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In this book Kurt Buhring explores concepts of spirit(s) within various Black religions as a means to make a constructive theological contribution to contemporary Black theology in regard to ideas of the Holy Spirit, or pneumatology. He argues that there are rich resources within African and African-based religions to develop a more robust notion of the Holy Spirit for contemporary Black liberation theology. In so doing, Buhring offers a pneumatology that understands divine power and presence within humanity and through human action. The theology offered maintains the fundamental claim that God acts as liberator of the oppressed, while also calling for greater human responsibility and capability for bringing about liberation.
List of contents
1. Introduction.- 2. The Spirit(s) in Africa: African Traditional Religions.- 3. The Spirit(s) in the Diaspora: African-Derived Religions.- 4. The Spirit(s) in Slavery: African American Christianity.- 5. The Spirit in the Sanctified Church.- 6. The Spirit in Modern Black Theology and Religion.- 7. The Spirit in Contemporary Black Theology and Religion.- 8. A Theology of the Spirit(s).
About the author
Kurt Buhring is Associate Professor of Religious Studies & Theology at Saint Mary's College (IN), and the author of
Conceptions of God, Freedom, and Ethics in African American and Jewish Theology (Palgrave Macmillan, 2008). He teaches and researches the areas of Black theology, Jewish theology, social justice activism, religion and science, and interfaith relations.
