Duppy Conqueror

by Robert Beckford

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781506484402
Publisher:	Augsburg Fortress, Publishers
Publication date:	03/15/2022
Series:	My Theology , #7
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	96
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Robert Beckford is a Visiting Fellow in the department of Sociology at the University of Warwick, and is the author of a number of books in the fields of religion, popular culture and politics, including Jesus Is Dread (DLT, 2008). He has presented several documentaries in the UK for the BBC and Channel 4.

Table of Contents

Introduction 7

1 God of the Rahtid 11

2 Jesus is Dread 49

3 Spirit Dub 69

Conclusion:'Outernational' 91

Acknowledgements 95