For the Souls of Black Folks: Reimagining Black Preaching for Twenty-First-Century Liberation - Softcover

Cari Jackson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1620323001 ISBN 13: 9781620323007

Publisher: Wipf & Stock Pub, 2013

Synopsis

For the Souls of Black Folks examines the impact of black religious culture in shaping the ethical values and sociopolitical condition of U.S. blacks. The book reviews the nexus of theological traditions and historical factors that have formed black churches as environments where preachers serve as the moral compass for black churchgoers. For the Souls of Black Folks builds upon the work of sociologist W. E. B. Du Bois, who highlighted the presence of a double consciousness in the collective psyche of blacks stemming from racial oppression. The book explores the ways in which that double consciousness, often reflected in black preaching, socializes black Christians to subjugate their own moral authority to that of black preachers. The central argument is that this socialization to submit to preachers greatly underserves black churchgoers in developing and exercising their own power and authority as social agents, and thus significantly impedes the full sociopolitical liberation of all blacks. The book offers important new preaching strategies that more effectively facilitate the empowerment of blacks as critical agents of social transformation and healing in the twenty-first century.

About this title

About the Author:

Eric Costanzo, PhD, is an evangelical minister and professor from Tulsa, Oklahoma. Along with teaching, he directs a ministry to the homeless and under-resourced throughout the city.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wipf & Stock Pub
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1620323001
• ISBN 13: 9781620323007
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 198