Library Catalog
Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

The Ground Has Shifted : The Future of the Black Church in Post-Racial America / Walter Earl Fluker.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Religion, Race, and Ethnicity ; 6Publisher: New York, NY : New York University Press, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
Media type:
Carrier type:
ISBN:
  • 9781479817016
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 277.3008996073 23
LOC classification:
  • BR563.N4 F58 2016
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources:
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Part I. Memory: Remembering Our Story -- 1. From Frogbottom to a Bucket of Blood -- 2. Haunted Houses: Black Churches and the Ghost of Post- Racialism -- 3. Cultural Hauntings: Black Church Leadership and Barack Obama -- Part II. Vision: Retelling Our Story -- 4. Turning from Dilemma to Diaspora -- 5. Turning from Exodus to Exile -- 6. Turning from the Frying Pan to the Fir -- 7. Just above Our Heads: A Meditation from the Middle -- Part III. Mission: Reliving Our Story -- 8. Returning to the Little House Where We Lived and Made Do -- 9. Cultural Asylums and the Jungles They Planted in Them -- 10. Waking Up the Dead -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author
Summary: Honorable Mention, Theology and Religious Studies PROSE Award A powerful insight into the historical and cultural roles of the Black churchIf we are in a post-racial era, then what is the future of the Black Church? If the US will at some time in the future be free from discrimination and prejudices that are based on race how will that affect the church’s very identity?In The Ground Has Shifted, Walter Earl Fluker passionately and thoroughly discusses the historical and current role of the Black church and argues that the older race-based language and metaphors of religious discourse have outlived their utility. He offers instead a larger, global vision for the Black church that focuses on young Black men and other disenfranchised groups who have been left behind in a world of globalized capital.Lyrically written with an emphasis on the dynamic and fluid movement of life itself, Fluker argues that the church must find new ways to use race as an emancipatory instrument if it is to remain central in Black life, and he points the way for a new generation of church leaders, scholars and activists to reclaim the Black church’s historical identity and to turn to the task of infusing character, civility, and a sense of community among its congregants.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number URL Status Notes Barcode
eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9781479817016

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Part I. Memory: Remembering Our Story -- 1. From Frogbottom to a Bucket of Blood -- 2. Haunted Houses: Black Churches and the Ghost of Post- Racialism -- 3. Cultural Hauntings: Black Church Leadership and Barack Obama -- Part II. Vision: Retelling Our Story -- 4. Turning from Dilemma to Diaspora -- 5. Turning from Exodus to Exile -- 6. Turning from the Frying Pan to the Fir -- 7. Just above Our Heads: A Meditation from the Middle -- Part III. Mission: Reliving Our Story -- 8. Returning to the Little House Where We Lived and Made Do -- 9. Cultural Asylums and the Jungles They Planted in Them -- 10. Waking Up the Dead -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author

restricted access online access with authorization star

http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec

Honorable Mention, Theology and Religious Studies PROSE Award A powerful insight into the historical and cultural roles of the Black churchIf we are in a post-racial era, then what is the future of the Black Church? If the US will at some time in the future be free from discrimination and prejudices that are based on race how will that affect the church’s very identity?In The Ground Has Shifted, Walter Earl Fluker passionately and thoroughly discusses the historical and current role of the Black church and argues that the older race-based language and metaphors of religious discourse have outlived their utility. He offers instead a larger, global vision for the Black church that focuses on young Black men and other disenfranchised groups who have been left behind in a world of globalized capital.Lyrically written with an emphasis on the dynamic and fluid movement of life itself, Fluker argues that the church must find new ways to use race as an emancipatory instrument if it is to remain central in Black life, and he points the way for a new generation of church leaders, scholars and activists to reclaim the Black church’s historical identity and to turn to the task of infusing character, civility, and a sense of community among its congregants.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Mrz 2024)