We Shall All Be Changed: Social Problems and Theological Renewal

by James H. Evans Jr.

Overview

Wisdom, health, honor, hopethese revered ideals are now jeopardized, James Evans claims, by thetowering social problems of North American society, nowhere more achingly and emblematically than inAfrican American life.

Evans here creates a practical theology by working at the intersection of religious understandings in theAfrican American community and its most pressing social problems. He skillfully probes to their deepestcultural and religious roots. There the moral distortions of racism, poverty, shame, disease, dysfunctional families, and even problematic elements in religious life can be excised so that new, more helpful ideas ofgrace, salvation, and community can flourish.

Evans's fresh and fruitful work is an affirmation of the transformative power of religious engagement and its ultimate source in the religious community that is God's own self.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780800630843
Publisher:	Augsburg Fortress, Publishers
Publication date:	05/01/1997
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	122
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.25(d)

About the Author

James H. Evans Jr. is Robert K. Davies Professor of Systematic Theology at Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School. He is the author of We Shall All Be Changed (1997), Modern Christian Thought: The Twentieth Century (2nd edition, 2006), and Playing: Christian Explorations of Daily Living (2010), all with Fortress Press.

Table of Contents

Preface

Social Problems as Theological Problems

The Tasks of Practical Theology

A Conceptual Overview of Social Problems

Theological Problems and Social Problems

The Negro Problem

Honor, Shame, and Grace

The Affirmative Action Debate: The Rhetoric of Honor and Shame

A Conceptual Overview of Honor and Shame

Honor, Shame, and American Slavery

Honor and Shame in the Bible

Jesus, Honor, and Shame

Paul, Honor, and Shame

From Honor to Amazing Grace

Health, Disease, and Salvation

The Health Care Debate: More than a Question of Ethics

A Conceptual Overview of Health and Disease

Health and Disease in African American Experience

Health and Disease in the Bible

Is There a Balm in Gilead?

Salvation in African American Experience

Hope, Racism, and Community

Eschatology in Modern Theology

The Rise of White Supremacy in the United States

Reexamining Eschatology

Toward the Beloved Community

Spiritual Renewal and Social Transformation

Spirituality and Social Tranformation

African Spirituality

African Spirituality and the Church

We Shall All Be Changed: A Spirituality for New Life

Notes

Index