Dwight N. Hopkins
Biography
Dwight N. Hopkins has served as Associate Professor of Theology at the University of Chicago Divinity School and was previously coordinator of the EATWOT Theological Commission. Hopkins earned a B.A. from Harvard University and an M.Div., an M. Phil, and a PhD. from Union Theological Seminary. Hopkins is the founder of the International Association of Black Religions and Spiritualities and has been a member of the American Academy of Religion, the Society for the Study of Black Religion, and the Ecumenical Association of Third-World Theologians. Hopkins wrote Black Theology—Essays on Gender Perspectives (2017) and Black Theology—Essays on Global Perspectives (2017), and edited We Are One Voice (2017).
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Black Theology and Black Faith
Theology
“Noel L. Erskine has gifted us with the definitive argument and persuasive proof that Black faith and Black religion in the western hemisphere began with the majority populations of enslaved Africans in the Caribbean and Latin America, and not in the United States. This is a foundational paradigm shift, and Black theology and womanist theology, if they are to remain authentic, must shift as well.”
Bible Studies & Devotionals
“This book touches my spirit and informs my own daily rituals of self-cultivation practices. If you are a human being looking for balance and meaning, Contemplations from the Heart will feed your soul to help you live better in the world. Please give yourself the daily pleasure of reading this gracious gift from Grace.”
Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
“I can hardly think of any other person in the world whose word and witness stand more unswervingly with the poor and the workers. Despite surface signs of progress, Allan Boesak reminds Christians and all people of decent hearts that hope emerges phoenix-like when the criterion for life is the life of the oppressed.”
Theology
“Grace Ji-Sun Kim continues to offer us insightful and original work that makes a difference in both the church and the academy, a rare accomplishment in the scholarly world. This book shows the growing impact of her fresh voice — prophetic, priestly, and practical.”
Fortress Introduction to Black Church History
History & Biography
“A detailed comprehensive treatment, The Fortress Introduction to Black Church History examines all the historic black denominations—their origin, history, theology, and witness; their bureaucratic structures, splits and realignments; their fight for social justice and the crucial role of black Christian women. Anyone concerned about the large relation between religion and society will do well to read this book.”
Religion, Conflict, and Democracy in Modern Africa
Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
“This book is unprecedented and a major intellectual contribution. No one, in any academic field or government position, can be considered serious about Africa today if they have not read this book. This is one we have been waiting for!”
History & Biography
“The entire scholarly community and all concerned Americans welcome the reprint of The Negro Church. W. E. B. Du Bois, the most brilliant intellectual ever produced by the United States, penned this social scientific study in 1903. Not only is this the first academic engagement with the black church and black religion. It is also the first text on sociology of religion in American history. Thus Du Bois understood the centrality of black people to the US narrative. Similarly, he understood the centrality of the black church for black communities. Here is scholarship at its best--engaged, theoretical work making a difference in everyday lives. Alton B. Pollard III has offered a masterful introduction for the twenty-first-century reader.”
Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
“With love and purpose, God created black, Christian sisters and brothers who are lesbian and gay. If the Black Church is to ever fulfill its calling by Jesus Christ, then open lesbians and gays will have to be at the center of church leadership. This book is a witness to divine power and grace.”
Men
“The first constructing theological ethics relative to the survival, wholeness, and emancipation of the black man, Xodus redefines the foundational terms of the debate around the radical reconstruction of the African male self in America. And it reads persuasively—like the piano sounds of a blues-jazz-funk musician.”
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