Dread and Pentecostal

by Robert Beckford

In this authoritative and passionately argued book, Robert Beckford explores the future of Black British Pentecostalism in a society where the notion of White supremacy--even in faith--is all too evident. Drawing on Black, womanist, and post-colonial theologies of liberation, he urges the Black Church to regain its traditional prophetic role as part of its ministry. He suggests that the Caribbean's first liberation theology, Rastafari, has much to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1610975138
• ISBN13: 9781610975131
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.6" x 9.0"