Teaching Scripture from an African-American Perspective

African-Americans teach scripture from a specific perspective - a perspective grounded in cultural, social, and communal history. This book is not, however, only for African Americans. Drawing on a variety of sources - biblical, philosophical, and literary - Joseph Crockett describes four distinct yet related teaching strategies. Story, Exile, Sanctuary, and Exodus. Each strategy emphasizes a different facet in the lens of African American interpretation - biblical content, personal experience, communal tradition, social analysis - and includes an outline of specific steps for teaching. --- from book's back cover

• To Set One's Heart: Belief and Teaching in the Church
• Keeping in Touch: Christian Formation and Teaching
• The Divided Mind of the Black Church: Theology, Piety, and Public Witness (Religion, Race, and Ethnicity)
• Rest in the Storm: Self-Care Strategies for Clergy and Other Caregivers
• In Search of Wisdom: Faith Formation in the Black Church