Indigenous Black theology
Subtitle: towards an African-centered theology of the American-American religious experience
By: Jawanza Eric Clark
Series: Black religion, womanist thought, social justice
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 186
ISBN-13: 9781137002822
Subjects: Religion; African Americans; Black theology
Description: For black people in America, Christian formation historically has come at a steep price - alienation from, even shame for, their African past. This alienation is primarily rooted in the acceptance of two orthodox Christian doctrines: the doctrines of original sin and Jesus Christ as exclusive savior. This work is concerned with that black Christian formation, because of the acceptance of universal, absolute, and exclusive Christian doctrines, seems to justify and even encourage anti-African sentiment. Clark seeks to address this problem by constructing a doctrine of the ancestors in an effort to finally legitimize indigenous African religious categories and offer an alternative theological anthropology for the future of black theology.
Table of contents: title: I once was lost, but now I'm found: the origins of Black Christian anti-African sentiment; title: Only way to salvation: a Christological critique; title: Overcoming religious and cultural amnesia: who are the ancestors?; title: Indigenous Black theology: toward a theology of the ancestors; title: Dead are not dead: the future of Black theology and Black church theologies.