Empowerment Ethics for a Liberated People - A Path to African American Social Transformation

Cheryl Sanders here sharpens the agenda of black liberation by offering both a fresh reading of historical black religion and a distinctive approach to Christian ethics. Arguing that the experience of oppression has been the catalyst for black moral life and thought, Sanders traces several paths or approaches that African American Christians have taken in moving from victimization to moral agency: testimony, protest, uplift, cooperation, achievement, remoralization, and ministry. Informative and engaging, earnest and constructive, Sanders's book envisions a new way of empowering people to take responsibility for their moral and spiritual development.

About the author

Cheryl J. Sanders is Associate Professor of Christian Ethics at Howard University School of Divinity, Associate Pastor at Third St. Church of God, Washington, D.C., and editor of Living the Intersection: Womanism and Afrocentrism in Theology (Fortress Press, 1994).

Product details

• Authors: Cheryl Sanders, Cheryl J Sanders, Cheryl J. Sanders
• Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Pub
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.1995
• EAN: 9780800629175
• ISBN: 978-0-8006-2917-5
• No. of pages: 141
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 222 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works