Afro-Caribbean Theologies

3 Credits · Level: Undergraduate

In his book, Emancipation Still Comin’: Explorations in Caribbean Emancipatory Theology, Kortright Davis states, “Emancipation has been the vision of God in the context of Caribbean history; for every time the Caribbean was written off as a sure and certain Gehenna, God seemed to answer with a greater certainty of survival and meaning for the region.” Freedom is the nature and will of God for all human beings and theology is the science of freedom. Using the works of various scholars, this class examines the contextual Afro-Caribbean emancipatory theologies that have sustained the people of African descent in this region since the transatlantic slave trade. This class is useful for students who want to gain political, social, and theological understanding on the impact of colonialism in the Caribbean. It is also for students who want to expand their knowledge of liberation theologies and the importance of grassroots organizing. The class reveals the challenge of working within racist institutional systems to effectuate anti-racist change.