Emancipation Still Comin': Explorations in Caribbean Emancipatory Theology

By Kortright Davis

Book Overview

The Caribbean, awash with sun and water, is a meeting place of many races, religions, and cultures. There North and South, Latin and Anglo, native Carib, African black, French and English white races... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0883446723
• ISBN13: 9780883446720
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Orbis Books
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 0.5" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

Crisp, engaging prose and fascinating subject matter

"Emancipation Still Comin'" is a fascinating exploration of the role of theology, particularly theories of liberation theology, in Caribbean socioeconomic development. A weighty subject indeed; and while a lesser talent may have been tempted to intimidate readers with bombast and didacticism, the Antiguan-born author captivates his audience with seasoned prose, borrowing liberally from popular Caribbean colloquialisms. He persuasively delivers the central theme of "Emancipation": that religion, among the most powerful tools of subjugation employed by colonial masters, also contains the seeds for social and economic liberation of the oppressed. Already considered essential reading for the Caribbean progressive, "Emancipation" belongs in the global pantheon of theological literature. It is a masterpiece.