Spirit(s) in Black Religion

Fire on the Inside
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-3-031-09889-5
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 313 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 431 g

Reihe: Black Religion/Womanist Thought/Social Justice

In this book Kurt Buhring explores concepts of spirit(s) within various Black religions as a means to make a constructive theological contribution to contemporary Black theology in regard to ideas of the Holy Spirit, or pneumatology. He argues that there are rich resources within African and African-based religions to develop a more robust notion of the Holy Spirit for contemporary Black liberation theology. In so doing, Buhring offers a pneumatology that understands divine power and presence within humanity and through human action. The theology offered maintains the fundamental claim that God acts as liberator of the oppressed, while also calling for greater human responsibility and capability for bringing about liberation.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Buhring, Kurt

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Einzelne Sprachen & Sprachfamilien
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturen sonstiger Sprachräume Afrikanische Literaturen
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie Befreiungstheologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction.- 2. The Spirit(s) in Africa: African Traditional Religions.- 3. The Spirit(s) in the Diaspora: African-Derived Religions.- 4. The Spirit(s) in Slavery: African American Christianity.- 5. The Spirit in the Sanctified Church.- 6. The Spirit in Modern Black Theology and Religion.- 7. The Spirit in Contemporary Black Theology and Religion.- 8. A Theology of the Spirit(s).

Über Autor(innen)

Kurt Buhring is Associate Professor of Religious Studies & Theology at Saint Mary’s College (IN), and the author of Conceptions of God, Freedom, and Ethics in African American and Jewish Theology (Palgrave Macmillan, 2008). He teaches and researches the areas of Black theology, Jewish theology, social justice activism, religion and science, and interfaith relations.