The End of God-TalkAn African American Humanist Theology

An African American humanist theology

Bibliographic Data

ID20009712
AuthorsAnthony B Pinn (corresponding author)
Year2012
Publication date2012-01-04
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueThe end of God-talk (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195340822.001.0001
OpenAlexW2497314330
Open LibraryOL24857779M
ISBN9780195340822
GOOGLE_BOOK_IDZZrrAQAAQBAJ
LanguageEN
Citations received14

Rejecting the assumption of theism as the African American orientation, and in response to a central question—What is the look of a nontheistic theology?—Pinn provides the first systematic African American nontheistic theology. It expands the range of theological resources to include more of the mundane materials generally overlooked in African American theology. Through an appreciation of a complex sense of community that extends beyond a simple location of the like-minded, The End of God-Talk offers a new center for theological inquiry and ties this to a sense of the human much more scientifically grounded than the imago Dei ideas that dominate African American theistic theologies. Pinn explores the importance of symmetry as a new marker of meaning, one that rejects traditional notions of salvation—even those posed by the more materially grounded liberation theologies. Furthermore, Pinn proposes a turn to Thoreau, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, and Alice Walker as a way of forging a sense of ethical conduct consistent with African American nontheistic humanism. The book ends with an exploration of the religious significance of ordinary spaces and activities as the locations for humanist theological engagement. Through a turn to embodied human life as the proper arena for and content of theologizing, Pinn's book opens a new theological path with important implications for ongoing work in African American religious studies

African american · Christian theology · Embodied cognition · Epistemology · Faith · Humanism · Meaning (existential) · Philosophical theology · Sociology · Theism · Theology · Anthropology · Philosophy · Religious studies · Theological Perspectives and Practices · African americans · Black theology · Religion · Religious Humanism · united states

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