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Goatley, David Emmanuel

 
9781725288317: Were You There?: Godforsakenness in Slave Religion
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1725288311 ISBN 13 : 9781725288317
Editeur : Wipf and Stock, 2021

Synopsis

Contemporary Christian theology continues to struggle with the tragedy of inexplicable human suffering and the endurance of evil. The pressing issue of "Where is God?" in seemingly godless situations provides the focus of Were You There? Godforsakenness in Slave Religion. In this book, David Emmanuel Goatley investigates the doctrine of God in relation to the experience of those living under conditions of extreme oppression. In this experience of "Godforsakenness" Goatley finds an echo of Jesus' poignant cry from the cross, "My God, why have you forsaken me?"

Were You There? approaches this question through a narrative methodology, particularly by examining the slave narratives as well as the spirituals that were products of the same era. Both these sources provide important ways of viewing the experience of "Godforsakenness" and the problem of God's presence or absence in the extremities and absurdities of human suffering. Using these insights as a hermeneutic, Were You There? then proceeds to an interpretation of Jesus' cry of dereliction in Mark.

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À propos de l'auteur

David Emmanuel Goatley is Associate Dean for Vocational Formation and Christian Witness and Research Professor of Christian Theology and Black Church Studies at Duke Divinity School. With previous appointments in university and seminary settings, he also served as an urban missionary, denominational executive, congregational pastor, and global missions executive. He is editor of Black Religion, Black Theology: Selected Writings of J. Deotis Roberts and author of A Divine Assignment: The Missiology of Wendell Clay Somerville.

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Éditeur
Wipf and Stock
Date d'édition
2021
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1725288311
ISBN 13 
9781725288317
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
150
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