Spirit(s) in Black Religion: Fire on the Inside - Hardcover

by Kurt Buhring (Author)

1. Introduction2. The Spirit(s) in Africa: African Traditional Religions3. The Spirit(s) in the Diaspora: African-Derived Religions4. The Spirit(s) in Slavery: African American Christianity5. The Spirit in the Sanctified Church6. The Spirit in Modern Black Theology and Religion7. The Spirit in Contemporary Black Theology and Religion8. A Theology of the Spirit(s)

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In this book Kurt Buhring explores concepts of spirit(s) within various Black religions as a means to make a constructive theological contribution to contemporary Black theology in regard to ideas of the Holy Spirit, or pneumatology. He argues that there are rich resources within African and African-based religions to develop a more robust notion of the Holy Spirit for contemporary Black liberation theology. In so doing, Buhring offers a pneumatology that understands divine power and presence within humanity and through human action. The theology offered maintains the fundamental claim that God acts as liberator of the oppressed, while also calling for greater human responsibility and capability for bringing about liberation.

Author Biography

Kurt Buhring is Associate Professor of Religious Studies & Theology at Saint Mary's College (IN), and the author of Conceptions of God, Freedom, and Ethics in African American and Jewish Theology (Palgrave Macmillan, 2008). He teaches and researches the areas of Black theology, Jewish theology, social justice activism, religion and science, and interfaith relations.