Black Man's Religion: Can Christianity Be Afrocentric?
by Glenn Usry, Craig S. Keener
List Price:
Our Price: $10.20
You Save: $6.80 (40%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $6.49 (click here)
Category: Book
See more book details and other editions
Book Summary Information
Author: Craig S. Keener, Glenn UsryEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1996-05
ISBN: 0830819835
Number of pages: 249
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Book Reviews of Black Man's Religion: Can Christianity Be Afrocentric?
Book Review: DO NOT PURCHASE THIS BOOK! SAVE YOUR MONEY!
Summary: 1 Stars
ONE MISLEAD READER WRITES
When we look way way back into Christian history we usually look to the mid-east and the missionary journeys of Paul into Turkey and Greece, etc. BUT few realize the mighty missionary work in Africa the first 10-15 years after Christ's resurrection. Usry and Keener give us an eye-opening look at the fact that Christianity was established in Africa .......
WRONG!!
Usry will steer you into fiction. He attempts to make his writing appear to BE factual. He sights other writingS which are dubious at best. He does not use complete sentences in many areas and goes off into fantasy land. BEWARE AND WARNED!
Usry is using every trick in the book to sell a book.
RUN!!! DO NOT WALK AWAY FROM THIS BOOK!
IF YOU WANT TO READ A BOOK...CONCENTRATE ON JESUS!!
READ YOUR BIBLE!!!!
I DO NOT RECOMMEND ANYONE TO READ THIS BOOK!
Summary of Black Man's Religion: Can Christianity Be Afrocentric?
Some say Christianity is white man's religion. . . .And it is true that there is a long and ugly history of abuse of African-Americans at the hands of Anglo Christians. Afrocentric interpretations of history often point to slavery, lynchings and the like as proof that Christianity is inherently antiblack.But Craig Keener and Glen Usry contend that Christianity can be Afrocentric. In this massively researched book, they show that racism is not unique to Christianity. More important, they show how "world history is also our history and the Bible is also our book."Black Man's Religion is one of the first of its kind, a pro-Christian reading of religion and history from a black perspective. Fascinating and compelling, it is must reading for all concerned for African-American culture and issues of faith.General Books
Book Subjects
- Arts & Photography
- Audiobooks on Cassette
- Audiobooks on CD
- Biographies & Memoirs
- Business & Investing
- Children's Books
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Computers & Internet
- Cooking, Food & Wine
- e-Books
- Engineering
- Entertainment
- Gay & Lesbian
- Health, Mind & Body
- History
- Home & Garden
- Horror
- Law
- Literature & Fiction
- Medicine
- Mystery & Thrillers
- Nonfiction
- Outdoors & Nature
- Parenting & Families
- Professional & Technical
- Reference
- Religion & Spirituality
- Romance
- Science
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Sports
- Teens
- Travel
Most talked about in I am for the Black Man
Black Man's Religion: Can Christianity Be Afrocentric?by Glenn Usry, Craig S. Keener
InterVarsity Press; Published: 1996-05; Paperback; Book
Best price: $10.20
Price in other shops:
The Mis-Education of the Negro (An African American Heritage Book)by Carter G. Woodson
Wilder Publications; Published: 2008-01-21; Paperback; Book
Best price: $9.67
Price in other shops:
The Covenant In ActionSmiley Books; Published: 2007-02-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $2.35
Price in other shops:
The African American Christian Man: Reclaiming the Villageby Eddie B. Lane
Black Family Press; Published: 1998-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $34.51
The Covenant with Black Americaby Tavis Smiley
Third World Press; Published: 2006-01-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.48
Price in other shops:
Authentically Blackby John McWhorter
Gotham; Published: 2004-01-19; Paperback; Book
Best price: $1.27
Price in other shops:
Secret Sex Wars: A Battle Cry For PurityLift Every Voice; Published: 2008-05-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.26
Price in other shops:
Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Manby Henry Louis Gates Jr
Vintage; Published: 1998-02-03; Paperback; Book
Best price: $5.50
Price in other shops:
Forty Million Dollar Slaves: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Black Athleteby William C. Rhoden
Three Rivers Press; Published: 2007-07-24; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.93
Price in other shops:
April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Death and How It Changed Americaby Michael Eric Dyson
Basic Civitas Books; Published: 2008-03-31; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $1.98
Price in other shops:
Similar Books and other products
500 Questions and Answers on the Black Presence in the Bibleby John L. Johnson
Johnson Books; Published: 2002-03; Paperback; Book
Best price: $10.37
Price in other shops:
Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growthby Richard J. Foster
HarperSanFrancisco; Published: 1998-10-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $12.97
Price in other shops:
The Black Church in the African American Experienceby C. Eric Lincoln, Lawrence H. Mamiya
Duke University Press; Published: 1990-12; Paperback; Book
Best price: $25.15
Price in other shops:
Conceiving Parenthood: American Protestantism and the Spirit of Reproductionby Amy Laura Hall
Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company; Published: 2007-12-21; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $16.87
Price in other shops:
Handbook of Basic Bible Textsby John Jefferson Davis
Zondervan; Published: 1984-05-09; Paperback; Book
Best price: $10.87
Price in other shops:
Global God, The: Multicultural Evangelical Views of GodBaker Academic; Published: 1998-05-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $9.99
Price in other shops:
The Christian Theology ReaderWiley-Blackwell; Published: 2006-10-06; Paperback; Book
Best price: $35.48
Price in other shops:
Christian Theologyby Millard J. Erickson
Baker Academic; Published: 1998-08-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $28.63
Price in other shops:
Manana: Christian Theology from a Hispanic Perspectiveby Justo Gonzalez
Abingdon Press; Published: 1990-07; Paperback; Book
Best price: $11.79
Price in other shops:
Defending Black Faith: Answers to Tough Questions About African-American Christianityby Craig S. Keener, Glenn Usry
InterVarsity Press; Published: 1997-08; Paperback; Book
Best price: $10.00
Price in other shops: