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The problem confronting theology in the black community is not simply proving that God exists but, rather, that God cares. For the Muslim, it is essential that such a theology be grounded in the Quran and Islam's theological tradition. The Blackamerican Muslim, meanwhile, must also vindicate the protest-oriented agenda of black religion.
List of contents
- Introduction
- William R. Jones and Challenge of Black Theodicy
- The Perduring Problem of Blackness: Beyond Ontological Suffering
- Chapter One: The Formative Development of Classical Muslim Theology
- The Arabians and Atheological "Peripheral Vision"
- Muhammad b. Idrîs al-Shâfi'î and the Arabian Versus Arab Régime of Sense
- Traditionalism and Rationalism: The Rhetoric of Transcendence and the False Détente
- Chapter Two: Mu'tazilism and Black Theodicy
- Early Development and Basic Contours of Mu'tazilite Theology
- Relevant Details of Mu'tazilite Theology
- Mu'tazilism and Jones
- Chapter Three: Ash'arism and Black Theodicy
- Early Development and Basic Contours of Ash'arite Theology
- Relevant Details of Ash'arite Theology
- Ash'arism and Jones
- Chapter Four: Mâturîdism and Black Theodicy
- Early Development and Basic Contours of Mâturîdite Theology
- Relevant Details of Mâturîdite Theology
- Mâturîdism and Jones
- Chapter Five: Traditionalism and Black Theodicy
- Early Development and Basic Contours of Traditionalism
- Relevant Details of Tradtionalist Theology
- Traditionalism and Jones
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
About the author
Sherman A. Jackson is Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies and African-American Studies at the University of Michigan.
Summary
The problem confronting theology in the black community is not simply proving that God exists but, rather, that God cares. For the Muslim, it is essential that such a theology be grounded in the Quran and Islam's theological tradition. The Blackamerican Muslim, meanwhile, must also vindicate the protest-oriented agenda of black religion.
Additional text
Islam and the Problem of Black Suffering warrants high praise for it's scholarship and deserves the attention of Islamic jurists, imams, religious scholars, and coverts.
