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

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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 non-Christians: Is everything good in Christianity plagiarized from traditional African religions?Isn't it intolerant to say Christ is the only way to God?Is the Bible reliable?What about criticisms of Christianity made by the Nation of Islam? Keener and Usry meet these and other important questions head-on, providing responses relevant to and especially for black men and women. BUCK Mini Introduction Acknowledgments A Black Religion Abyssinia What Do You Say When a Muslim Says Christians Were Proslavery? Conclusion Slaves and Bible Interpretation Cultures and Christianity ■ Conclusion Ho w Do We Answer the Nation of Islam? ElUah Muhammad on the Resurrection Challenges to Christian Teaching Responses to Some of N.O.I.’s Claims Where Elijah Muhammad Was Right Conclusion How Do We Answer Orthodox Muslim Attacks on Christianity? Responses to Some of Deedat’s Claims ■frfaxinmud, Conclusion How Do We Answer Other Challenges to Christianity? Misunderstandings of the THnlty Did Jesus Plagiarize Heracles? Weaknesses in Historical Understanding Allegorizing the Bible Conclusion Are the Gospels Really Thie? When Scholars Fudge The Gospels as Historical Documents A Specific Case: The Resurrection The Reliability of the Texts Objections to Viewing the Gospels as Historically Accurate Why Does It Matter? Tolerance Versus Relativism Are All Religions the Same? What Does “Christianity” Teach? The New Testament Evidence Paul’s Letters Christ, Not Culture New Testament Evidence Reconsidered Questions That This Discussion Raises What About People Who Have Never Heard? The Great Divorce Changing the Situation Conclusion Closing Words One Example of How the Bible Does Relate to Egyptian and Other Ancient Cultures The Accuracy of Accounts in the Pentateuch ^ Notes Introduction