Speculations on Black Life

Foreword. Peter Paris, Princeton Theological Seminary, USA
Introduction Monifa Love, Bowie State University, USA

Part I. (Black) Humanism
1. Black Power and Unitarianism: A Personal View [1967]
2. Theism and Religious Humanism: The Chasm Narrows [1975]
3. The Concept of Functional Authority in Religious Humanism [1978]
4. The Case for Black Humanism [1978]
5. Religious Humanism: Its Problems and Prospects in Black Religion and Culture [1979]
6. Toward a UU Concept of Authority [1979]
7. Is Faith in God Necessary for a Just Society? [1987]
8. Oppression, Race, and Humanism (Skinner House Volume) [1992]

Part II. Theology and Philosophy
9. Theodicy and Methodology in Black Theology: A Critique of Washington, Cone and Cleage [1971]
10. Reconciliation and Liberation in Black Theology [1972]
11. Toward an Interim Assessment of Black Theology [1972]
12. Theodicy: The Controlling Category for Black Theology [1973]
13. Crisis in Philosophy: The Black Presence [1973]
14. Toward a Black Theology [1974]
15. Theological Response: The Church and Urban Policy [1978]
16. Toward a Humanist Framework for Black Theology, in Black Theology II [1978]
17. The Legitimacy and Necessity of Black Philosophy [1978]
18. Liberation Strategies in Black Theology: Mao, Martin, or Malcolm? [1983]
19. The Religious Legitimation of Counterviolence: Insights from Latin American Liberation Theology [1987]
20. Purpose and Method in Liberation Theology: Implications for an Interim Assessment [1987]
21. Coping with the Four Râs: Reading, âRiting, âRithmetic, and Racism: Insights from Liberation Theology [1987]
22. Process Theology: Guardian of the Oppressor or Goad to the Oppressed: An Interim Assessment [1989]

Part III. The Politics of Race
23. Power and Anti-Power [1977]
24. Towards a Norm for Assessing the Christianization of Africa [1981]
25. Moral Decision-Making in the Post-Modern World: Implications for Unitarian-Universalist Religious Education [1985]
26. Religion as Legitimator and Liberator: Insights from the Underclass for Public Policy [1987]
27. Guidelines for the Diagnosis of Social Reality in America [1988]
28. Hypocrisy, Bibliogracy, and Democracy [1993]
29. The Disguise of Discrimination [1995]
30. Towards a New Paradigm for Uncovering Neo-racism in American Institutions [2003]

Part IV. Critical Reflection on Jonesâ Writings
Essay One. Anthony Pinn, Rice University, USA
Essay Two. Jamil Drake, Florida State University, USA
Essay Three. Jawole Zollar, MacArthur award-winning dance choreographer
Essay Four. Brittany OâNeal, Lehman College, USA

Afterword. Darrell Jones, Columbia College, Chicago, USA

Bibliography
Index