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The End of God-Talk

By Pinn

The End of God-Talk

By Pinn

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In this groundbreaking study, Anthony B. Pinn challenges the long held assumption that African American theology is solely theist, arguing that this assumption has stunted African American theological discourse and excluded a rapidly growing segment of the African American population - non-theists. Rejecting the assumption of theism as the African American orientation, Pinn poses a crucial question: What is a non-theistic theology?

The End of God-Talk outlines the first systematic African American non-theistic theology. Pinn offers a new center for theological inquiry, grounded in a more scientific notion of the human than the imago Dei ideas that dominates African American theistic theologies. He proposes a turn to Henry David Thoreau, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, and Alice Walker in order to effect a sense of ethical conduct consistent with African American non-theistic humanism. The End of God-Talk ends with an exploration of the religious significance of ordinary spaces and activities as settings for humanist theological engagement.

Through a turn to embodied human life as the proper arena and content of theologizing, Pinn opens up a new theological path with important implications for ongoing work in African American religious studies.
Product details
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
216
Release Date:
2012-01-04
Publication Date:
2011-10-06
Publisher:
ACADEMIC
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0195340825
ISBN13:
9780195340822
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
493 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
16 cm
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