Faith, hope, and love embody the black theology of liberation, a movement created by a group of African- American pastors in the 1960s who felt that Christ's gospel held a special message of liberation for African- Americans, and for all oppressed people. Beginning with an intimate introduction, Hopkins writes of his mother's death, when he was nine, and reveals that his father's love for the poor influenced him to become a Minister and to pursue a life of service which required 'a compassionate intellect and an intellectual compassion. Hopkins asserts that in this post-Civil Rights, post-affirmative action era, that all people, regardless of race, must join together in forging a new common wealth. Offering a detailed perspective on a new racial, gender, and economic democracy in the United States, Hopkins illustrates that black theology can be the key to personal and global liberation.

Autorentext

Dwight N. Hopkins is Professor of Theology and Director of MA Studies in the Divinity School, University of Chicago, USA.

Inhalt

Foreword; C.West Introduction: Risking a New Future PART I: DEFINING BLACK THEOLOGY FOR THE 21ST CENTURY Black Theology of Liberation and the Impact of Womanist Theology The Preferential Option for the Poor and the Oppressed PART II: BLACK THEOLOGY & SACRED LIFE Spirituality and Transformation in Black Theology A New Black Heterosexual Male PART III: BLACK THEOLOGY AND THE WORLD A Black American Perspective on Interfaith Dialogue in EATWOT The Religion of Globalization PART IV: THE CHALLENGE OF THE FUTURE James H. Cone and thoughts for a new generation A new common wealth Afterword; J.H.Cone