The Image of God and Immediate Emancipation: David Walker’s Theological Foundation of Equality and the Rejection of White Supremacy
In the 1820s it was predominantly Black abolitionists who opposed gradualist abolitionism and the concept of colonization, while, in general, White abolitionists opposed slavery, viewing it as seductive or as sin in itself, but did not want full emancipation for Blacks. Therefore, David Walker’s App...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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2024
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Harvard theological review
Année: 2024, Volume: 117, Numéro: 1, Pages: 138-160 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Walker, David 1785-1830, Appeal
/ Abolitionnisme
/ Image de Dieu
/ Théologie noire
/ Franc-maçonnerie
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| Classifications IxTheo: | AZ Nouveau mouvement religieux CG Christianisme et politique CH Christianisme et société FD Théologie contextuelle KAH Époque moderne KBQ Amérique du Nord NBE Anthropologie |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Image of God
B Imago Dei B Walker’s Appeal B Prince Hall Masons B Emancipation B Black Theology B David Walker B Abolitionism |
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| Résumé: | In the 1820s it was predominantly Black abolitionists who opposed gradualist abolitionism and the concept of colonization, while, in general, White abolitionists opposed slavery, viewing it as seductive or as sin in itself, but did not want full emancipation for Blacks. Therefore, David Walker’s Appeal from 1829 is a central document in that it calls for immediate and full emancipation as well as opposition to racism and White supremacy. This article argues that the shift in political aim of Black radical abolitionists correlates with an innovation in theological foundation. Walker grounds his quest for immediate and full emancipation in an egalitarian concept of imago Dei. It is this theological foundation that became influential in radical abolitionist discourse and was employed by Maria M. Stewart as well as William Lloyd Garrison. As a result of research on Walker’s theological innovation, it comes to the fore that he most likely was influenced by Black Freemasonry, especially Prince Hall. |
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| ISSN: | 1475-4517 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Harvard theological review
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0017816023000445 |