African American Christian Church

The theology of the black church reflects the African-American past, present, and future. The expression of its essence often takes the form of story: "Narrative is the form of African-American theology because it is wholistic and praxiological" (31).

Chapter 2: This chapter examines the biblical foundations of black theology. During the nineteenth century, whites misused the Bible to define African slaves as less than human: "Before the barbarity of modern slavery could be justified, it was necessary to define the African an outsider" (39). In response, blacks either identified themselves with the oppressed Israelites or with the Cushites (Ethiopians). Thus the Bible has always been intimately related to African-Americans' struggle for freedom. Blacks have been critical of the misuse of the Bible to deny their liberty. They have interpreted the Bible more in terms of what it means for them in the present than in a historical context, with the story being more important than the text. Blacks hav

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of the dead, the last judgment, and the reality of both heaven and hell. Chapters 2 and 6: These chapters discuss revelation and the meaning of good and evil. Revelation is a personal communication from God through which He reveals Himself: "God has taken the initiative and has freely made known the divine identity and purpose" (Migliore 20). Without this revelation, human beings could only guess at the nature of God. Revelation is communicated and understood through God's activity in Jesus Christ. God's revelation seeks a personal response from human beings. In light of this revelation, Christians see the world from a different perspective. There are two types of revelation: general and specific. Christians recognize that the biblical witness of revelation is not infallible because the scriptural witness and the church are mere servants of God. Many Christians struggle with the "problem of evil." If God is all-loving and all-gracious, how can he allow evil to coexist with good? Chapter 6 addresses this issue by asserting that Christians can be confident that God is in control of both good and evil. For one thing, God will have the final victory over evil. And just as human beings suffer because of evil, God li
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