Divine Revelation and Human Liberation [Hardcover]

Like a scholarly physician, Harry Singleton deploys the scapel of theoretical critique to insert incisions into pathological notions of revelation . And like a good doctor, he provides a salutary remedy recuperating the medicinal value of revelation for human liberation. His is the paradigm for wedding together faith, reason, and human wholistic transformation.Professor Singletons work on revelation fills a serious void in the literature of black theology and black religion. Making Karl Barths and Paul Tillichs views respectively of revelation his point of departure, Singleton methodologically challenges us to construct from primary sources of the black experience a liberating theology of revelation. Extracting hermeneutical insights from the Bible and slave religion, he deconstructs the way in which the history of slavery, racism, classism, and sexism has distorted the Bibles Christocentric liberating portrait of revelation. He calls for a liberating view of revelation that transcends the oppressive history that whites produced in the name of Christianity. In short, Singleton makes it clear that whites have used the notion of revelation to exploit and oppress.Singletons book brings black and white Christian readers face-to-face with the tragic way that the notion of revelation has been appropriated to exploit and oppress the marginalized peoples of the world. Readers will find in the book a need to rethink revelation which is one of the most powerful biblical terms for Christians.Singleton presents a concise theological history of the whitewashing of Christian doctrines. With the argument that all theology is contextual, Singleton reveals how the context of U.S. racism and slavery shaped key Christian ideals. As a response, Singleton focuses on the power of revelation as the starting point for black theology. This clear and grounded theological exposition is a needed addition to systematic theology discussions.In Divine Revelation and Hul“Y