Black Practical Theology

Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-1-4813-1502-9
Verlag: Baylor University Press

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Dale Andrews and Robert Smith combine the voices of constructive theologians, practical theologians, and those ministering in black churches to craft a rich and expansive black practical theology. Black Practical Theology brings together the hermeneutical conversation between scholars working within the traditional disciplines of theological education (systematic theology, ethics, biblical studies, history) and those scholars working within practical theology (homiletics, pastoral care and counseling, Christian education, spirituality). To this ongoing conversation, Andrews and Smith add the voices of pastors of black congregations and para-church leaders who serve the communities of faith who daily confront the challenges this work addresses—youth and intergenerational divides, education and poverty, gender and sexuality, globalism, health care, and incarceration and the justice system. Black Practical Theology sets the standard for practical theology. Embodying its own methodological call—to begin with the issues of the black church, as well as its resources and practices—it does not rest content but returns immediately to the communities from which it emerged. Black Practical Theology is a gift to both teacher and student.

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Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Acknowledgments
- I. Introduction
- 1 Prophetic Praxis for Black Practical Theology, Dale P. Andrews and Robert London Smith Jr.
- II. Black Youth, Intergenerational Relations, and Ageism
- 2. Bridging Civil Rights and Hip Hop Generations, Evelyn L. Parker
- 3. Rejoining Black Youth, Families, and Our Elders, James H. Evans Jr.
- 4. Rituals of Resistance to Strengthen Intergenerational Relations, Donna E. Allen
- III. Education, Class, and Poverty
- 5. Participative Black Theology as a Pedagogy of Praxis, Anthony G. Reddie
- 6. Listening to the Poor and Nonliterate, Madipoane Masenya (ngwan'a Mphahlele)
- 7. Doing Theology for Ordinary Folk, Jeremiah A. Wright Jr.
- IV. Gender, Sexual Orientation, and Race
- 8. Building Communities of Embodied Beauty, Phillis Isabella Sheppard
- 9. Encircling in Our Womanist Strength, Diana L. Hayes
- 10. A Radically Inclusive Vision for the Fellowship of the Black Church, Dennis W. Wiley and Christine Y. Wiley
- V. Globalism, Immigration, and Diasporan Communities
- 11. African Diasporan Communities and the Black Church, Esther E. Acolatse
- 12. The Aesthetic Struggle and Ecclesial Vision, Willie James Jennings
- 13. Embodied Black Practical Theology for the Caribbean Diasporan Church, Delroy A. Reid-Salmon
- VI. Health Care, HIV/AIDS, and Poverty
- 14. Liberating Black-Church Practical Theology from Poverty and Pandemic Marginalization, Emmanuel Y. Amugi Lartey
- 15. Black Practical Theology of Health and HIV/AIDS Health Care, Edward P. Antonio
- 16. Rethinking Theology for Impoverished Care, Gina M. Stewart
- VII. Mass Incarceration, Capital Punishment, and the Justice System
- 17. The Incarceration of Black Spirituality and the Disenfranchised, Michael Battle
- 18. Lifting Our Voices and Liberating Our Bodies in the Era of Massive Racialized Incarceration, Raphael Warnock
- 19. Jesus on Death Row: The Case for Abolishing Prisons, Madeline McClenney
- VIII. Conclusion
- 20. Graphing the Contours of Black Practical Theology, Dale P. Andrews and Robert London Smith Jr.
- Notes
- List of Contributors
- Index

Über Autor(innen)

Dale P. Andrews (1961–2017) was Distinguished Professor of Homiletics, Social Justice, and Practical Theology at Vanderbilt University.Robert London Smith Jr. is an Honorary Researcher in Practical Theology, King's College at University of Aberdeen, U.K. and Pastor at Rubislaw Parish Church, Aberdeen, U.K.