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By J. Deotis Roberts
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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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 Theology 
An Introduction
By Frederick L. Ware
CLICK HERE to read the table of contents and introduction.This book presents a substantial introduction to the major methodologies, figures, and themes within African American theology. Frederick L. Ware explores African American theology from its in...
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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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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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Can I Get a Witness? 
Reading Revelation through African American Culture
By Brian K. Blount
In this accessible and provocative study, Brian Blount reads the book of Revelation through the lens of African American culture, drawing correspondences between Revelation's context and the long-standing suffering of African Americans. Applying the ...
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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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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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Practical Theology for Black Churches 
Bridging Black Theology & African American Folk Religion
By Dale P. Andrews
The rift between black theology, with its social and political concerns, and black churches, with their emphases on pastoral care and piety, has been growing. Here, Dale Andrews offers a way to bridge this gap by redefining the paradigm of church as ...
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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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By Anthony Reddie
The SCM Core Text Black Theology is an accessible introduction to the teaching and learning of Black theology in Higher Education and theological educational training establishments. This text aims to sensitize readers to the inherited legacy of 'rac...
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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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This Is My Story 
Testimonies and Sermons of Black Women in Ministry
By Cleophus J. LaRue
African American women continue to confess their call to ministry even when they know such a confession may cause them to face criticism and even ostracism from many of the same men and women who nurtured them in the faith. In This Is My Story, thirt...
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