Conceptions of God, Freedom, and Ethics in African American and Jewish Theology (Black Religion/Womanist Thought/Social Justice) - Hardcover

Buhring, K.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1403984794 ISBN 13: 9781403984791

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008

Synopsis

This book is a consideration of major contemporary African American and Jewish theological understandings of God, human nature, moral evil, suffering, and ethics, utilizing the work of James Cone and Emil Fackenheim. Specifically, it examines how profound faith in a just God is sustained, and even strengthened, in the face of particularly horrific and long-standing evil and suffering in a community. The constructive portion of the book explores theological possibilities by focusing on the concepts of human freedom, resistance, and responsibility-all grounded in divine gift-as an effective and meaningful response to oppression and despair.

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Review:

"This book is a significant, in-depth study of James Cone and Emil Fackenheim, two brilliant thinkers of our time, on the issue of suffering, moral evil, and theodicy. Buhring has written insightfully on African American and Jewish responses to racism and the Holocaust." - Harold Kasimow, George Drake Professor of Religious Studies, Grinnell College

Book Description:

Buhring's multidisciplinary approach will not only appeals to Jewish studies, Black studies, African studies, and Religious studies

About this edition

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1403984794
• ISBN 13: 9781403984791
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 272