Resurrection Hope: A Future Where Black Lives Matter

Resurrection Hope: A Future Where Black Lives Matter

by Kelly Brown Douglas
Resurrection Hope: A Future Where Black Lives Matter

Resurrection Hope: A Future Where Black Lives Matter

by Kelly Brown Douglas

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US$26.0 RELIGION / Christian Theology / Ethics RELIGION / Christian Life / Social Issues SOCIAL SCIENCES / African-American Studies RESURRECTION HOPE A Future Where Black Lives Matter Kelly Brown Douglas "By addressing head-on the pervasive anti-black aspects inherent not only in the national ideology but also in much of our Christian theology, my long-time friend and colleague Kelly Brown Douglas offers a powerful, deeply personal answer to the question of what it will take for Black life to truly matter in this country and for God's just future to become a reality for all." —The Most Rev. Michael B. Curry, Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church “Douglas takes us with her on a journey in which she gives herself and every other Black person in America good reason to walk away from the Christian faith, and then tells us why she perseveres in hope. In this, her most devastating critique of white supremacy and passionate homage to the faith of her ancestors, Douglas dares us to believe that it’s possible to create a world in which Black lives matter.” —The Rt. Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, Bishop, Episcopal Diocese of Washington “Kelly Brown Douglas is a towering theologian in this Age of Black Lives Matter who builds on and goes beyond the profound legacies of James Cone and James Baldwin, Katie Cannon and Delores Williams! Resurrection Hope takes us on a courageous and visionary journey full of brilliant scholarship, political struggle, and spiritual determination.” —Cornel West, Union Theological Seminary “In this deeply theological and personal book, Kelly Brown Douglas leads us on her faith journey from despair to hope as she probes the deep anti-Black narrative that pervades U.S. society through monuments and silences to affirm that not only do Black lives matter but Black lives do matter. This book is a moving invitation for us all to undertake this journey of faith to find a deep and sustaining resurrection hope that sits with doubt and survives with a bone-deep hope.” —Emilie M. Townes, Vanderbilt University Divinity School INSERT PHOTO The Rev. Canon Kelly Brown Douglas is the Canon Theologian at the Washington National Cathedral. In 2017, she was named Dean of Episcopal Divinity School at Union Theological Seminary, NYC. She is considered a leader in the field of womanist theology, racial reconciliation, and sexuality and the black church. Her Orbis books include The Black Christ, What’s Faith Got to Do with It? and Stand Your Ground: Black Bodies and the Justice of God. ISBN: 978-1-62698-445-5 ORBIS LOGO

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781626984455
Publisher: Orbis Books
Publication date: 11/17/2021
Pages: 256
Sales rank: 612,035
Product dimensions: 5.38(w) x 8.25(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

The Rev. Canon Kelly Brown Douglas is the Canon Theologian at the Washington National Cathedral. In 2017, she was named Dean of Episcopal Divinity School at Union Theological Seminary, NYC. She is considered a leader in the field of womanist theology, racial reconciliation, and sexuality and the black church. Her Orbis books include The Black Christ, What’s Faith Got to Do with It? and Stand Your Ground: Black Bodies and the Justice of God.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction: A Journey of Faith xi

Part 1 A Corrupted Moral Imaginary

1 Anti-Blackness: More Than White Privilege 9

The Deep Roots of an Anti-Black Narrative 11

The Anti-Black Narrative and the Black Body 22

Making America Great Again and the Matter of Black Lives 47

An Ongoing Conversation 54

2 More Than Just Monuments 56

The History They Tell 58

Social-Cultural Epistemological Privilege 67

The Implications of White Knowing 84

A Compromised Moral Imaginary 93

Back to the Conversation 97

3 It's about the Good White Christians 102

God's Love: A Paradox 120

The Paradox of Peace 128

The White Gaze and the Moral Imagination 132

Back to the Question 134

Part 2 From Crucifying Death to Resurrection Hope

4 Resurrecting Reparations 141

Resurrection Reparations 142

Re-Configuring Social Memory 149

Resurrecting Re-Imagining 160

Resurrecting Justice 169

Lingering Doubts 177

5 Resurrection Testimony 178

A Resurrecting Invitation 184

A Laughing God 190

A Hopeful End 198

Afterword: The Final Conversation 201

Index 203

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