Race

Carter is Assistant Professor of Theology and Black Church Studies at Duke University. He received a tenure-track position on the basis of this work. He is considered by many to be an up and coming star in his field.

• CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION: PRELUDE ON CHRISTOLOGY AND RACE: IRENAEUS AS ANTI-GNOSTIC INTELLECTUAL; PART I: DRAMATIZING RACE: OR, A THEOLOGICAL ACCOUNT OF MODERNITY; PART II: ENGAGING RACE; OR, THE FIELD OF AFRICAN AMERICAN RELIGIOUS STUDIES; INTERLUDE ON CHRISTOLOGY AND RACE: GREGORY OF NYSSA AS ABOLITIONIST INTELLECTUAL; PART III: REDIRECTING RACE: OUTLINES OF THEOLOGICAL PROGRAM; POSTLUDE ON CHRISTOLOGY AND RACE: MAXIMUS THE CONFESSOR AS ANTI-COLONIALIST INTELLECTUAL; EPILOGUE

An intellectual tour de force! This book demonstrates great intellectual range and theological imagination; it should be read by all students of theology, religious studies and African American religion and history. I have nothing but praise for this work by a young African American scholar who must be reckoned with.