Dwight N. Hopkins is Professor of Theology at the University of Chicago Divinity School. He has published several books, which include Being Human: Race, Culture, and Religion (2005), Heart and Head: Black Theology Past, Present, and Future (2002) and Global Voices for Gender Justice (2001, co-editor with Ramathate Dolamo and Ana Maria Tepedino). Edward P. Antonio is the Harvey H. Potthoff Associate Professor of Theology and Social Theory, and Associate Dean of Diversities at the Iliff School of Theology in Denver, Colorado. He is editor of Inculturation and Postcolonial Discourse in African Theology (2006).

'This volume is a welcome addition to the Cambridge Companions to Religion, and one does not need to be black, or a theologian, or even a Christian, to find it of great interest.' David Geall, Reference Reviews

• Preface; Part I. Introduction Section: 1. General introduction Dwight N. Hopkins; 2. Historical perspective Gayraud S. Wilmore; 3. Black theology and liberation theologies Edward P. Antonio; 4. The social sciences and rituals of resilience in African and African American communities Linda E. Thomas; 5. Black theology and womanist theology Delores S. Williams; Part II. Themes in Black Theology: 6. God Dennis W. Wiley; 7. Jesus in Black theology: the ancient ancestor visits Julian Kunnie; 8. Black theology and the Holy Spirit Garth Baker-Fletcher; 9. Black theology and human purpose Riggins Earl; 10. Theology's great sin: silence in the face of white supremacy James H. Cone; 11. Theodicy: 'de lawd knowed how it was': Black theology and Black suffering Allan Boesak; 12. Black theology and the Bible Michael J. Brown; 13. Protestant ecclesiology Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr; 14. Roman Catholic ecclesiology Cyprian Davis; 15. Dignity and destiny: Black reflections on eschatology J. Deotis Roberts; Part III. Global Expressions of Black Theology: 16. The history of Black theology in South Africa Mokgethi Motlhabi; 17. Black theology in Britain Anthony Reddie; 18. Slave religion and Black theology in Brazil Walter Passos; 19. Black theology in Cuba Raùl Saurez Ramos; 20. Black theology in Jamaica Noel L. Erskine; 21. Methodology in an Aboriginal theology Anne Pattel-Gray; 22. Black theology and post-colonial discourse Edward P. Antonio; 23. The future of Black theology James H. Evans; Bibliography; Index.

Dwight N. Hopkins is Professor of Theology at the University of Chicago Divinity School. He has published several books, which include Being Human: Race, Culture, and Religion (2005), Heart and Head: Black Theology Past, Present, and Future (2002) and Global Voices for Gender Justice (2001, co-editor with Ramathate Dolamo and Ana Maria Tepedino). Edward P. Antonio is the Harvey H. Potthoff Associate Professor of Theology and Social Theory, and Associate Dean of Diversities at the Iliff School of Theology in Denver, Colorado. He is editor of Inculturation and Postcolonial Discourse in African Theology (2006).

'This volume is a welcome addition to the Cambridge Companions to Religion, and one does not need to be black, or a theologian, or even a Christian, to find it of great interest.' David Geall, Reference Reviews

• Preface; Part I. Introduction Section: 1. General introduction Dwight N. Hopkins; 2. Historical perspective Gayraud S. Wilmore; 3. Black theology and liberation theologies Edward P. Antonio; 4. The social sciences and rituals of resilience in African and African American communities Linda E. Thomas; 5. Black theology and womanist theology Delores S. Williams; Part II. Themes in Black Theology: 6. God Dennis W. Wiley; 7. Jesus in Black theology: the ancient ancestor visits Julian Kunnie; 8. Black theology and the Holy Spirit Garth Baker-Fletcher; 9. Black theology and human purpose Riggins Earl; 10. Theology's great sin: silence in the face of white supremacy James H. Cone; 11. Theodicy: 'de lawd knowed how it was': Black theology and Black suffering Allan Boesak; 12. Black theology and the Bible Michael J. Brown; 13. Protestant ecclesiology Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr; 14. Roman Catholic ecclesiology Cyprian Davis; 15. Dignity and destiny: Black reflections on eschatology J. Deotis Roberts; Part III. Global Expressions of Black Theology: 16. The history of Black theology in South Africa Mokgethi Motlhabi; 17. Black theology in Britain Anthony Reddie; 18. Slave religion and Black theology in Brazil Walter Passos; 19. Black theology in Cuba Raùl Saurez Ramos; 20. Black theology in Jamaica Noel L. Erskine; 21. Methodology in an Aboriginal theology Anne Pattel-Gray; 22. Black theology and post-colonial discourse Edward P. Antonio; 23. The future of Black theology James H. Evans; Bibliography; Index.