Defending Black Faith: Answers to Tough Questions About African-American Christianity

by Craig S. Keener, Glenn Usry

Craig Keener and Glenn Usry's highly acclaimed Black Man's Religion showed in impressive detail that Christianity and Afrocentricity can go together. Now they turn to specific, nitty-gritty questions put to the black church by Keener and Usry meet these and other important questions head-on, providing responses relevant to and especially for black men and women.

Genres: Theology

300 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1997

About the author

Craig S. Keener (PhD, Duke University) is professor of New Testament at Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky. He is the author of many books, including Miracles: The Credibility of the New Testament Accounts, the bestseller The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament, The Historical Jesus of the Gospels, Gift and Giver, and commentaries on Matthew, John, Romans, 1–2 Corinthians, and Revelation.

Reviews

[Tim Simpson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Strong apologetic work. Easy read and practical insights for defending black faith.

[Lashawn · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a good book. I wish I read the previous book "Black Man's Religion" as the book refers to it several times, and I think it would discuss more in detail about the experience of being black and Christian. Reading the history of Christianity in Africa was illuminating--it was the first time I read such a thing, and it showed me how seriously lacking I am in my knowledge of black church history.

This book makes for a good information source...half the book is footnotes, which is just as interesting as the text, but made for a slower reading.