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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810695503321

Titolo

Prophetic rage : a postcolonial theology of liberation

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Grand Rapids, Michigan, : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2013

ISBN

9781467439008

1467439002

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (160 pages)

Collana

Prophetic Christianity

Disciplina

230.0464

Soggetti

Liberation theology

Postcolonial theology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Black religion and nihilism -- Empire and black suffering -- Resistance, rage, and revolution -- Profits versus prophets -- Dark waters -- No ways tired -- Building the world house.

Sommario/riassunto

Johnny Bernard Hill argues that prophetic rage, or righteous anger, is a necessary response to our present culture of imperialism and nihilism. The most powerful way to resist meaninglessness, he says, is refusing to accept the realities of structural injustice, such as poverty, escalating militarism, genocide, and housing discrimination. Hill's Prophetic Rage is interdisciplinary, integrating art, music, and literature with theology. It is constructive, passionate, and provocative. Hill weaves through a myriad of creative and prophetic voices of protest -- from Jesus to W.E.B. DuBois, Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and President Barack Obama -- as well as multiple approaches, including liberation theology and black religion, to reflect theologically on the nature of liberation, justice, and hope on contemporary culture.