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OverviewWisdom, health, honor, hopethese revered ideals are now jeopardized, James Evans claims, by thetowering social problems of North American society, nowhere more achingly and emblematically than inAfrican American life. Evans here creates a practical theology by working at the intersection of religious understandings in theAfrican American community and its most pressing social problems. He skillfully probes to their deepestcultural and religious roots. There the moral distortions of racism, poverty, shame, disease, dysfunctional families, and even problematic elements in religious life can be excised so that new, more helpful ideas ofgrace, salvation, and community can flourish. Evans's fresh and fruitful work is an affirmation of the transformative power of religious engagement and its ultimate source in the religious community that is God's own self. Full Product DetailsAuthor: James H. EvansPublisher: 1517 Media Imprint: Augsburg Fortress Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.318kg ISBN: 9780800630843ISBN 10: 080063084 Pages: 122 Publication Date: 01 May 1997 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsPreface Social Problems as Theological Problems The Tasks of Practical Theology A Conceptual Overview of Social Problems Theological Problems and Social Problems The Negro Problem Honor, Shame, and Grace The Affirmative Action Debate: The Rhetoric of Honor and Shame A Conceptual Overview of Honor and Shame Honor, Shame, and American Slavery Honor and Shame in the Bible Jesus, Honor, and Shame Paul, Honor, and Shame From Honor to Amazing Grace Health, Disease, and Salvation The Health Care Debate: More than a Question of Ethics A Conceptual Overview of Health and Disease Health and Disease in African American Experience Health and Disease in the Bible Is There a Balm in Gilead? Salvation in African American Experience Hope, Racism, and Community Eschatology in Modern Theology The Rise of White Supremacy in the United States Reexamining Eschatology Toward the Beloved Community Spiritual Renewal and Social Transformation Spirituality and Social Tranformation African Spirituality African Spirituality and the Church We Shall All Be Changed: A Spirituality for New Life Notes IndexReviewsAuthor InformationJames H. Evans Jr. is Robert K. Davies Professor of Systematic Theology at Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School. He is the author of We Shall All Be Changed (1997), Modern Christian Thought: The Twentieth Century (2nd edition, 2006), and Playing: Christian Explorations of Daily Living (2010), all with Fortress Press. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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