A Womanist Looks at the Future Direction of Theological Discourse

[...]the incarnational approach is implicated in the version of Christianity that maintained the chattel slave system. Because Jesus' ministry is ignored his responses to injustice and treatment of the downtrodden and oppressed do not become a criterion for Christian behavior. [...]King often r...

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Published in:Anglican theological review 2018-07, Vol.100 (3), p.583-591
Main Author: Douglas, Kelly Brown
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
African Americans
Black Power movement
Christianity
Christology
Classism
Gender
God
Injustice
Jesus Christ
Marxist analysis
Oppression
Politics
Poverty
Theologians
Theology
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Summary:[...]the incarnational approach is implicated in the version of Christianity that maintained the chattel slave system. Because Jesus' ministry is ignored his responses to injustice and treatment of the downtrodden and oppressed do not become a criterion for Christian behavior. [...]King often referred to Jesus' Nazareth sermon. [...]of their consistent commitment to their families and their community, African American women have searched for a "politics" of wholeness as they have evaluated their participation in various freedom movements, such as the contemporary womens movement and the 1960s Civil Rights/ Black Power movement. [...]it also goes beyond Marxist analysis in an effort to comprehend the multidimensionality of African American oppression. [...]unlike Marxist analysis, a social-political analysis of wholeness takes seriously the particularities of race, gender, and culture that shape the nature of African American oppression.
ISSN:0003-3286
2163-6214
DOI:10.1177/000332861810000315