Black Practical Theology

I. Introduction1 Prophetic Praxis for Black Practical Theology, Dale P. Andrews and Robert London Smith Jr.

II. Black Youth, Intergenerational Relations, and Ageism2. Bridging Civil Rights and Hip Hop Generations, Evelyn L. Parker3. Rejoining Black Youth, Families, and Our Elders, James H. Evans Jr.4. Rituals of Resistance to Strengthen Intergenerational Relations, Donna E. Allen

III. Education, Class, and Poverty5. Participative Black Theology as a Pedagogy of Praxis, Anthony G. Reddie6. Listening to the Poor and Nonliterate, Madipoane Masenya (ngwan’a Mphahlele)7. Doing Theology for Ordinary Folk, Jeremiah A. Wright Jr.

IV. Gender, Sexual Orientation, and Race8. Building Communities of Embodied Beauty, Phillis Isabella Sheppard9. Encircling in Our Womanist Strength, Diana L. Hayes10. A Radically Inclusive Vision for the Fellowship of the Black Church, Dennis W. Wiley and Christine Y. Wiley

V. Globalism, Immigration, and Diasporan Communities11. African Diasporan Communities and the Black Church, Esther E. Acolatse12. The Aesthetic Struggle and Ecclesial Vision, Willie James Jennings13. Embodied Black Practical Theology for the Caribbean Diasporan Church, Delroy A. Reid-Salmon

VI. Health Care, HIV/AIDS, and Poverty14. Liberating Black-Church Practical Theology from Poverty and Pandemic Marginalization, Emmanuel Y. Amugi Lartey15. Black Practical Theology of Health and HIV/AIDS Health Care, Edward P. Antonio16. Rethinking Theology for Impoverished Care, Gina M. Stewart

VII. Mass Incarceration, Capital Punishment, and the Justice System17. The Incarceration of Black Spirituality and the Disenfranchised, Michael Battle18. Lifting Our Voices and Liberating Our Bodies in the Era of Massive Racialized Incarceration, Raphael Warnock19. Jesus on Death Row: The Case for Abolishing Prisons, Madeline McClenney

VIII. Conclusion20. Graphing the Contours of Black Practical Theology, Dale P. Andrews and Robert London Smith Jr.

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