The Oxford Handbook of African American Theology

Abstract

Introduction Anthony B. Pinn and Katie G. Cannon Section One: Sources Chapter One - African American History and African American Theology - Stephen C. Finley Chapter Two - Reading and Using Scripture in the African American Tradition - Allen Callahan Chapter Three - African American Religious Experience - M. Shawn Copeland Chapter Four - The African American Christian Tradition - Sylvester Johnson Chapter Five - Culture/Cultural Production and African American Theology - Clarence E. Hardy, III Chapter Six - Reason in African American Theology - Terrence L. Johnson Chapter Seven - Theoretical Commitments in African American Theology - Edward P. Antonio Chapter Eight - Methodologies in African American Theology - Frederick L. Ware Section Two: Doctrines Chapter Nine - Doctrine of God in African American Theology - Keri Day Chapter Ten - Christology in African American Theology - Diane L. Hayes Chapter Eleven - Holy Spirit in African American Theology - James H. Evans, Jr. Chapter Twelve - Humanity in African American Theology - J. Cameron Carter Chapter Thirteen - World/Creation in African American Theology - Torin Alexander Chapter Fourteen - Liberation in African American Theology - Juan Floyd-Thomas Chapter Fifteen - Evil and Sin in African American Theology - Larry Murphy Chapter Sixteen - Church in African American Theology - R. Drew Smith Chapter Seventeen - Eschatology in African American Theology - Derek S. Hicks Chapter Eighteen - Heaven and Hell in African American Theology - Eboni Marshall Turman Section Three: Internal Debates Chapter Nineteen - Womanist Theology as Corrective to African American Theology - Cheryl Kirk-Duggan Chapter Twenty - Humanism in African American Theology - Anthony B. Pinn Chapter Twenty-One - Audiences of Accountability in African American Theology - Dennis W. Wiley Chapter Twenty-Two - Embodiment in African American Theology - Stephanie Y. Mitchem Chapter Twenty-Three - Pedagogical Praxis in African American Theology - Katie G. Cannon Chapter Twenty-Four - Religious Pluralism and African American Theology - Dianne Diakite Chapter Twenty-Five - Sexuality in African American Theology - Horace Griffin Section Four: Ongoing Challenges Chapter Twenty-Six - The Problem of History in African American Theology - Lewis R. Gordon Chapter Twenty-Seven - Social Theory and African American Theology - Corey D. B. Walker Chapter Twenty-Eight - Black Ontology and Theology - Victor Anderson Chapter Twenty-Nine - African American Theology and the Global Economy - Anthony G. Reddie Chapter Thirty - African American Theology and the American Hemisphere - Josef Sorett Chapter Thirty-One - The African in African American Theology - Peter J. Paris Section Five: Prospects for the Future Chapter Thirty-Two - Prosperity Gospel and African American Theology - Jonathan L. Walton Chapter Thirty-Three - African American Theology and the Public Imaginary - Willie Jennings Chapter Thirty-Four - Cultural Boundaries and African American Theology - Emilie M. Townes