Introduction: Black Lives Matter! Faith Seeking Understanding
Part One: Theological Waters
Chapter One: The Image of God Far above the Primal Waters
Chapter Two: “Slaves Obey Your Earthy Masters”: The High Cost of Baptism
Part Two: Protestant
Chapter Three: Descending Jacob’s Ladder with Emmanuel Levinas and Mordecai Kaplan
Chapter Four: We Won’t All Die, But We’ll All Be Changed?
Chapter Five: Those Who Died Young, Pyros, and A Black Professor
Chapter Six: Self-Consciousness and Self-Direction: Dr. King and Theological Liberalism
Part Three: Afro
Chapter Seven: The Lost-Found Tribe of Shabazz: For Josh and Minister Malcolm X
Chapter Eight: Afro-Aesthetics and Moon Dance
Chapter Nine: Africa Addio? (Goodbye, Africa?)
Part Four: Understanding My Faith
Chapter Ten: Mangwanani, Africa! (Good Morning, Africa!)
Conclusion: Trying to be “Larger, Freer, and More Loving”: What “God” Is To Me
Bibliography
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