TY  - BOOK
AU  - Andrews,Dale P.
TI  - Practical theology for black churches: bridging black theology and African American folk religion 
SN  - 0664224296 (pbk. : alk. paper)
AV  - BT 82.7  A565p 2002
U1  - 230/.089/96073 21
PY  - 2002///
CY  - Louisville, Ky.
PB  - Westminster John Knox Press
KW  - Black theology
KW  - Teología negra
KW  - Afroamericanos
KW  - Religión
KW  - African American churches
KW  - African Americans
KW  - Religion
KW  - Social life and customs
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-140) and indexes; Contents

Acknowledgments

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INTRODUCTION

Mapping the Chasm

7

Landscaping the Rifts

Building Bridges?

9

1. EARLY AFRICAN AMERICAN FOLK RELIGION AND CHURCH PRAXIS

12

The Encounter with North American Christianity Black Preaching and the Use of Scripture Pastoral Care in Black Churches

12

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2. SHAPING ECCLESIOLOGY IN BLACK CHURCHES

34

37

The Church as Refuge The Church and Social Ethics

40

Faith Identity: Between Personhood and Peoplehood

3. READDRESSING BLACK THEOLOGY

TO BLACK CHURCHES

50

52

Black Theology's Critique of Black Churches The Impact of American Individualism Bifurcation of the Black Community

56

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N2  - "Dale Andrews skillfully employs the theological metaphor of covenant and an interdisciplinary approach to ministry to respond to the fragmentation in African American churches and communities. Arguing that black theology is alienated from black folk religion, he adroitly constructs a holistic and practical model of ministry hat embraces both local congregational refuge theology and sociopolitical libera ion theology
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