The Ground Has Shifted: The Future of the Black Church in Post-Racial America

Walter Earl Fluker

ISBN 10: 147981038X / ISBN 13: 9781479810383

Published by New York University Press, 2016

About this Item

Series: Religion, Race, & Ethnicity. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRAM1; HRCC2; JFFJ; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 544. . 2016. Hardback. . . . .

Seller Inventory # V9781479810383

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Ground Has Shifted: The Future of the Black Church in Post-Racial America
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 147981038X
• ISBN 13: 9781479810383
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

Honorable Mention, Theology and Religious Studies PROSE Award

A powerful insight into the historical and cultural roles of the Black church

If we are in a post-racial era, then what is the future of the Black Church? If the US will at some time in the future be free from discrimination and prejudices that are based on race how will that affect the church’s very identity?

In The Ground Has Shifted, Walter Earl Fluker passionately and thoroughly discusses the historical and current role of the Black church and argues that the older race-based language and metaphors of religious discourse have outlived their utility. He offers instead a larger, global vision for the Black church that focuses on young Black men and other disenfranchised groups who have been left behind in a world of globalized capital.

Lyrically written with an emphasis on the dynamic and fluid movement of life itself, Fluker argues that the church must find new ways to use race as an emancipatory instrument if it is to remain central in Black life, and he points the way for a new generation of church leaders, scholars and activists to reclaim the Black church’s historical identity and to turn to the task of infusing character, civility, and a sense of community among its congregants.

About the Author

Walter Earl Fluker is the Martin Luther King, Jr. Professor of Ethical Leadership, the editor of the Howard Thurman Papers Project, and the Director of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Initiative for the Development of Ethical Leadership (MLK-IDEAL) at Boston University School of Theology and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.