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Education, Education, Education

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From our vantage of some 30 years on from its inception, one can be mistaken for assuming that the development of black theology has been not unlike those of other comparable disciplines within the theological academy. Namely, that the discipline of black theology is purely an intellectual exercise located solely within universities and seminaries, with little connection or relationship with the lives of ordinary people in the world outside the academy.

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Reddie, A.G. (2006). Education, Education, Education. In: Black Theology in Transatlantic Dialogue. Black Religion / Womanist Thought / Social Justice. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230601093_5

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