Table of Contents

Preface

Social Problems as Theological Problems

The Tasks of Practical Theology

A Conceptual Overview of Social Problems

Theological Problems and Social Problems

The Negro Problem

Honor, Shame, and Grace

The Affirmative Action Debate: The Rhetoric of Honor and Shame

A Conceptual Overview of Honor and Shame

Honor, Shame, and American Slavery

Honor and Shame in the Bible

Jesus, Honor, and Shame

Paul, Honor, and Shame

From Honor to Amazing Grace

Health, Disease, and Salvation

The Health Care Debate: More than a Question of Ethics

A Conceptual Overview of Health and Disease

Health and Disease in African American Experience

Health and Disease in the Bible

Is There a Balm in Gilead?

Salvation in African American Experience

Hope, Racism, and Community

Eschatology in Modern Theology

The Rise of White Supremacy in the United States

Reexamining Eschatology

Toward the Beloved Community

Spiritual Renewal and Social Transformation

Spirituality and Social Tranformation

African Spirituality

African Spirituality and the Church

We Shall All Be Changed: A Spirituality for New Life

Notes

Index

About the Author

James H. Evans Jr. is Robert K. Davies Professor of Systematic Theology at Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School. He is the author of We Shall All Be Changed (1997), Modern Christian Thought: The Twentieth Century (2nd edition, 2006), and Playing: Christian Explorations of Daily Living (2010), all with Fortress Press.