The Black Church studies reader
By: edited by Alton B. Pollard III and Carol B. Duncan
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 335
ISBN-13: 9781137552877
Subjects: Religion; African American churches; African Americans; Black theology; Blacks
Description: The Black Church Studies Reader addresses the depth and breadth of Black theological studies, from Biblical studies and ethics to homiletics and pastoral care. The book examines salient themes of social and religious significance such as gender, sexuality, race, social class, health care, and public policy. While the volume centers around African American experiences and studies, it also attends to broader African continental and Diasporan religious contexts. The contributors reflect an interdisciplinary blend of Black Church Studies scholars and practitioners from across the country. The text seeks to address the following fundamental questions: What constitutes Black Church Studies as a discipline or field of study? What is the significance of Black Church Studies for theological education? What is the relationship between Black Church Studies and the broader academic study of Black religions? What is the relationship between Black Church Studies and local congregations (as well as other faith-based entities)? The book's search for the answers to these questions is compelling and illuminating. (Publisher).
Notes: Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Black church studies : some of the roots --; title: Black church studies as advocate and critics of black Christian ecclesial communities --; title: Black church studies as an academic interest and initiative : a historical perspective -- -- A; title: field study as a field of dreams : the contours of black church studies --; title: God-talk with black thinkers : an innovative model for black church studies or James Who? -- -- The; title: public vocation of religious leaders and the mission of black church studies --; title: Reestablishing the purpose and power of the preached word through black church studies --; title: Music and worship in black church studies --; title: Black church studies and scripture --; title: All flesh is eligible : a sermon --; title: Good food --; title: That was then, this is now --; title: For women of color scholars who have considered giving up/when the church was not enuf --; title: Noble Nubian priestess, sister friends, and church mothers, preachers, and teachers in the house --; title: Black church studies as a practical theology -- -- The; title: black church and public policy : retrospect and prospect --; title: Black megachurches and the paradox of black progress -- -- The; title: ancestors are everywhere : Black church studies and the African context --; title: Freedom to "catch the spirit" : conceptualizing black church studies in a Caribbean context --; title: "Out of the Bitter Sea" : the black church and migration to North America --; title: Towards greater involvement of the British black church in the secular education of black youth : school exclusion and British black males -- -- The; title: black church and its mission for the twenty-first century --; title: I, too, sing songs of freedom : a theo-sociological praxis toward emancipatory ethic for the black church and its trans-same-and-both-gender-loving members --; title: Closing the academic-ecclesiastical gap : black church studies' role in eliminating health disparities --; title: Economic justice and globalization in black church studies : confronting the "malignant kingship" in the post-civil rights era.