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Black Theology in Transatlantic Dialogue

Part of the Black Religion / Womanist Thought / Social Justice Book Series

DOI: 10.1057/9780230601093

ISBN: 978-1-349-53080-9

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US - Springer Journals

Oct 13, 2015

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Introduction

Reddie, Anthony G.

Pages: 1 –6

[All stories start with a beginning. There is an initial moment of departure. A time of encounter when the realization that one is about to embark upon something new and potentially life changing suddenly becomes clear. Such a moment occurred in my life on March 15, 1992. I remember the moment...
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Historical Developments

Reddie, Anthony G.

Pages: 7 –46

[Like all contextual theologians, it is imperative that I situate myself at the outset of my work. I use the word imperative because my commitment to and utilization of black theology in my scholarly work is not purely an academic affair or some arid intellectual exercise. Having been born into...
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Friend or Foe?: Black Theologians and the Black Church

Reddie, Anthony G.

Pages: 47 –82

[Within the literature of black theology, particular emphasis is placed on the role of the black church as the major (and in some respects, the only) institution that has affirmed and conferred dignity upon the inhibited and assaulted personhood of black people.1 To put it quite simply, black...
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Bring on the Sistas

Reddie, Anthony G.

Pages: 83 –112

[This chapter draws on the work of Womanist theologians in Britain and in the United States. Like the previous chapters, this chapter does not purport to be an exhaustive and systematically argued overview of the respective developments of Womanist thought on either side of the Atlantic. Rather,...
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Education, Education, Education

Reddie, Anthony G.

Pages: 113 –141

[From our vantage of some 30 years on from its inception, one can be mistaken for assuming that the development of black theology has been not unlike those of other comparable disciplines within the theological academy. Namely, that the discipline of black theology is purely an intellectual...
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Published and Be Damned—Reassessing the Role and Development of the Black Theology Journal

Reddie, Anthony G.

Pages: 143 –165

[In this chapter, I want to make a critical reassessment of the journals Black Theology in Britain: A Journal of Contextual Praxis (hereafter referred to as BTIB)1and its success or Black Theology: An International Journal.2 At the time of writing, Black Theology: An International Journal...
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Where We Headed Now?

Reddie, Anthony G.

Pages: 167 –203

[In this, the final chapter of this study, I want to outline a number of possibilities for the development of black theology, within the United States and in Britain. By definition, given that I am not a clairvoyant, this chapter will be much more speculative than the ones that precede it. There...

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