The Divided Mind of the Black Church: Theology, Piety, and Public Witness

by Raphael G. Warnock

Book Overview

A revealing look at the identity and mission of the Black church

What is the true nature and mission of the church? Is its proper Christian purpose to save souls, or to transform the social order? This question is especially fraught when the church is one built by an enslaved people and formed, from its beginning, at the center of an oppressed community's fight for personhood and freedom. Such is the central tension in the identity...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479806005
• ISBN13: 9781479806003
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.9"