Passion Consistent With the Depth of the Wounds of the Oppressed
This essay affirms black theology as a survival theology that speaks with passion that is commensurate with the suffering of the oppressed. By juxtaposing two ecclesial meetings in the U.S., one in 1866 and one in 2019, the author describes inattention to the lives of former bondspersons and those o...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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SCM Press
[2020]
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| In: |
Concilium
Year: 2020, Issue: 3, Pages: 118-127 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ Blacks
/ Liberation theology
/ Community
/ History 1866-2019
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| IxTheo Classification: | CH Christianity and Society FD Contextual theology KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KBQ North America |
| Further subjects: | B
OPPRESSION (Psychology)
B POOR African Americans B Councils & synods B Suffering B Baltimore (Md.) B Black Theology B SURVIVAL behavior (Humans) |
| Summary: | This essay affirms black theology as a survival theology that speaks with passion that is commensurate with the suffering of the oppressed. By juxtaposing two ecclesial meetings in the U.S., one in 1866 and one in 2019, the author describes inattention to the lives of former bondspersons and those of poor and disenfranchised African Americans in Baltimore. Finally, through the lens of synodality, opportunities to journey with unlikely travellers open up and provide the space for the sharing of painful stories so that empathy welcomes truth-telling and all choose to continue the dialogue in truth. |
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| ISSN: | 0010-5236 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Concilium
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