Introducing Black Theology of Liberation Religion_ Christian Life the cultural world of Jesus

the cultural world of Jesus

and the importance of blacks in the Bible

"A lucid and informed account of the universal expansion of the Christian Churches

Pleins reveals in the Psalms the core of a liberating worship that grasps the realities of individual suffering as well as the stern demands of social justice

Megan McKenna is an internationally known author

Introducing Black Theology of Liberation Religion_ Christian Life the cultural world of Jesus"Both of these well written and easily accessible books situate black theology in the context of the African American church and in opposition to white dominated theologies. After a brief introduction to black theology during the slave period, Hopkins (theology, Univ. of Chicago; Shoes That Fit Our Feet) traces its more recent history from the the Civil Rights era (1950s and 1960s) to the present. He considers the generation of the founders, examines