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Toward a Womanist Ethic of Incarnation: Black Bodies, the Black Church, and the Council of Chalcedon

Toward a Womanist Ethic of Incarnation: Black Bodies, the Black Church, and the Council of Chalcedon

by Eboni Marshall Turman
Toward a Womanist Ethic of Incarnation: Black Bodies, the Black Church, and the Council of Chalcedon

Toward a Womanist Ethic of Incarnation: Black Bodies, the Black Church, and the Council of Chalcedon

by Eboni Marshall Turman

Overview

The Black Church is an institution that emerged in rebellion against injustice perpetrated upon black bodies. How is it, then, that black women's oppression persists in black churches? This book engages the Chalcedonian Definition as the starting point for exploring the body as a moral dilemma.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781349477821
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date: 12/18/2013
Series: Black Religion/Womanist Thought/Social Justice
Edition description: 1st ed. 2013
Pages: 214
Sales rank: 1,160,774
Product dimensions: 5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Eboni Marshall Turman is Assistant Research Professor of Black Church Studies at Duke University Divinity School, USA.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1. The Politics of Incarnation: A Theological Perspective 2. Moving the Body: The Logic of Incarnation in Theoethical Perspective 3. The Problem of Incarnation: Theorizing the Veil 4. Bodies and Souls: The Moral Problem of "Making Men" 5. Beyond the Veil: Toward a Womanist Ethic of Incarnation 6. On the Parousia: The Black Body Electric Notes Bibliography Index
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