Flourishing in Babylon: Black British Agency and Self-Determination

By: Aldred, Joe

Black theology has long been about oppression and liberation. But is there a different story to tell? Can the black story be one about a quest for flourishing through agency and self-determination and not only an existence of nihilistic struggle? Drawing on a fresh reading of Jeremiah's letter to Jewish exiles, and his own Pentecostal tradition, Joe Aldred offers a fresh understanding of the Black British experience which draws on a realised eschatology rooted in identity, empowerment and an agenda. In a contested diasporan context in the shadow of empire there exists opportunity to fully flourish without apology - or as Jeremiah puts it to those in exile, to 'settle, build and grow'.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0334065062
• ISBN13: 9780334065067
• Release Date: April 2024
• Publisher: SCM Press
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"