Islam and the Problem of Black Suffering

by Sherman A. Jackson

Book Overview

In his controversial 1973 book, Is God a White Racist?, William R. Jones sharply criticized black theologians for their agnostic approach to black suffering, noting that the doctrine of an ominibenevolent God poses very significant problems for a perennially oppressed community. He proposed a "humanocentric theism" which denies God's sovereignty over human history and imputes autonomous agency to humans. By rendering humans alone responsible for moral...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195382064
• ISBN13: 9780195382068
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.3"