Embodiment and the New Shape of Black Theological Thought

Informationen zum Autor Anthony B. Pinn is Agnes Cullen Arnold Professor of Humanities and Professor of Religious Studies at Rice University! where he also serves as the executive director of the Society for the Study of Black Religion. His books include Varieties of African-American Religious Experience! Why Lord?: Suffering and Evil in Black Theology! and By These Hands: A Documentary History of African-American Humanism (NYU Press! 2001). Zusammenfassung Black theology tends to be a theology about no-body. This title examines theological thinking about race! gender! and sexuality. It investigates the traditional source materials for black theology! such as spirituals and slave narratives! seeking to link them to materials like photography that highlight the theological importance of the body.

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Black theology tends to be a theology about no-body. This title examines theological thinking about race, gender, and sexuality. It investigates the traditional source materials for black theology, such as spirituals and slave narratives, seeking to link them to materials like photography that highlight the theological importance of the body.