Black Lives Matter and the Image of God

Josiah U. Young III is professor of systematic theology at Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, DC.

• Introduction: Black Lives Matter! Faith Seeking UnderstandingPart One: Theological WatersChapter One: The Image of God Far above the Primal WatersChapter Two: “Slaves Obey Your Earthy Masters”: The High Cost of BaptismPart Two: ProtestantChapter Three: Descending Jacob’s Ladder with Emmanuel Levinas and Mordecai KaplanChapter Four: We Won’t All Die, But We’ll All Be Changed?Chapter Five: Those Who Died Young, Pyros, and A Black ProfessorChapter Six: Self-Consciousness and Self-Direction: Dr. King and Theological LiberalismPart Three: AfroChapter Seven: The Lost-Found Tribe of Shabazz: For Josh and Minister Malcolm XChapter Eight: Afro-Aesthetics and Moon DanceChapter Nine: Africa Addio? (Goodbye, Africa?)Part Four: Understanding My FaithChapter Ten: Mangwanani, Africa! (Good Morning, Africa!)Conclusion: Trying to be “Larger, Freer, and More Loving”: What “God” Is To MeBibliographyAbout the Author

Josiah Young's Black Lives Matter and the Image of God is a theological tour de force written as a memoir. From the streets of Bushwick to South Africa and the Congo, Young's theo-anthropology provides a rich and illuminating answer to the question of whether Black lives really matter to us and to God. This book will edify anyone who reads it.