Selection of resource and materials on the history, theology, and evolution of the Black Church in the United States.
A Black Theology of Liberation
Conjuring culture : biblical formations of black America
White women's Christ and Black women's Jesus : feminist christology and womanist response
Working against the grain : re-imaging Black theology in the 21st century
African American readings of Paul : reception, resistance, and transformation
The letters of Paul--especially the verse in Ephesians directing slaves to obey their masters--played an enormous role in promoting slavery and justifying it as a Christian practice. Yet despite this reality African Americans throughout history still utilized Paul extensively in their own work to protest and resist oppression, responding to his theology and teachings in numerous--often starkly divergent and liberative--ways. In the first book of its kind, Lisa Bowens takes a historical, theological, and biblical approach to explore interpretations of Paul within African American communities over the past few centuries. She surveys a wealth of primary sources from the early 1700s to the mid-twentieth century, including sermons, conversion stories, slave petitions, and autobiographies of ex-slaves, many of which introduce readers to previously unknown names in the history of New Testament interpretation. Along with their hermeneutical value, these texts also provide fresh documentation of Black religious life through wide swaths of American history. African American Readings of Paul promises to change the landscape of Pauline studies and fill an important gap in the rising field of reception history.
The Black church : this is our story, this is our song
Religion in the Lives of African Americans
African Americans and the Bible
The hum : call and response in African American preaching
Prophesying Daughters
Daughters of thunder : Black women preachers and their sermons, 1850-1979
The talking book : African Americans and the Bible
Reclaiming the spirituals : new possibilities for African American Christian education
Encyclopedia of African American Christian Heritage
Encyclopedia of American Gospel Music