| Contents |
Foreword / Love L. Sechrest -- Section One. Biblical analysis of blackness and expressions of black empowerment. Hearing scripture as protest and resistance / Lisa M. Bowens -- Black lives matter : a hermeneutics of text and history / Joseph F. Scrivner -- The empire will fail : Paul's vision for the church then and now in Romans 8 / Angela N. Parker -- The stories our bodies tell : black bodies that matter, black lives that matter / Jennifer Kaalund -- Prophetic tenacity / Jaime L. Waters -- Protesting police brutality and criminal injustice with Paul and Silas / Dennis R. Edwards -- Biblical accounts of racial profiling and the social death of black lives / Jamal-Dominique Hopkins -- Section Two. Theological reflections and expressions of black empowerment. Black lives moved by the Bible : moving from the love of power to the power of love / Danjuma Gibson -- Hagar's lament : affirming black lives matter through resilience, interconnectedness, spirituality, and expectancy / Valerie Ranee Landfair -- Toward a theology of revolutionary protest / Antonia Michelle Daymond -- Black bodies, art, and community / Brian Bantum -- White supremacy is a script we're given at birth / Reggie Williams -- Communicating culture : the beauty in black speech / Y. Joy Harris-Smith -- "I am black and beautiful" : a biblical haymanot (theology) of blackness / Vince Bantu -- Migration, adaptability, and the utilization of media : black Pentecostalism goes global / Marcia Clarke -- Black protest theology : considering Bourdieu's habitus theory with a comparative analysis of protest approaches in the civil rights movement and the hip-hop generation / Antipas L. Harris -- Section Three. Sermons on blackness. Jesus and the borders (Luke 14:7- 14) / Luke A. Powery -- Rise of the liberating church / Efrem Smith --Feast day for Saint Harriet / Donyelle McCray -- A decriminalizing gospel and empowering maneuvers / David D. Daniels III. |
