Title The social teaching of the Black Churches / Peter J. Paris.

Publication Info.	Philadelphia : Fortress Press, [1985]
	©1985

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University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location	261.8089 P232S	Check Shelf

Description	xviii, 156 pages ; 22 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-151) and index.
Contents	Introduction -- A surrogate world. Black religious scholarship ; The quest for independence ; The Black Christian tradition as prophetic principle ; implications of the principle for morality, religion, and politics -- Autonomy in dilemma. The national dilemma ; The ecclesiastical dilemma -- Moral agency in conflict. Person-society relationship ; The moral realm ; Education, economics, civil rights -- Political wisdom in deficiency. Freedom, independence, and racial justice ; The lack of political wisdom ; The Black Churches' implied sociology ; The Black Churches and their alliances -- Embodiments of communal power. Independence as the condition for freedom ; The nature of power in the Black Churches ; Communal power and Black power -- Conclusion.
Summary	In African American culture, the church is instrumental in establishing and maintaining social order. Professor Paris shows that a study of black church teachings reveals black social ethics. These ethics aren't "abstract moral principles, but sociopolitical quests for liberation and freedom." --Publisher description.
Subject	African American churches.
	African Americans -- Religion.
	Christian sociology -- United States.
	Independent Black Church Movement.
	African American churches. (OCoLC)fst00799090
	African Americans -- Religion. (OCoLC)fst00799689
	Christian sociology. (OCoLC)fst00859530
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
	Religionsgemeinschaft. (DE-588)4049401-9
	Religionssoziologie. (DE-588)4049420-2
	United States. (DE-588)4078704-7
	Schwärze. (DE-588)1032831111
	Black theology.
	Politieke aspecten.
	Sociale ethiek.
	Religionsgemeinschaft.
	Religionssoziologie.
	USA.
	Schwarze.
ISBN	080061805X (paperback)
	9780800618056 (paperback)

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