Indigenous Black theology : toward an African-centered theology of the African-American religious experience /
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....
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2012
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| Edition: | 1st edition. |
| Series: | Black religion, womanist thought, social justice.
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- "I once was lost, but now I'm found": the origins of Black Christian anti-African sentiment
- The only way to salvation: a Christological critique
- Overcoming religious and cultural amnesia: who are the ancestors?
- Indigenous Black theology: toward a theology of the ancestors
- The dead are not dead: the future of Black theology and Black church theologies.
