Black Practical Theology

Dale P. Andrews (1961-2017) was Distinguished Professor of Homiletics, Social Justice, and Practical Theology at Vanderbilt University.Robert London Smith Jr. is an Honorary Researcher in Practical Theology, King's College at University of Aberdeen, U.K. and Pastor at Rubislaw Parish Church, Aberdeen, U.K.

Acknowledgments I. Introduction 1 Prophetic Praxis for Black Practical Theology, Dale P. Andrews and Robert London Smith Jr. II. Black Youth, Intergenerational Relations, and Ageism 2. Bridging Civil Rights and Hip Hop Generations, Evelyn L. Parker 3. Rejoining Black Youth, Families, and Our Elders, James H. Evans Jr. 4. Rituals of Resistance to Strengthen Intergenerational Relations, Donna E. Allen III. Education, Class, and Poverty 5. Participative Black Theology as a Pedagogy of Praxis, Anthony G. Reddie 6. Listening to the Poor and Nonliterate, Madipoane Masenya (ngwan'a Mphahlele) 7. Doing Theology for Ordinary Folk, Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. IV. Gender, Sexual Orientation, and Race 8. Building Communities of Embodied Beauty, Phillis Isabella Sheppard 9. Encircling in Our Womanist Strength, Diana L. Hayes 10. A Radically Inclusive Vision for the Fellowship of the Black Church, Dennis W. Wiley and Christine Y. Wiley V. Globalism, Immigration, and Diasporan Communities 11. African Diasporan Communities and the Black Church, Esther E. Acolatse 12. The Aesthetic Struggle and Ecclesial Vision, Willie James Jennings 13. Embodied Black Practical Theology for the Caribbean Diasporan Church, Delroy A. Reid-Salmon VI. Health Care, HIV/AIDS, and Poverty 14. Liberating Black-Church Practical Theology from Poverty and Pandemic Marginalization, Emmanuel Y. Amugi Lartey 15. Black Practical Theology of Health and HIV/AIDS Health Care, Edward P. Antonio 16. Rethinking Theology for Impoverished Care, Gina M. Stewart VII. Mass Incarceration, Capital Punishment, and the Justice System 17. The Incarceration of Black Spirituality and the Disenfranchised, Michael Battle 18. Lifting Our Voices and Liberating Our Bodies in the Era of Massive Racialized Incarceration, Raphael Warnock 19. Jesus on Death Row: The Case for Abolishing Prisons, Madeline McClenney VIII. Conclusion 20. Graphing the Contours of Black Practical Theology, Dale P. Andrews and Robert London Smith Jr. Notes List of Contributors Index

Black Practical Theology comprehensively graphs the contours of black practical theology, offering readers eighteen essays that explore an exhaustive range of generative topics involving the most pressing exigencies within what Smith conceptually labels the 'black thematic universe, ' which shapes the religious life world of contemporary African Americans and Pan-Africans (8-9). --Kenyatta R. Gilbert "Homiletic" A must read for those interested in practical theology. -- "Choice" A wide-ranging, interdisciplinary approach to issues that concern all Christian communities, including education, poverty, gender, race, immigration, HIV/AIDS, and the justice system. -- "The Christian Century"