Black Theology as Mass Movement [Hardcover]

Black Theology as Mass Movemen t is a call to current and future theologians to stretch the boundaries of Black Liberation Theology from what has become primarily an academic subfield into a full fledge liberation movement beyond the walls of the academy.1. Black Liberation Theology: Introductions, Definitions, and A Calling for a New Era 2. Movement Centric Origins 3. Imagining the Black Gramsci: A Marxian and Gramscian Critique 4. Outward Commitments: Imagining a Black Public Theology 5. Black Stars: Learning Movement Making from Marcus Garvey and the U.N.I.A. 6. The Souls of Black Theological Folks: Reconsidering Du Bois and the role of the Black Intellectual in Mass Movements 7. Larry Neal's Ghost: Inspiration and Passion from the Harlem Renaissance, Negritude, and Black Arts Movement 8. Dreamers and Panthers: Dialectical Lessons from the Civil Rights Movement and the Black Power Movement 9. From Accra to Philadelphia and Back Again: Kwame Nkrumah's Mass Movement towards Pan-African Liberation 10. From Padmore to Dead Prez: New Conceptions of Pan African Radical Thought 11. Freestyle Revolutions and Global Ciphas: Lessons from the Global Hip Hop Movement Epilogue. On Courage and Love: Daring to view Black Theology as Mass Movement and making it happen.

Black Theology as Mass Movement is a fascinating book, as the author has adopted a very brave methodological stance in seeking to write in a manner than compliments and affirms the very modus operandi of Black Theology itself; namely, to be a resource for ordinary people on the streets. & a rich source of commentary for inspiring pastors, community organisers and activists to develop mass movement orientated forms of Black Theology. (Anthony G. Reddie, Black Theology, Vol. 13 (3), November, 2015)

This book introduces a new generation to the creativity that is Black Theology. By demonstrating that its organic connection to the cultural and material realities of Black communities is the l.