Creative Exchange - (Innovations: African American Religious Thought) by Victor Anderson (Paperback)
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Highlights
- At least until recently, most African Americans would know what is meant by "the black church" or by "African American religion.
- Author(s): Victor Anderson
- 208 Pages
- Religion + Beliefs, Christian Theology
- Series Name: Innovations: African American Religious Thought
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About the Book
* A serious look at the larger cultural, theological, and philosophical issues that face black religion today * A new way of evaluating slave narratives, suffering, and the role of the churchesBook Synopsis
At least until recently, most African Americans would know what is meant by "the black church" or by "African American religion." But now, Victor Anderson argues, that tradition is undergoing radical change and harbors great ambiguities and unresolved dilemmas. Anderson's new book seeks to provide a pragmatic but principled way forward for African American religion and life. Anderson's work is two-sided: on one hand, he seeks to deconstruct an older, monolithic idea of African American religion as the stereotypical "black church" experience with one relationship to the larger cultural scene. If that picture was ever accurate, it was always partial, he argues. Constructively, Anderson argues that African American religion experience "is fundamentally understood as relational, processive, open, fluid, and irreducible." The tradition is actually an ongoing creative exchange that relates in many ways to its history, religious institutions, and faith communities. In that creative exchange, he argues, we find here and now instances or moments or events that actualize Martin Luther King's notion of the "beloved community." That image, and the flexibility and pragmatism it implies, best captures the legacy and future of African American religion. Anderson offers it here not just as a nostalgic image but also as an ongoing regulative ideal for African American life and religion.Dimensions (Overall): 8.97 Inches (H) x 5.98 Inches (W) x .52 Inches (D)
Weight: .75 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Series Title: Innovations: African American Religious Thought
Sub-Genre: Christian Theology
Genre: Religion + Beliefs
Number of Pages: 208
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishing
Theme: Systematic
Format: Paperback
Author: Victor Anderson
Language: English
Street Date: April 1, 2008
TCIN: 93373101
UPC: 9780800662554
Item Number (DPCI): 247-09-7469
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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