On Being Black and Reformed : A New Perspective on the African-American Christian Experience

by Carter, Anthony J.

• ISBN13: 9780875527956
• ISBN10: 0875527957
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-10-01
• Publisher: Presbyterian & Reformed Pub Co

Summary

How Can an African-American consciousness and Reformed theology benefit each other? Where was God in the Atlantic Slave Trade? How does Christianity triumph among people historically oppressed in part by the church itself? Anthony Carter brings positive, informed responses to such questions, thereby enriching our understanding and furthering racial reconciliation. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Do We Need a Black Theology?	1	(16)
Yes, Emphatically	3	(3)
Yes, Unfortunately	6	(1)
Scripture, History and Tradition, and Experience	7	(10)
A Case for Reformed Theology	17	(28)
The Five Points of Calvinism	20	(2)
The Sovereignty of God	22	(8)
The Sinfulness of Humans	30	(6)
The Sufficiency of Christ	36	(9)
The Church from Chains	45	(24)
The Onslaught of Slavery	46	(4)
Evangelical Negligence	50	(2)
Evangelical Diligence	52	(5)
Evangelical Division	57	(5)
A Common Heritage	62	(7)
On Being Black and Reformed	69	(30)
Sojourn and Blackness	80	(5)
Sovereignty and Blackness	85	(14)
Embracing the Truth	99	(6)
Appendix A: Limping Toward Reconciliation	105	(14)
Appendix B: Connecting to the Historical Faith	119	(16)
Recommended Reading	135	(4)
Notes	139	(10)
Index	149