Black Religion, Black Theology: The Collected Essays of J. Deotis Roberts by
This collection of essays traces the development of his thought and in particular his model of liberation-reconciliation.
Christianity on Trial: African-American Religious Thought Before and After Black Power by
In a study that reviews representative thinkers over the last fifty years, Mark Chapman reviews the variety of ways that African-Americans have addressed the question of whether Christianity is a source of liberation or oppression.
Jesus and the Disinherited by
In this classic theological treatise, the acclaimed theologian and religious leader Howard Thurman (1900-1981) demonstrates how the Gospel may be read as a manual of resistance for the poor and disenfranchised.
Plain Theology for Plain People (Online) by
In this handbook first published in 1890, Charles Octavius Boothe lays out the basics of theology for common people.
Black Religion and Black Radicalism: An Interpretation of the Religious History of African Americans by
A pioneering work in African American religious history, initially published in 1973. Now in its third edition, this book traces African American history from slavery to the post-civil-rights era with an explicit focus upon the role of religion in struggles for freedom and justice, from slave rebellions to black (religious) nationalism to the emergence of black and womanist theologies.
Cut Loose Your Stammering Tongue: Black Theology in the Slave Narratives by
Drawing on slave narratives found in forty-one volumes of interviews and one hundred autobiographies by former slaves, these contributors explore how enslaved African Americans received the often oppressive faith of their masters but transformed it into a gospel of liberation
Down, up and Over: Slave Religion and Black Theology by
Argues that the lives of enslaved African Americans were the foundational source of liberating faith and practice for African Americans today. Down, Up, and Over draws on their religious experience, and the example of their faith and witness, to develop a constructive theology of liberation.
Martin and Malcolm and America: A Dream or a Nightmare? by
An historical account and theological interpretation of the thought of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X and the significance of their respective philosophies on the development of Cone’s attempt to relate “justice” and “blackness” in the development of black theology.
The Spirituals and the Blues - 50th Anniversary Edition by
An examination of the soul-songs that emerged from slavery and Jim Crow oppression.
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