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- List of Contributors
- Introduction
- African American History and African American Theology
- Reading and Using Scripture in the African American Tradition
- African American Religious Experience
- The African American Christian Tradition
- Culture/Cultural Production and African American Theology
- Reason in African American Theology
- Theoretical Commitments in African American Theology
- Methodologies in African American Theology
- Doctrine of God in African American Theology
- Christology in African American Theology
- The Holy Spirit in African American Theology
- Humanity in African American Theology
- World/Creation in African American Theology
- Liberation in African American Theology
- Evil and Sin in African American Theology
- The Church in African American Theology
- Eschatology in African American Theology
- Heaven and Hell in African American Theology
- Womanist Theology as a Corrective to African American Theology
- Humanism in African American Theology
- Audiences of Accountability in African American Theology
- Embodiment in African American Theology
- Pedagogical Praxis in African American Theology
- Religious Pluralism and African American Theology
- Sexuality in African American Theology
- The Problem of History in African American Theology
- Social Theory and African American Theology
- Black Ontology and Theology
- African American Theology and the Global Economy
- African American Theology and the American Hemisphere
- The <i>African</i> in African American Theology
- Prosperity Gospel and African American Theology
- African American Theology and the Public Imaginary
- Cultural Boundaries and African American Theology
- Index
Abstract and Keywords
This article examines how the concepts of creation and the world have been expressed in African American theology, with reference to the work of black and womanist theologians and ethicists. It first looks at the theological positions of scholars such as George Kelsey, Benjamin E. Mays, and Howard Thurman prior to the advent of the civil rights movement before turning to post-civil rights theological positions and the emergence of black theology, focusing on the likes of Theodore Walker Jr., Theophus Smith, and J. Deotis Roberts. It then discusses the rise of environmental racism and womanist theology.
Keywords: creation, world, African American theology, Howard Thurman, civil rights movement, black theology, Theophus Smith, J. Deotis Roberts, environmental racism, womanist theology
Torin Alexander is assistant professor of religion at St. Olaf College.
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- [UNTITLED]
- List of Contributors
- Introduction
- African American History and African American Theology
- Reading and Using Scripture in the African American Tradition
- African American Religious Experience
- The African American Christian Tradition
- Culture/Cultural Production and African American Theology
- Reason in African American Theology
- Theoretical Commitments in African American Theology
- Methodologies in African American Theology
- Doctrine of God in African American Theology
- Christology in African American Theology
- The Holy Spirit in African American Theology
- Humanity in African American Theology
- World/Creation in African American Theology
- Liberation in African American Theology
- Evil and Sin in African American Theology
- The Church in African American Theology
- Eschatology in African American Theology
- Heaven and Hell in African American Theology
- Womanist Theology as a Corrective to African American Theology
- Humanism in African American Theology
- Audiences of Accountability in African American Theology
- Embodiment in African American Theology
- Pedagogical Praxis in African American Theology
- Religious Pluralism and African American Theology
- Sexuality in African American Theology
- The Problem of History in African American Theology
- Social Theory and African American Theology
- Black Ontology and Theology
- African American Theology and the Global Economy
- African American Theology and the American Hemisphere
- The <i>African</i> in African American Theology
- Prosperity Gospel and African American Theology
- African American Theology and the Public Imaginary
- Cultural Boundaries and African American Theology
- Index
