Product Description

This book is a comprehensive survey of African American Christian Religious Education (AACRE). It addresses historical, theological, and ministerial issues. The book defines concepts and explores history, considers the diverse voices that are addressing AACRE, and then focuses on educational theory and practice. Religious Education in the African American Tradition considers a diversity of voices, including those of evangelical, Pentecostal, liberation, and womanist theologians.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #958571 in Books
• Published on: 2007-05-11
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 180 pages

From the Publisher
* Offers a fresh voice to the burgeoning discipline of African American Christian religious education by providing a comprehensive overview of perspectives and practices.
* Provides a broad historical foundation to the field of African American Christian religious education as a background for the contemporary contributions of twenty-first century thinkers.
* Deals with the broader issue of the relationship between Black theology and Christian religious education in the African American Church, or expressed another way, specific expressions of educating in faith that have developed out of a combination of African American theological and educational understandings.
* Expands on previous works by offering new ecclesial models of Christian religious education.

From the Back Cover
"Dr. Hill has written an important study of Christian education for African Americans. It deserves wide readership, especially among Black Churches. The research is thorough, and the analysis of the issues and people is insightful." -- James H. Cone, Union Theological Seminary

"This seminal study challenges clergy and congregations to rethink Christian education and how African American theology and religious history inform and shape this vital discipline within black church life. Dr. Hill's scholarship and perspectives drawn from his years as a practitioner of Christian education make this book a significant contribution to black church studies." -- Dennis C. Dickerson, Vanderbilt University

"Dr. Hill has effectively outlined the relationship between theology and education in the African American Christian religious community. This project should be considered required reading for local, denominational, and college-level Christian religious educators and for those who have a deep interest in the practice and perspective of Christian education in the African American religious community." -- Bishop Vashti Murphy McKenzie, Presiding Prelate, 13th Episcopal District, African Methodist Episcopal Church

"The work is comprehensive. It is based on rigorous and extensive research. It is compelling reading for scholar and Sunday school teacher." -- Charles Foster, senior scholar at the Carnegie Foundation, author of Embracing Diversity: Leadership in Multicultural Congregations

About the Author
Kenneth H. Hill is presiding elder of East Tennessee Annual Conference African Methodist Episcopal Church and former executive director of Christian education. Hill has served as pastor and has taught at universities and seminaries throughout the United States.

Customer Reviews

First of it's kind
Hill's text is an excellent and thorough precis on the pedagogical, theological, and historical variables in African-American Christian Education. It is a must read for any student who is interested in understanding what, why, and how the African-American Church teaches the operational and confessional affirmations of black religiosity.