Duppy Conqueror
Author | : Robert Beckford |
Publisher | : Augsburg Fortress Publishers |
Total Pages | : 97 |
Release | : 2022-03-15 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781506484396 |
ISBN-13 | : 1506484395 |
Rating | : 4/5 (96 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: This book contours Robert Beckford's recontextualization of African American Black and Womanist theologies of liberation. Making the black British experience a point of departure, Beckford's theological method appropriates two distinct approaches to pursue a contextual theology or a Black theology dub: first, a correlation of linguistic concepts from Black cultural history and urban life (Rahtid, Dread, and Dub) with the theological categories of "God," "Jesus," and the "Spirit"; second, a media theopraxis or inscribing of Black theology onto commercial television documentary filmmaking and studio-produced contemporary gospel music. In the My Theology series, the world's leading Christian thinkers explain some of the principal tenets of their theological beliefs in concise, pocket-sized books.