Dread and Pentecostal: A Political Theology for the Black Church in Britain

Dread and Pentecostal: A Political Theology for the Black Church in Britain
ISBN-10
1610975138
ISBN-13
9781610975131
Category
Religion
Pages
230
Language
English
Published
2011-07-01
Publisher
Wipf and Stock Publishers
Author
Robert Beckford

Description

In this authoritative and passionately argued book, Robert Beckford explores the future of Black British Pentecostalism in a society where the notion of White supremacy--even in faith--is all too evident. Drawing on Black, womanist, and post-colonial theologies of liberation, he urges the Black Church to regain its traditional prophetic role as part of its ministry. He suggests that the Caribbean's first liberation theology, Rastafari, has much to offer all Christians concerned with speaking prophetically into social and political life in Britain. Reflecting on aspects of Rastafari, Black Pentecostalism and the meaning of Jesus in the world today, he develops a new model for a Black political faith--a Dread Pentecostal theology.

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