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Loving the Body

Black Religious Studies and the Erotic

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  • © 2004

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Editors:
  1. Anthony B. Pinn

    1. Rice University, USA

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  2. Dwight N. Hopkins

    1. University of Chicago Divinity School, USA

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Part of the book series: Black Religion/Womanist Thought/Social Justice (BRWT)

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Anthony B. Pinn
      Pages 1-8

  4. Biblical Studies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 51-51
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    2. Constructing a Doctrine for the Ecclesia Militans

      • Michael Joseph Brown
      Pages 53-72

    3. The Bible, the Body and a Black Sexual Discourse of Resistance

      • Abraham Smith
      Pages 73-90

    4. Vashti

      • Allen Callahan
      Pages 91-107
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About this book

In this book, contributors argue that the Black Church must begin to address the significance of sexuality if it is to actually present liberation as a mode of existence that fully appreciates the body. The contributors argue that we not only have to look at the Black Church in this discussion, but also explore black Christianity in general.

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Loving the Body arrives with miraculous timing. By moving embodiment, pleasure and sexuality to the center of the discussion of black religious studies, the authors call for a new, more inclusive sexual revolution accompanied by a new and more progressive spiritual revolution. These insightful and courageous essays provide provocative new perspectives on one of the most significant and significantly troubled partnerships in African American culture: sexuality and the Black Church. The essays provide a valuable critical framework for scholars and mainstream readers grappling with innovative ways to unite the body and the spirit. - Kimberly Wallace-Sanders, Assistant Professor Graduate Institute of Liberal Arts and Women's Studies, Emory University

Editors and Affiliations

  • Rice University, USA

    Anthony B. Pinn

  • University of Chicago Divinity School, USA

    Dwight N. Hopkins

About the editors

Dwight N. Hopkins is Professor of Theology and Director of MA Studies in the Divinity School, University of Chicago, USA.

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