Black Practical Theology (eBook)

lt;P>Dale P. Andrews (1961–2017) was Distinguished Professor of Homiletics, Social Justice, and Practical Theology at Vanderbilt University.

Robert London Smith Jr. is an Honorary Researcher in Practical Theology, King’s College at University of Aberdeen, U.K. and Pastor at Rubislaw Parish Church, Aberdeen, U.K.

Acknowledgments

I. Introduction
1 Prophetic Praxis for Black Practical Theology, Dale P. Andrews and Robert London Smith Jr.

II. Black Youth, Intergenerational Relations, and Ageism
2. Bridging Civil Rights and Hip Hop Generations, Evelyn L. Parker
3. Rejoining Black Youth, Families, and Our Elders, James H. Evans Jr.
4. Rituals of Resistance to Strengthen Intergenerational Relations, Donna E. Allen

III. Education, Class, and Poverty
5. Participative Black Theology as a Pedagogy of Praxis, Anthony G. Reddie
6. Listening to the Poor and Nonliterate, Madipoane Masenya (ngwan’a Mphahlele)
7. Doing Theology for Ordinary Folk, Jeremiah A. Wright Jr.

IV. Gender, Sexual Orientation, and Race
8. Building Communities of Embodied Beauty, Phillis Isabella Sheppard
9. Encircling in Our Womanist Strength, Diana L. Hayes
10. A Radically Inclusive Vision for the Fellowship of the Black Church, Dennis W. Wiley and Christine Y. Wiley

V. Globalism, Immigration, and Diasporan Communities
11. African Diasporan Communities and the Black Church, Esther E. Acolatse
12. The Aesthetic Struggle and Ecclesial Vision, Willie James Jennings
13. Embodied Black Practical Theology for the Caribbean Diasporan Church, Delroy A. Reid-Salmon

VI. Health Care, HIV/AIDS, and Poverty
14. Liberating Black-Church Practical Theology from Poverty and Pandemic Marginalization, Emmanuel Y. Amugi Lartey
15. Black Practical Theology of Health and HIV/AIDS Health Care, Edward P. Antonio
16. Rethinking Theology for Impoverished Care, Gina M. Stewart

VII. Mass Incarceration, Capital Punishment, and the Justice System
17. The Incarceration of Black Spirituality and the Disenfranchised, Michael Battle
18. Lifting Our Voices and Liberating Our Bodies in the Era of Massive Racialized Incarceration, Raphael Warnock
19. Jesus on Death Row: The Case for Abolishing Prisons, Madeline McClenney

VIII. Conclusion
20. Graphing the Contours of Black Practical Theology, Dale P. Andrews and Robert London Smith Jr.

Notes
List of Contributors
Index