theology.
Theology, Doctrinal.
African Americans > Religion.
Évangélisme > États-Unis.
Théologie noire.
Théologie dogmatique.
Noirs américains > Religion.
RELIGION > Christian Theology > Systematic.
RELIGION > Christianity > General.
RELIGION > Christian Theology > Liberation.
African Americans > Religion
Black theology
Evangelicalism
Theology, Doctrinal
Schwarze Theologie
United States
USA
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword to the Second Edition / Stephen G. Ray Jr.
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1. Revelation and liberation
  • 2. The Bible : a text for outsiders
  • 3. The ungiven God
  • 4. Jesus Christ : liberator and mediator
  • 5. On being Black
  • 6. The community of faith and the spirit of freedom
  • 7. The last shall be first
  • 8. 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
  • Afterword / James H. Evans Jr.
  • Notes
  • Index.

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