Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-222).
Contents:
The continuing relevance of a Caribbean theology / Burchell K. Taylor. Preface / Garnett Roper and J. Richard Middleton -- List of contributors -- pt. 1: configuring Caribbean theology -- The Caribbean as the city of God: prophetic possibilities for an exilic people / Garnett Roper -- Language and identity in Caribbean theology / Erica Campbell -- The significance of forgiveness and reconciliation for personal and corporate relationships / Ashley Smith -- Dingolaying': theological notes for a Caribbean theology / Eric G. Flett -- pt. 2: interpreting the Bible in the Caribbean -- Ashley Smith, carnival, and hermeneutics: reflections on Caribbean Biblical interpretation / Oral A.W. Thomas -- Islands in the sun: overtures to a Caribbean creation theology / J. Richard Middleton -- Jesus' healing of the paralytic: Luke 5:17-26 and the Jamaican church / David Pearson -- Kairos and kingdom / Stephen M. Clark -- pt. 3: the church in the Caribbean -- Can Jamaica be restored? / Las G. Newman -- Evangelicalism as a sociological phenomenon? a movement in search of a Caribbean identity / Delano V. Palmer -- pt. 4: Caribbean theology and the political sphere -- Constructing an egalitarian society: women, social ethics, and the policy imperatives of Michael Manley's "Justice as equality" / Anna Kasafi Perkins -- Ideology, religion, and public policy in Jamaica / Ronald G. Thwaites -- pt. 5: The relevance of Caribbean theology -- Caribbean theology: a failed project? / Devon Dick -- The continuing relevance of a Caribbean theology / Burchell K. Taylor.
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