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Heart and Head

Black Theology—Past, Present, and Future

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  • © 2002

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  1. Dwight N. Hopkins
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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIV
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  2. Risking a New Future

    1. Risking a New Future

      • Dwight N. Hopkins
      Pages 1-25

  3. Defining Black Theology for the Twenty-First Century

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 27-27
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    2. Black Theology of Liberation and the Impact of Womanist Theology

      • Dwight N. Hopkins
      Pages 29-51

    3. The Preferential Option for the Poor and the Oppressed

      • Dwight N. Hopkins
      Pages 53-74

  4. Black Theology and Sacred Life

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 75-75
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    2. Spirituality and Transformation in Black Theology

      • Dwight N. Hopkins
      Pages 77-90

    3. A New Black Heterosexual Male

      • Dwight N. Hopkins
      Pages 91-105

  5. Black Theology and the World

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 107-107
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    2. A Black American Perspective on Interfaith Dialogue in the Ecumenical Association of Third World Theologians

      • Dwight N. Hopkins
      Pages 109-125

    3. The Religion of Globalization

      • Dwight N. Hopkins
      Pages 127-152

  6. The Challenge of the Future

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 153-153
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    2. James H. Cone and Thoughts for a New Generation

      • Dwight N. Hopkins
      Pages 155-171

    3. A New Common Wealth

      • Dwight N. Hopkins
      Pages 173-193

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 195-222
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About this book

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.

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"... Hopkins has never disappointed the intelligent and compassionate reader...with this volume...he adds another..." - Library Journal

"An accessible introduction to black theology of liberation for non-specialists, this is at the same time a fine introduction to liberation theology in general. On both counts, it should interest plenty of readers outside as well as in the African American community." - Booklist

About the author

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

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