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Where We Headed Now?

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Black Theology in Transatlantic Dialogue

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In this, the final chapter of this study, I want to outline a number of possibilities for the development of black theology, within the United States and in Britain. By definition, given that I am not a clairvoyant, this chapter will be much more speculative than the ones that precede it. There is a sense that every black theologian could mount an impassioned claim for what they feel should be the essential priorities to which black theology should attend if it is to progress in the future. In that respect, I am no less opinionated and biased in my assertions than are my many peers. So, this assessment about where we are headed now is very much my own idiosyncratic take on what black theology should be doing and in which direction it should be moving.

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Reddie, A.G. (2006). Where We Headed Now?. In: Black Theology in Transatlantic Dialogue. Black Religion / Womanist Thought / Social Justice. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230601093_7

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