Black theology, slavery, and contemporary Christianity

Black Theology, Slavery and Contemporary Christianity explores the legacy of slavery in Black theological terms. Challenging the dominant approaches to the history and legacy of slavery in the British Empire, the contributors show that although the 1807 act abolished the slave trade, it did not end racism, notions of White supremacy, or the demonization of Blackness, Black people and Africa. This interdisciplinary study draws on biblical studies, history, missiology and Black theological reflection, exploring the strengths and limitations of faith as the framework for abolitionist rhetoric and action. This Black theological approach to the phenomenon of the trans-Atlantic slave trade and the institution of slavery draws on contributions from Africa, the Caribbean, North America and Europe.

'But it's in the text! Slavery, the Bible, and the African diaspora' / Randall C. Bailey -- Was Paul an arch-advocate of slavery or a liberator? / Mukti Barton -- Buying the poor for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals (Amos 8:6) : the fit between capitalism and slavery as seen through the hermeneutic of the eighth-century prophet Amos / David Isiorho -- A resistant biblical hermeneutic within the Caribbean / Oral Thomas -- Unending the Bible : the Book of Revelation through the optics of Anancy and Rastafari / Michael N. Jagessar -- 'Children of a lesser God' : the American Board Mission's ordination policy in South Africa / Daryl M. Balia -- Nevessary remembrance : towards a white British biblical hermeneutic in the aftermath of the mass enslavement of Africans / Jjohn M. Campbell -- A legacy of slavery : black with the slaves or mulatto with the slavers? An English Jamaican theological reflection on the trajectories of 'mixed race categories' / Caroline Redfearn -- Faith and the gallows : the cost of liberation / Delroy A. Reid-Salmon -- Re-reading slave writing through the lens of black theology / Carol Troupe -- Whither Africa? : reflections on current day Africa in light of slavery / George Wauchope -- Divining sisters : reflections on an experience of divination by a priestess of the Ausar Auset Society / Marjorie Lewis -- Politics of black entry into Britain : reflections on being a black British person returning to the UK / Anthony G. Reddie.