Inner-City Blues: Black Theology and Black Poverty in the United States
Ebook
Black theology's addressing of economic poverty in the Black neighborhoods and communities of the United States gives substantive reasoning to the fact that Black poverty is a theological problem. In connecting the narrative of idolatry to the irreversible harm that is associated with all forms of poverty, this new book interlocks the racial subjugation of Black Americans with the false assumptions of capitalism. Here the inner-city blues of poverty are experienced by those who reside in metropolitan cities and rural towns. The poverty of Black Americans is described with a vision of development and reconciliation--one that is intentional in its use of cultural language and inclusive to the destructive images of Black people's deprivation. In understanding how idolatry foundationalizes deprivation in the inner-city communities, I envision the liberation motif in Black theology working with the mission of the Black church for the purposes of community empowerment and neighborhood development. As a form of material and structural poverty, Black poverty is an interdisciplinary study that requires a holistic approach to ministry. With a theological focus on deprived inner-city communities, this new volume strategically moves the conversation of Black poverty from description to construction to solution.
“At this stage of the struggles for racial equity and justice in America comes Inner City Blues to bring together Black Liberation Theology and social and economic analysis. Adams provides deep insight into the life and culture of Black Americans with amazing fresh interpretations. Adams pulls the veil away from the plight of Black Americans by pointing to the theological problem at the root of that phenomenon. There are both great hope and genuine practical solutions offered in this book.”
—David R. Sawyer, Simmons College of Kentucky
“Black Theology has two underdeveloped areas of study: black poverty and pneumatology. In this timely work, Adams brings together these two areas to provide clear theological analysis of the real legacy of slavery and racism: multigenerational poverty. Inner City Blues is long overdue, and readers will be grateful to be in Adam’s debt for bringing a piercing honesty to the seminal issue Black America faces.”
—Lewis Brogdon, Baptist Seminary of Kentucky
- Title: Inner-City Blues: Black Theology and Black Poverty in the United States
- Author: Darvin Anton Adams
- Publisher: Cascade Books
- Print Publication Date: 2023
- Logos Release Date: 2023
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781666792911, 9781666735635, 1666735639, 9781666792904, 166679290X, 1666792918
- Resource ID: LLS:9781666792911
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2023-04-27T22:38:34Z
Darvin Anton Adams pastors the Lane Tabernacle CME Church in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. He also serves as the Teaching Dean of the Evansville/Hopkinsville District and Scholar In-Residence for the Second Episcopal District under the leadership of Bishop Marvin Frank Thomas, Sr. Dr. Adams completed the PhD in Theology and Ethics at Garrett Seminary on the campus of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. An 8-time award-winning preacher, Dr. Adams has had 40 articles published nationwide.