This section introduces resources on African American theology. Use the drop-down menu for further information on select sources and tools.
One room in Yale Divinity Library is devoted to reference materials that includes African American religious history.
Trowbridge Reading Room: Located on the second (upper) floor. Trowbridge holds reference books for all studies, including African American religious history. Librarians have chosen for this room select dictionaries, encyclopedias, handbooks, and other books that they have found especially helpful for students.
It's a one-stop shop. Scan these shelves to find choice reference materials quickly.
African American Theology: An Introduction (Online) by
Presents a substantial introduction to the major methodologies, figures, and themes within African American theology.
Introducing Black Theology of Liberation by
Situates black theology in the context of the African American church and in opposition to white-dominated theologies.
We Have Been Believers: An African American Systematic Theology (Online) by
Edited and introduced by Stephen G. Ray Jr., the second edition, published on the twentieth anniversary of the first, includes three new essays that identify the value of the book for womanist, evangelical, and black church audiences.
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