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Strengthening Urban Congregations in African American Communities
Africentric Approaches to Christian Ministry
Strengthening Urban Congregations in African American Communities
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In a pluralistic world where the tendency is to dismiss or silence ethnic and racial differences, Africentric Approaches to Christian Ministry: Strengthening Urban Congregations in African American Communities offers invaluable insight into the ordering of urban congregational life, Christian ministry, and urban missiology from a worldview perspective that values the centrality of African people.
Theological leaders and framers of African American religious studies, such as the following persons provide provocative insight for theological reflection and praxis: Gayraud Wilmore (The Black Church); J. Deotis Roberts (Africentric Christianity); Katie Geneva Cannon (Diaspora Ethics); and Cain Hope Fielder (New Testament Studies).
The opening and closing chapters by co-editors Ronald Edward Peters and Marsha Snulligan Haney provide a critical knowledge base that frames Africentric Approaches to Christian Ministry. In light of the rapidly changing nature of Christianity globally (non-Western and non-European), this is a significant study on African American religious consciousness and urban praxis.
Table of Contents
Chapter 2 Acknowledgments
Chapter 3 Introduction: From Rhetoric to the Reality of Africentric Christian Ministry: Ronald Edward Peters
Chapter 4 Does the "Black Church" Really Exist?: Gayraud Wilmore
Chapter 5 What Has Happened to Us?- Conversing With Scholar Mercy Oduyoye on the Quest for Life: Marsha Snulligan Haney, Tumani Mutasa Nyajeka, and Rosetta E. Ross
Chapter 6 Africentrism as a Challenge to Contemporary Christian Ministry: Ronald Edward Peters
Chapter 7 Africentric Christianity and Urban Ministry: J. Deotis Roberts
Chapter 8 Make It Plain, Preacher: Africentrism and Constructing African-American Sermonic Discourse: Richard C. Chapple, Jr.
Chapter 9 The Church's Ministry to the Urban Family: Creative Responses to a Continuing New Testament Challenge: Cain Hope Fielder
Chapter 10 Christians Celebrating Kwanza: Reflections and Thanksgiving for the African Heritage: Ronald Edward Peters
Chapter 11 Building an Africentric Bridge From Inside Stained Glass to the Community Outside: Johnnie Monroe
Chapter 12 Africentric Christian Education: A Historical Perspective: Fred Douglas Smith, Jr.
Chapter 13 Building Community in a Multicultural Context: Gloria J. Tate
Chapter 14 The Challenges of Africentric Ministry for Urban Theological Education: Warren L. Dennis
Chapter 15 Diaspora Ethics: "The Hinges Upon Which the Future Swings": Katie Geneva Cannon
Chapter 16 Africentricity: A Missiological Pathway Toward Christian Transformation: Marsha Snulligan Haney
Chapter 17 Bibliography
Chapter 18 About the Editors
Chapter 19 Contributing Authors
Product details
| Published | Feb 28 2006 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 204 |
| ISBN | 9780761832645 |
| Imprint | University Press of America |
| Dimensions | 9 x 6 inches |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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