THREE-FIFTHS THEOLOGY : Challenging Racism in American Christianity - Softcover

Lewis T Tait; Christian A Van Gorder

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0865439907 ISBN 13: 9780865439900

Publisher: AFRICA WORLD PRESS, 2002

Synopsis

The collaborative work of a black American and a white American scholar, this book confronts the way American Christianity often supports status quo injustices because they are founded in cultural contexts and political assumptions that are racist, allowing de facto segregation to flourish at the expense of Biblical Christian unity. Intended to call the church to social justice, this book is progressive, practical and motivational, adding a much-needed theological perspective to the conversation about race.

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Synopsis

An Important Investigation into the Deeply Rooted Racism of Euro-American Christianity; The collaborative work of a black American and white American scholar, this book confronts the way American Christianity often supports status quo injustices because the religion itself is founded in cultural contexts and political assumptions that are inherently racist. What the authors term "three-fifths theology" has, in effect, allowed de facto segregation to flourish at the expense of Biblical Christian unity. Intended to call the church to social justice, this book is progressive, practical and motivational, adding a much-needed theological perspective to the conversation about race.

Edition details

• Publisher: AFRICA WORLD PRESS
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0865439907
• ISBN 13: 9780865439900
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 252