We Have Been Believers

by Evans, James H., Jr.

• ISBN13: 9780800626723
• ISBN10: 0800626729
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1992-11-01
• Publisher: Fortress Pr

Summary

In this, the first full-scale black systematic theology in twenty years, James Evans emerges as a major and distinctive voice in American theology.

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction	p. 1
Revelation and Liberation	p. 11
The Meaning of Revelation	p. 13
The Meaning of Liberation	p. 15
Two Aspects of African-American Religion	p. 18
Narrative and African-American Theological Discourse	p. 24
Narrative and Method in African-American Theology	p. 27
The Bible: A Text for Outsiders	p. 33
The Bible and Slavery	p. 35
The Bible and Liberation	p. 40
Dismembering the Text: Remembering the Story	p. 45
Biblical Foundations for Black Theology	p. 51
The Ungiven God	p. 53
The Problem of God in African-American Experience	p. 54
The Idea of God	p. 58
The Concept of God	p. 62
God, Freedom, and Impartiality	p. 67
God, Love, and Partisanship	p. 69
God, Personhood, and Creativity	p. 71
Jesus Christ: Liberator and Mediator	p. 77
The "Figura" of Christ in African-American Experience	p. 77
Jesus and the Disinherited	p. 83
The Development of Christology in Black Theology	p. 85
Conclusion	p. 92
On Being Black	p. 99
The Problem of Humanity in African-American Experience	p. 100
Racism and the Christian Understanding of Humanity	p. 104
The Doctrine of Humanity in Black Theology	p. 107
Three Dimensions of Human Existence	p. 113
The Community of Faith and the Spirit of Freedom	p. 119
The Problem of Community in African-American Religious Experience	p. 119
The Church in Black Theology	p. 128
Toward an African-American Ecclesiology	p. 134
The Last Shall Be First	p. 141
History and Hope in African-American Experience	p. 142
Eschatology in Black Theology	p. 147
History, Hope, and Freedom	p. 152
Notes	p. 155
Index	p. 173
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