Beyond Liberation: The Gospel in the Black American Experience

by Carl F. Ellis Jr.

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Genres: Theology

202 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1983

About the author

Dr. Ellis (D.Phil., Oxford) is the Provost’s Professor of Theology and Culture, Assistant to the Chancellor, and Senior Fellow of the African American Leadership Initiative at Reformed Theological Seminary.

In 1969, Carl Ellis began his ministry as a Senior Campus Minister with the Tom Skinner Associates in New York. From 1979 to 1989, Carl served as the Assistant Pastor of Forest Park Community Church in Baltimore, MD, served on faculty at Chesapeake Theological Seminary, and served as a seminar instructor for Prison Fellowship where he developed and taught “in-prison” and “in-community” seminars for inmates and community volunteers. Between 1986 and 2009, Carl served as an adjunct faculty member at the Center for Urban Theological Studies (C.U.T.S.), and as Dean of Intercultural Studies at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, PA. Carl was recently the Associate Pastor for Cultural Apologetics at New City Fellowship. Dr. Ellis studied under Francis Schaeffer at LÁbri in Hermoz sur Olon’, Switzerland, completed his MAR (Theology) at Westminster Theological Seminary, and holds a D.Phil. from Oxford Graduate School.

Reviews

[Austin Spence · Rating 5 out of 5]

An exciting fusion of historical, Black culture within the realm of American Christianity, this book was very easy to follow despite offering ideas that were at times quite meta. Carl F. Ellis Jr. really served people with this, establishing a language that was leveling the playing field for his readers upon coming across different philosophies and theological concepts. Following the spirituality of slavery, the Jim Crow era, two leaders in the Black, American experience (Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcom X) who exemplified two reactions to "American Christian-ism," and even comparing God to jazz music ("It's conflict and it's compromise, and it's just... it's new every time. It's brand new every night. It's very, very exciting!"). This was a super great read, I do not know how I came across it to be put on my to-read list but I am very grateful I did. The charge at the end of the book is a fascinating one to read nearly 40 years later. Liberation can only be as successful as the seeking of righteousness and rising against oppression with God's grace.

[Alan Giles · Rating 4 out of 5]

A must read for anyone wanting to study liberation theology from a more Biblical perspective.