Upon successful completion you should be able to:

• Explain the origins of black theology

• Describe how Roberts’s view of black power differs from that of many other black theologians

• Understand the necessity and importance of racial reconciliation in the United States

• See white racism from the perspective of African Americans

• Describe Roberts’s approach to liberation and reconciliation

Course Outline

Introduction

• Introducing the Speaker and Course

• Intellectual Climate of the ‘60s and ‘70s

Unit 1: Black Theology: Definition and Origins

• Defining Black Theology

• Origins of Black Theology

Unit 2: Getting to Know Dr. Roberts

• Situating J. Deotis Roberts

• Personal History and Influences

• Professional Contributions

• Engagement with James Cone

Unit 3: Theological Convictions

• The Gospel

• Hermeneutics

• The Necessity of Christ: Sin

• Black Jesus

• Eschatology and Ethics

Unit 4: Themes in Dr. Roberts’s Work

• Liberation and Reconciliation

• Holistic Pursuit of Justice

• Reconciliation and the Whole People of God

• The Theologian and the Church

Conclusion

• A Theologian of Conviction

Details

• Title: Mobile Ed: CH343 The Life and Thought of J. Deotis

• Instructor: Walter R. Strickland II

• Publisher: Lexham Press

• Publication Date: 2020

• Product Type: Logos Mobile Education

• Resource Type: Courseware, including transcripts, audio, and video resources

• Courses: 1

• Video Hours: 1.5