Description: Bonhoeffer's Black Jesus : Harlem Renaissance Theology and an Ethic of Resistance, Paperback by Williams, Reggie L.; Schlingensiepen, Ferdinand (FRW), ISBN 1481315854, ISBN-13 9781481315852, Brand New, Free shipping in the US
Dietrich Bonhoeffer publicly confronted Nazism and anti-Semitic racism in Hitlers Germany. The Reichs political ideology, when mixed with theology of the German Christian movement, turned Jesus into a divine representation of the ideal, racially pure Aryan and allowed race-hate to become part of Germanys religious life. Bonhoeffer provided a Christian response to Nazi atrocities.
In this book author Reggie L. Williams follows Dietrich Bonhoeffer as he encounters Harlem’s black Jesus. The Christology Bonhoeffer learned in Harlems churches featured a black Christ who suffered with African Americans in their struggle against systemic injustice and racial violence—and then resisted. In the pews of the Abyssinian Baptist Church, under the leadership of Adam Clayton Powell Sr., Bonhoeffer was captivated by Christianity in the Harlem Renaissance. This Christianity included a Jesus who stands with the oppressed, against oppressors, and a theology that challenges the way God is often used to underwrite harmful unions of race and religion.
Now featuring a foreword from world-renowned Bonhoeffer scholar Ferdinand Schlingensiepen as well as multiple updates and additions, Bonhoeffer’s Black Jesus argues that Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s immersion within the black American narrative was a turning point for him, causing him to see anew the meaning of his claim that obedience to Jesus requires concrete historical action. This ethic of resistance not only indicted the church of the German Volk, but also continues to shape the nature of Christian discipleship today.
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Book Title: Bonhoeffer's Black Jesus : Harlem Renaissance Theology and an Eth
Number of Pages: 204 Pages
Publication Name: Bonhoeffer's Black Jesus : Harlem Renaissance Theology and an Ethic of Resistance
Language: English
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Publication Year: 2021
Item Height: 0.6 in
Subject: Christian Theology / General, Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Christianity / Denominations, Christian Theology / Ethics
Features: New Edition
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 11.2 Oz
Author: Reggie L. Williams
Item Length: 9 in
Subject Area: Religion, Philosophy
Item Width: 5.9 in
Format: Trade Paperback
