Preface; Part I. Introduction Section: 1. General introduction Dwight N. Hopkins; 2. Historical perspective Gayraud S. Wilmore; 3. Black theology and liberation theologies Edward P. Antonio; 4. The social sciences and rituals of resilience in African and African American communities Linda E. Thomas; 5. Black theology and womanist theology Delores S. Williams; Part II. Themes in Black Theology: 6. God Dennis W. Wiley; 7. Jesus in Black theology: the ancient ancestor visits Julian Kunnie; 8. Black theology and the Holy Spirit Garth Baker-Fletcher; 9. Black theology and human purpose Riggins Earl; 10. Theology's great sin: silence in the face of white supremacy James H. Cone; 11. Theodicy: 'de lawd knowed how it was': Black theology and Black suffering Allan Boesak; 12. Black theology and the Bible Michael J. Brown; 13. Protestant ecclesiology Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr; 14. Roman Catholic ecclesiology Cyprian Davis; 15. Dignity and destiny: Black reflections on eschatology J. Deotis Roberts; Part III. Global Expressions of Black Theology: 16. The history of Black theology in South Africa Mokgethi Motlhabi; 17. Black theology in Britain Anthony Reddie; 18. Slave religion and Black theology in Brazil Walter Passos; 19. Black theology in Cuba Raùl Saurez Ramos; 20. Black theology in Jamaica Noel L. Erskine; 21. Methodology in an Aboriginal theology Anne Pattel-Gray; 22. Black theology and post-colonial discourse Edward P. Antonio; 23. The future of Black theology James H. Evans; Bibliography; Index.