Josiah U. Young III is professor of systematic theology at Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, DC.

Josiah Young's Black Lives Matter and the Image of God is a theological tour de force written as a memoir. From the streets of Bushwick to South Africa and the Congo, Young's theo-anthropology provides a rich and illuminating answer to the question of whether Black lives really matter to us and to God. This book will edify anyone who reads it.

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

Josiah U. Young III is professor of systematic theology at Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, DC.

Josiah Young's Black Lives Matter and the Image of God is a theological tour de force written as a memoir. From the streets of Bushwick to South Africa and the Congo, Young's theo-anthropology provides a rich and illuminating answer to the question of whether Black lives really matter to us and to God. This book will edify anyone who reads it.

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

Josiah U. Young III is professor of systematic theology at Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, DC.

Josiah Young's Black Lives Matter and the Image of God is a theological tour de force written as a memoir. From the streets of Bushwick to South Africa and the Congo, Young's theo-anthropology provides a rich and illuminating answer to the question of whether Black lives really matter to us and to God. This book will edify anyone who reads it.

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