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Christianity has been both the cause of oppression among Black communities and a source of liberation. Black Christianity has sought solace in the redemptive figure of Christ in its struggle for human dignity and freedom. Working Against the Grain addresses the displacement of Black theology in Diasporan African churches by charismatic and conservative neo-Pentecostalism. The essays present a radical Black theology that empowers disenfranchised Black people whilst challenging White power to see and act differently. Working Against the Grain is an essential text for all those interested in the pursuit of racial justice and other forms of anti-oppressive practice, both inside the church and beyond it.

Black theology. --- African American theology --- African Americans --- Blacks --- Theology, Doctrinal --- Religion --- Black people

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Home Away from Home explores how Caribbean diasporan people understand themselves in light of their faith in Jesus Christ. Taking the Caribbean diasporan experience as a source for theological discourse, the book argues that the faith Caribbean people brought with them into the diaspora plays a central role in their development. The study identifies three forms of Caribbean diasporan identity, provides a theological interpretation of the diasporan experience, delineates the foundational theological principles, traces the patterns of and proposes the distinctives of the Caribbean diasporan chur

African Americans -- Religion. --- African diaspora. --- Caribbean Americans -- Religion. --- Caribbean Americans --- African diaspora --- African Americans --- Black theology --- North & South American Religions --- Religion --- Philosophy & Religion --- African American theology --- Blacks --- Theology, Doctrinal --- Afro-Americans --- Black Americans --- Colored people (United States) --- Negroes --- Africans --- Ethnology --- Black diaspora --- Diaspora, African --- Human geography --- Migrations --- Black people --- Transatlantic slave trade