The Failure of White Theology - Bascio, Patrick
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The outwardly impressive structure of American classical theology is only as strong as its weakest link. Its failure to address itself seriously and successfully to the nation's most debilitating sin, racism, raises the question of its validity in American society. This study chronicles the development of black theology as a response to this theological vacuum. It demonstrates that classical theology in its ambitious attempt to become a universal theology mistakenly identified "universal" with "European" thus creating the conditions for the rise of "local" theologies such as black theology.

Produktbeschreibung
The outwardly impressive structure of American classical theology is only as strong as its weakest link. Its failure to address itself seriously and successfully to the nation's most debilitating sin, racism, raises the question of its validity in American society. This study chronicles the development of black theology as a response to this theological vacuum. It demonstrates that classical theology in its ambitious attempt to become a universal theology mistakenly identified "universal" with "European" thus creating the conditions for the rise of "local" theologies such as black theology.
Autorenporträt
The Author: Patrick Bascio is a Catholic priest working in the Turks and Caicos Islands. A former UN delegate for Grenada and most recently Director of Graduate Programs in Humanities at Salve Regina University in Newport, R.I., Father Bascio is author of two books: The UN Was My Parish, and Building a Just Society.
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"This book is a vigorous challenge to the Euro-American ethnocentrism of most Christian theologians. The author's qualifications are unique, and his arguments are persuasive". (Eugene Hillmann, Salve Regina University)
"For us in the third world countries, Black Theology seemed to have gone off the agenda of Christian Churches in the US. This book is therefore very welcome as a sign that American theologians continue to reflect on their faith from the perspective of history.
In addition, this book adds a new dimension to the already established corpus of Black Theology in that Fr. Bascio has worked mainly with Caribbean people, among whom those of African descent have had a unique historical experience.
He is clearly a serious theologian who will inspire many others to follow in his footsteps." (Fr. Michel de Verteuil, Catholic News)