| The Decline of African American Theology: From Biblical Faith to Cultural Captivity Contributor(s): Anyabwile, Thabiti M. (Author), Noll, Mark a. (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0830828273 ISBN-13: 9780830828272 Publisher: IVP Academic OUR PRICE: $29.70 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2007 Annotation: Thabiti Anyabwile argues that contemporary African American theology has fallen far from the tree of its early American antecedents. This book is a goldmine for any reader interested in the history of African American Christianity. With a foreword by Mark Noll. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Theology - History - Religion | Christianity - History - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies |
| Dewey: 230.089 |
| LCCN: 2007031445 |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6.48" W x 9.03" (0.91 lbs) 255 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Religious Orientation - Christian - Theometrics - Academic |
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| Publisher Description: Who were Jupiter Hammon, Lemuel Haynes and Daniel Alexander Payne? And what do they have in common with Martin Luther King Jr., Howard Thurman and James Cone? All of these were African American Christian theologians, yet their theologies are, in many ways, worlds apart. In this book, Thabiti Anyabwile offers a challenging and provocative assessment of the history of African American Christian theology, from its earliest beginnings to the present. He argues trenchantly that the modern fruit of African American theology has fallen far from the tree of its early predecessors. In doing so, Anyabwile closely examines the theological commitments of prominent African American theologians throughout American history. Chapter by chapter, he traces what he sees as the theological decline of African American theology from one generation to the next, concluding with an unflinching examination of several contemporary figures. Replete with primary texts and illustrations, this book is a gold mine for any reader interested in the history of African American Christianity. With a foreword by Mark Noll. |
Contributor Bio(s): Anyabwile, Thabiti M.: - Thabiti M. Anyabwile is senior pastor at First Baptist Church of Grand Cayman in the Cayman Islands. Thabiti has a strong professional and academic background in community psychology, with special interest in the history and development of the African American church.Noll, Mark A.: - Noll's main academic interests concern the interaction of Christianity and culture in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Anglo-American societies. He has published articles and reviews on a wide variety of subjects involving Christianity in modern history. Some of his many books include The Civil War as a Theological Crisis, Is the Reformation Over?, The Rise of Evangelicalism: The Age of Edwards, Whitefield and the Wesleys and The Old Religion in a New World. |