Discussions in Black Theology in Britain

The following discussions are based around a chapter of Black Theology in Britain: A Reader^{[1] _.}This chapter, entitled ‘Future Trajectories’^[2], includes Jagessar and Reddie identifying ten issues/challenges/opportunities with which they felt Black Theology in Britain should engage into the future.

They are as follows:

• The Bible
• The nature of our Blackness
• Ecumenism
• Praxis (practice as opposed to theory)
• Diversity of Black religiosity and spirituality
• Interfaith
• Class analysis
• Being ‘prophetic…and protesting’
• Being interdisciplinary in her methodological approach
• Asking the ethical question ‘How, then, shall we live?

In the following articles we will look at these issues one by one, presented in the following way

1.     A summary of the work from the chapter

2.     Some reflections on the subject

3.     Questions that may help with further reflection and/or discussion on the subject.

Articles

Discussions in BTiB: Part 1 - Grappling with the Bible

Discussions in BTiB: Part 2 - The nature of Blackness

Discussions in BTiB: Part 3 - Ecumenism

Discussions in BTiB: Part 4 - Looking at practice/action

Discussions in BTiB: Parts 5 and 6 - Religious diversity and interfaith issues

Discussions in BTiB: Part 7 - Class analysis

Discussions in BTiB: Part 8 - Being 'prophetic and protesting'

Discussions in BTiB: Part 9 - Being interdisciplinary

Discussion in BTiB: Part 10 - How shall we live?