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Must God Remain Greek?: Afro Cultures and God-Talk
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Endorsements
"Robert Hood's volume should be read precisely because it lies outside the range of Euro-American cognizance. It unbinds God, Christ, and the Holy Spirit from Greco-Roman intellectual hegemony, thereby making the case for a new transcultural theology, deeply penetrated by the profoundly human and pragmatic spirituality of Africa and the Caribbean."
Gayraud S. Wilmore
"This elegant theological exposé of the Eurocentric colonization of and by white theology becomes a richly textured prolegomenon for a mult-cultural reconstruction of Christianity, including an inspiring critique of the doctrine of the Spirit from the vantage point of the spirits."
Catherine Keller
"Must God Remain Greek? brings together, in a fascinating and readable way, the cultural and religious thought and activities of African peoples, Caribbeans, and Afro-Americans to bear upon Christian theology. As a scholar Dr. Hood is at home in the three regions, as well as in the Western Christian tradition. He raises fundamental questions for theology, which have tremendous consequences in the present day of Christian expansion and ecumenical movement.... It is refreshing to see an old problem recast in cultural areas where Christianity is throbbing and thriving."
John S. Mbiti
Table of Contents
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Preface
- African Indigenous Churches
The Church of the Lord (Aladura)
The Cherubim and Seraphim Church
The Church of Jesus Christ on Earth (Zaire)
Zionist Churches in South Africa
Church of Christ in Africa (Kenya)
Ingigenous Elements of Worship - Caribbean Indigenous Religions and Churches
Haitian Voodoo
Cuban Santeria
Trinidadian Shango
Jamaican Churches and Traditional Religions
º Native Baptists
º Myalism
º Kumina
º Jamaican Revivalism - Liberation Theologies in Afro Cultures
South Africa's Apartheid Culture
South African Liberation Theology
Caribbean Liberation Theology (Rastafarianism)
PART TWO: AN AFRO GRAMMAR OF FAITH - Christian Theology and Afro Cultures
Culture and the Grammer of Faith
Salvation, Sin, and Death in Afro Cultures - God: Traditional Motifs
God in African Traditional Religion
Attributes of God
º Divine Ubiquity
º Divine Creator
º Divine Pastoral Care
The Religious Worldview of Africans - Christ: A Son Out of Egypt
Boundaries of Christology
Christ as the Anointment One
Christ as Lord of the Heavens
Christ as Healer
The Liberator and the Liberated - Spirit and Spirits: Pneumatology and Afro Cultures
The Biblical Tradition
The Dogmatic Tradition
The African Tradition
Evil Spirits and Lordship in Afro Cultures
The Spirit and Black American Religion
Spirits in Black Culture - Ancestors and Saints
Hagiolatry and the Ancestors
º Ancestorship in the Caribbean
º Ancestors and Black American Religion
Hagiography: Christian Saints and the Ancestors
Epilogue
Selected Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments
Introduction
PART ONE: PROPHETS, HEALERS, AND LIBERATORS