Theological Resources for Racial Reconciliation
Edited by
Dennis L. Okholm
InterVarsity Press
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ISBN 0-8308-1887-1
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
The Gospel in Black and White: theological resources for racial reconciliation / ed., Dennis Okholm.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p.).
ISBN 0-8308-1887-1 (alk. paper)
1. Race relations—Religious aspects—Christianity. 2. Reconciliation—Religious aspects—Christianity. 3. United States—Race relations. I. Okholm, Dennis L.
BT734.G66 1997
261.8′348—dc21 96-29817
CIP
Introduction/Dennis L. Okholm
1 The Responsibility of Evangelical Intellectuals in the Age of White Supremacy/Eugene Rivers
PART I Thinking About God in Black & White
2 Race, Theological Discourse & the Continuing American Dilemma/Ronald C. Potter
3 Wandering in the Wilderness: Christian Identity & Theology Between Context & Race/Willie James Jennings
4 Theological Method in Black & White: Does Race Matter at All?/Vincent Bacote
5 Persons in Racial Reconciliation: The Contributions of a Trinitarian Theological Anthropology/Gary W. Deddo
PART II Scripture in Black & White
6 Wrestling with Scripture: Can Euro-American Christians & African-American Christians Learn to Read Scripture Together?/Michael G. Cartwright
PART III Reconciliation in Black & White
7 The Gospel & Racial Reconciliation/Craig S. Keener
8 Acts10:34, a Text for Racial & Cultural Reconciliation Among Christians/J. Julius Scott Jr.
PART IV The Church in Black & White
9 How We Do Church: Worship, Empowerment & Racial Identity/Cheryl J. Sanders
10 Meeting Messiah/Pamela Baker Powell
Dennis L. Okholm
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About The Gospel in Black & White: Theological Resources for Racial ReconciliationAfter signal victories of the civil rights movement in the sixties, recent events have shown that the divide between black and white Americans remains alarmingly wide. And as African- and Euro-Americans perhaps increasingly find themselves at odds politically and culturally, Sunday-morning worship dismayingly remains the most segregated hour of the week. Yet Christians of both races affirm that the gospel calls them together, that they at least should be one people, of one Lord, one faith, one baptism. In that spirit, the incisive and challenging essays in this book consider what rigorous theological work can contribute to the noble and ongoing quest for racial reconciliation. Some of the church’s most exciting black and white thinkers are gathered here by editor Dennis Okholm to address issues of theological method, hermeneutics, soteriology, ecclesiology and social ethics—always with an eye to closing the gaping wound of racism and serving God’s kingdom across color lines. |
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