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Author McClendon, John H., author

Title Philosophy of religion and the African American experience : conversations with my Christian friends / by John H. McClendon III ; with the assistance of Brittany O'Neal
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill-Rodopi, [2017]
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Series Value inquiry book series ; Volume 300
African American Philosophy, 0929-8436 ; Volume 300
Value inquiry book series ; v. 300.
Value inquiry book series. African American philosophy ; Volume 300.
Contents Conversation on African Americans and Christianity -- Can a philosopher spoil a good Christian? An introduction to the philosophy of religion and the African American experience -- Philosophy of religion: the social basis of theology and the secular character of philosophy -- Howard Thurman as historical investigator: on Jesus-the man-as Jew and the meaning of Christianity -- James Cone and the Old Testament as history book: a philosophical assessment -- Biblical scripture is a history book: an African American tradition -- Constructing Noah as Black: a contemporary myth about 'historical' origins of a biblical character -- William R. Jones and philosophical theology: transgressing and transforming conventional boundaries of Black liberation theology -- Divine racism and the matter of internal criticism: theology, theodicy, and ideology -- Social outlook and sacred text
Summary Most white philosophers of religion generally presume that philosophy of religion is based on what is a false universality; whereby the white/Western experience is paradigmatic of humanity at-large. The fact remains that Howard Thurman, James H. Cone and William R. Jones, among others, have produced a substantial amount of theological work quite worthy of consideration by philosophers of religion. Yet this corpus of thought is not reflected in the scholarly literature that constitutes the main body of philosophy of religion. Neglect and ignorance of African American Studies is widespread in the academy. By including chapters on Thurman, Cone and Jones, the present book functions as a corrective to this scholarly lacuna
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Christian philosophy.
Black theology.
African American philosophy.
Religion -- Philosophy.
RELIGION -- Christian Theology -- Systematic.
RELIGION -- Christianity -- General.
African American philosophy
Black theology
Christian philosophy
Religion -- Philosophy
Form Electronic book
Author O'Neal, Brittany L
LC no. 2017028874
ISBN 9004332219
9789004332218