Flourishing in Babylon : Black British Agency and Self-Determination

Aldred, Joe

SCM Press（2024/04発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 224 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780334065067
• DDC分類 248.08996

Full Description

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'.

Contents

Acknowledgements vii
1 Introduction 1
2 Exile/Diaspora (Jeremiah 29.1-4) 38
3 Build and Settle (Jeremiah 29.5-6) 72
4 Peace and Prosperity (Jeremiah 29.7) 109
5 False Prophets (Jeremiah 29.8-9, 15-23) 145
6 Flourishing in Babylon (Jeremiah 29.10-14) 186
Bibliography 220
About the Author 241
Index 243