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How do black political needs and goals relate to black religious experience? What is the meaning of religion--and of Christ--in a racist society? In this classic early articulation of black theology, first published in 1974, J. Deotis Roberts argues ...

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African American Religious Thought
An Anthology

By Eddie S. Glaude, Jr., Cornel West

Believing that African American religious studies has reached a crossroads, Cornel West and Eddie Glaude seek, in this landmark anthology, to steer the discipline into the future. Arguing that the complexity of beliefs, choices, and actions of Africa...

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African American Theological Ethics
A Reader

By Peter J. Paris

This volume in the Library of Theological Ethics series draws on writings from the early nineteenth through the late twentieth centuries to explore the intersection of black experience and Christian faith throughout the history of the United States. ...

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The Bible teaches us to love one another and to treat others as we would like to ■be treated. Martin Luther King Jr., the most notable African-American leader ■during the civil rights era (1955-1968), was the perfect embodiment of this ideal.

Black Religious Leaders
Conflict in Unity

By Peter J. Paris

This analysis of four Black religious leaders--Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, Joseph H. Jackson, and Adam Clayton Powell Jr.--reviews their differences and determines whether grounds for coalitional activity still exists. These leaders all clearl...

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Black Theology in Dialogue

By J. Deotis Roberts

Challenging all who are concerned about religion in today's world, J. Deotis Roberts outlines a new way of looking at the essential questions. Roberts proposes a theology concerned with concrete and specific situations that also retains a universal v...

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Bonhoeffer and King
Speaking Truth to Power

By J. Deotis Roberts

A study of two of the most significant prophetic leaders in the twentieth century, J. Deotis Roberts's Bonhoeffer and King is an instructive work in theological ethics. This book considers and compares the theological reflections that guided Bonhoeff...

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Cut Loose Your Stammering Tongue, Second Edition
Black Theology in the Slave Narrative

By George C.L. Cummings, Dwight N. Hopkins

Drawing on slave narratives found in forty-one volumes of interviews and one hundred autobiographies by former slaves, these contributors explore how enslaved African Americans received the often oppressive faith of their masters but transformed it i...

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Disruptive Christian Ethics
When Racism and Women's Lives Matter

By Traci C. West

This book brings to the fore the difficult realities of racism and the sexual violation of women. Traci West argues for a liberative method of Christian social ethics in which the discussion begins not with generic philosophical concepts but in the c...

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The Genesis of Liberation
Biblical Interpretation in the Antebellum Narratives of the Enslaved

By Emerson B. Powery

Considering that the Bible was used to justify and perpetuate African American enslavement, why would it be given such authority? In this fascinating volume, Powery and Sadler explore how the Bible became a source of liberation for enslaved African A...

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Exploring issues of power, privilege, and prejudice in American society.

Liberation and Reconciliation, Second Edition
A Black Theology

By J. Deotis Roberts

An expansion of the 1971 classic text, this second edition of Liberation and Reconciliation argues for a balance between the quest for liberation and the need for reconciliation in black-white relations. Written by one of the pioneers of Black Theolo...

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No Innocent Bystanders
Becoming an Ally in the Struggle for Justice

By Shannon Craigo-Snell, Christopher J. Doucot

The struggle for justice is ongoing. In answering the biblical call to act justly and love mercifully, can Christians cross lines of privilege to walk humbly not only with God but with their marginalized neighbors as well? No Innocent Bystanders look...

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The Prophethood of Black Believers
An African American Political Theology for Ministry

By J. Deotis Roberts

This valuable resource from one of the founding fathers of the black theology movement discusses how to minister to the black community. Using an interdisciplinary approach, J. Deotis Toberts shows how theological concepts can be applied to education...

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The Quest for Liberation and Reconciliation
Essays in Honor of J. Deotis Roberts

By Michael Battle

Leading contemporary theologians and scholars present essays on the themes of liberation and reconciliation in tribute to J. Deotis Roberts. The essays are divided into the following sections: Theological Reflection, Faith in Dialogue, and Shaping th...

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Religion and Violence, Second Edition

By Robert McAfee Brown

Robert McAfee Brown's Religion and Violence is a comprehensive introduction to the ethical and moral questions that abound at the intersection of violence and religion. Brown discusses such important issues as nuclear war, terrorism, capital punishme...

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Soul Survivors
An African American Spirituality

By Carlyle Fielding Stewart III

At the roots of African American Christian life is a powerful force of soul, a dynamic spirituality that provides joy and hope. This African American spirituality empowers a celebration of life that transforms culture. The dynamic experience of Afric...

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