Named an Honor Book for Nonfiction by the Black Caucus of the American Library Association African American theology has a long and important history. With modern roots in the civil rights movements of the 1960s, African American theology has gone beyond issues of justice and social transformation to participate in broader dialogues of theological inquiry. The Oxford Handbook of African American Theology brings together leading scholars in the field to offer a critical and comprehensive analysis of this theological tradition in its many forms and contexts. Using an interdisciplinary approach, this Oxford Handbook examines the nature, structures, and functions of African American Theology. The volume surveys the field by highlighting its sources, doctrines, internal debates, current challenges, and future prospects in order to present key topics related to the wider palette of Black Religion in a sustained scholarly format. This formative collection presents current scholarship on African American Theology and scripture, eschatology, Christology, womanist theology, sexuality, ontology, the global economy, and much more. The contributors represent a diverse set of faith perspectives, adding to the layered discourses within the volume. These essays further important discussions on the pressing debates and challenges that shape black and womanist theologies.

Katie G. Cannon is Annie Scales Rogers Professor of Christian Social Ethics at Union Theological Seminary and Presbyterian School of Christian Education. Anthony B. Pinn is Agnes Cullen Arnold Professor of Humanities and Professor of Religious Studies at Rice University.

Introduction Anthony B. Pinn and Katie G. Cannon Section One: Sources Chapter One - African American History and African American Theology - Stephen C. Finley Chapter Two - Reading and Using Scripture in the African American Tradition - Allen Callahan Chapter Three - African American Religious Experience - M. Shawn Copeland Chapter Four - The African American Christian Tradition - Sylvester Johnson Chapter Five - Culture/Cultural Production and African American Theology - Clarence E. Hardy, III Chapter Six - Reason in African American Theology - Terrence L. Johnson Chapter Seven - Theoretical Commitments in African American Theology - Edward P. Antonio Chapter Eight - Methodologies in African American Theology - Frederick L. Ware Section Two: Doctrines Chapter Nine - Doctrine of God in African American Theology - Keri Day Chapter Ten - Christology in African American Theology - Diane L. Hayes Chapter Eleven - Holy Spirit in African American Theology - James H. Evans, Jr. Chapter Twelve - Humanity in African American Theology - J. Cameron Carter Chapter Thirteen - World/Creation in African American Theology - Torin Alexander Chapter Fourteen - Liberation in African American Theology - Juan Floyd-Thomas Chapter Fifteen - Evil and Sin in African American Theology - Larry Murphy Chapter Sixteen - Church in African American Theology - R. Drew Smith Chapter Seventeen - Eschatology in African American Theology - Derek S. Hicks Chapter Eighteen - Heaven and Hell in African American Theology - Eboni Marshall Turman Section Three: Internal Debates Chapter Nineteen - Womanist Theology as Corrective to African American Theology - Cheryl Kirk-Duggan Chapter Twenty - Humanism in African American Theology - Anthony B. Pinn Chapter Twenty-One - Audiences of Accountability in African American Theology - Dennis W. Wiley Chapter Twenty-Two - Embodiment in African American Theology - Stephanie Y. Mitchem Chapter Twenty-Three - Pedagogical Praxis in African American Theology - Katie G. Cannon Chapter Twenty-Four - Religious Pluralism and African American Theology - Dianne Diakite Chapter Twenty-Five - Sexuality in African American Theology - Horace Griffin Section Four: Ongoing Challenges Chapter Twenty-Six - The Problem of History in African American Theology - Lewis R. Gordon Chapter Twenty-Seven - Social Theory and African American Theology - Corey D. B. Walker Chapter Twenty-Eight - Black Ontology and Theology - Victor Anderson Chapter Twenty-Nine - African American Theology and the Global Economy - Anthony G. Reddie Chapter Thirty - African American Theology and the American Hemisphere - Josef Sorett Chapter Thirty-One - The African in African American Theology - Peter J. Paris Section Five: Prospects for the Future Chapter Thirty-Two - Prosperity Gospel and African American Theology - Jonathan L. Walton Chapter Thirty-Three - African American Theology and the Public Imaginary - Willie Jennings Chapter Thirty-Four - Cultural Boundaries and African American Theology - Emilie M. Townes