Embodiment and the New Shape of Black Theological Thought

Anthony B. Pinn is Agnes Cullen Arnold Professor of Humanities and Professor of Religious Studies at Rice University, where he also serves as the executive director of the Society for the Study of Black Religion. His books include Varieties of African-American Religious Experience, Why Lord?: Suffering and Evil in Black Theology, and By These Hands: A Documentary History of African-American Humanism (NYU Press, 2001).

• Acknowledgments Preface Introduction Part One: Body Construction 1 Theological Posturing 2 Blackness and the Identifying of Bodies 3 What to Make of Gendered Bodies?: Addressing the Male Problem 4 Sex(uality) and the (Un)Doing of Bodies Part Two: Bodies in Motion 5 Bodies as the Site of Religious Struggle: A Musical Mapping 6 On the Redemption of Bodies 7 Bodies in the World Notes Bibliography Index About the Author

"Pinn is one of the grand philosophers wrestling with the problem of evil. This masterful and magisterial book confirms his deserved reputation." -Cornel West,Princeton University "A challenging intellectual reflection on the development and future of a new black theological discourse, focusing on the black body." -James H. Cone,Charles Augustus Briggs Distinguished Professor of Systematic Theology, Union Theological Seminary