This book by James H. Evans, Jr. is an excellent introduction to a black perspective on what it means to be a Christian, hence this book provides in a sense a black systematic theology. Answering the question that the Psalmist poses in 8:4, “Who are we that you are mindful of us?” Evans says “Who and what we are in the sight of God and what there is about us that merits God’s attention are the proper subject matter of a theological anthropology… no systematic theology is complete without a significant consideration of human nature and destiny as it relates to God … One could argue that the question of being black was separated from the question of being human by the elevation of the factor of race to a normative status in relation to the human being.”
Book Recommendation – We Have Been Believers
May 7, 2008 by theophilusmonk
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I’ve already started the book…. great read so far!
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