Religion of the Field Negro : On Black Secularism and Black Theology

Drawing together insights from black cultural studies and secularism studies, this book reinvigorates the field of black theology. It argues that black theology can best support the racial justice struggles of today by fully embracing both blackness (as opposed to multiculturalism) and theology (as...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lloyd, Vincent W., 1982-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Fordham University Press, 2017.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Secularism.
Political theology and race.
Black theology.
African Americans > Religion.
PHILOSOPHY > Political.
RELIGION > Christianity > General.
RELIGION > Christian Theology > Systematic.
Theologie politique et race.
Noirs americains > Religion.
Theologie noire.
Political theology and race > United States.
Secularism > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction; I. Cornerstones; 1. Cone; 2. Baldwin; 3. Mbembe; 4. Derrida, Agamben, Wynter; II. Questions; 5. What Is Black Tradition?; 6. What Is Black Organizing?; 7. For What Are Blacks to Hope?; 8. For What Are Whites to Hope?; III. Exempla; 9. The Revelation of Race: On Steve Biko; 10. The Racial Messiah: On Huey P. Newton; 11. The Postracial Saint: On Barack Obama; 12. The Race of the Soul: On Gillian Rose; Coda: The Birth of the Black Church.

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