Spirituality and Transformation in Black Theology

Abstract

The spirituality of black theology arises out of the experiences of social change and the traditions found in several stories—the radical calling in the Christian Bible, African American women’s spirituality, and the folk faith of enslaved black workers. Just as the God of freedom incarnated God’s self in the birth, life, crucifixion, and resurrection of Jesus the Liberator, so, too, God’s same spirit of freedom incarnates itself among poor African Americans suffering in life-threatening situations and crying out in their struggle for a productive and complete life.