Black Eco-theology Through History

Exploring the relationship between African Americans, religion and the environment, this book examines how African Americans have understood and related to the environment throughout their history. Traveling from the earliest Christianity in ancient Africa through to the height of the black environmental liberation theology movement for environmental justice in the 20th century, this book presents how African Americans have connected with the environment through both African-influenced spirituality and Christian doctrine, making their experiences and understanding of the environment distinctive and unique. Drawing on passages from scripture as well as explorations of the African American experience from Nat Turner, Harriet Jacobs, Toni Morrison, and Wangari Maathai, this book will be of great interest to students and scholars of African American and environmental history and religion.