Loving the Body

Introduction Ethics Creature of Dust, Creature of Thought, Creature of Divinity - Katie Cannon No Body to Shame - Traci West Biblical Studies Constructing a Doctrine for the Ecclesia Militans - Michael Brown A Bump in the Road on a Dangerous Intersection - Abraham Smith African American Women and Queen Vashti - Allen Callahan Pastoral Studies The Spirit is Willing and the Flesh Is Too - Lee Butler Sexuality and Freedom - Rene Hill Toward a True Black Liberation Theology - Horace Griffin Theology Embracing Nimrod's Legacy - Anthony B. Pinn The Construction of the Black Male Body - Dwight N. Hopkins The Erotic in Biblical and Black Women's Literature - Karen Baker-Fletcher Musical Studies Salome's Veiled Dance and David's Full Monty - Cheryl Kirk-Duggan Black Spirituals, Eroticism and Religion - Arthur C. Jones Hermeneutics and Cultural Criticism Erotic Body Language in Black Church Worship - Riggins Earl Sexuality and Africentric Spirituality - Will Coleman My Brother My Sister - Victor Anderson Comparative Religions The Sarah Baarton Phenomenon - Linda E. Thomas Desiring Booty and Killing the Body - Edward Antonio Sociology of Religion Teaching the Body - Alton Pollard The Black Church and Homosexuality - Kelly Brown Douglas

Dwight N. Hopkins is Professor of Theology and Director of MA Studies in the Divinity School, University of Chicago, USA.