Reckoning with Race and Performing the Good News: In Search of a Better Evangelical Theology
The “good news” is central to evangelical theology and the movement known as evangelicalism, but the news has not always been good for minorities who inhabit evangelical communities and institutions in the United States. Vincent Bacote argues a reckoning with questions of race is necessary for evang...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
[2020]
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Brill research perspectives in theological traditions
Year: 2020, Volume: 2, Issue: 2, Pages: 1-54 |
| Further subjects: | B
Theological Ethics
B African-American evangelicals B Race B Contextual Theology B lived theology B evangelical theology B Evangelicalism |
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| Summary: | The “good news” is central to evangelical theology and the movement known as evangelicalism, but the news has not always been good for minorities who inhabit evangelical communities and institutions in the United States. Vincent Bacote argues a reckoning with questions of race is necessary for evangelical theology to help cultivate an evangelical movement more hospitable to minorities, particularly African-Americans. Evangelicalism is here regarded not only as a set of beliefs about the Bible, Christ’s work on the cross, conversion and witness but also as a set of dispositions and postures that create openness to the concerns of minorities. With a perpetually uneasy conscience, Christians within the evangelical movement can cultivate a disposition ready to learn from the questions and contributions of minorities in evangelical spaces, such as William Bentley and Carl Ellis. A better evangelical theology is proposed as doctrines that yield actions that are truly good news for all. |
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| ISSN: | 2589-8809 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Brill research perspectives in theological traditions
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/25898809-12340005 |