Why, Lord?: Suffering and Evil in Black Theology - Hardcover

Pinn, Anthony B.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0826408540 ISBN 13: 9780826408549

Publisher: Continuum Intl Pub Group, 1995

Synopsis

In Why, Lord? scholar of religion Pinn describes and analyzes this African American tradition of theodicy: of understanding how a good God could permit evil and suffering. Pinn makes innovative use of spirituals, rap and African American literature in his discussion.

About this title

About the Author:

Anthony B. Pinn is Agnes Cullen Arnold Professor of Humanities, Professor of Religious Studies, and Director of the Center for Engaged Research and Collaborative Learning (CERCL) at Rice University, USA

Review:

"By challenging some of the most cherished theological beliefs to emerge within black Christian communities, Pinn encourages us to extend the range of our religious world views and embrace black cultural expressions that have been ignored and despised ... This book marks the debut of an important and exciting new voice in black religious thought." (Michael Eric Dyson)

"The book is thought-provoking, schematic, and theologically unsettling. Not since William R. Jones' Is God A White Racist? Has the theodical problem been so central to the critique of African-American theology and ethics."
—Victor Anderson, Religious Studies Review, January 2002
"By challenging some of the most cherished theological beliefs to emerge within black Christian communities, Pinn encourages us to extend the range of our religious world views and embrace black cultural expressions that have been ignored and despised ... This book marks the debut of an important and exciting new voice in black religious thought." (Sanford Lakoff)

About this edition

• Publisher: Continuum Intl Pub Group
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0826408540
• ISBN 13: 9780826408549
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 216