The End of God-Talk

An African American Humanist Theology

By: Anthony B. Pinn

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Paperback | 29 March 2012

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In this groundbreaking study, Anthony B. Pinn challenges the long held assumption that African American theology is solely theist, arguing that this assumption has stunted African American theological discourse and excluded a rapidly growing segment of the African American population - non-theists. Rejecting the assumption of theism as the African American orientation, Pinn poses a crucial question: What is a non-theistic theology?

The End of God-Talk outlines the first systematic African American non-theistic theology. Pinn offers a new center for theological inquiry, grounded in a more scientific notion of the human than the imago Dei ideas that dominates African American theistic theologies. He proposes a turn to Henry David Thoreau, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, and Alice Walker in order to effect a sense of ethical conduct consistent with African American non-theistic humanism. The End of God-Talk ends with an exploration of the religious significance of ordinary spaces and activities as settings for humanist theological engagement.

Through a turn to embodied human life as the proper arena and content of theologizing, Pinn opens up a new theological path with important implications for ongoing work in African American religious studies.

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"The End of God-Talk is a major contribution to theological discourse by a leading interpreter of African American religion."-- James H. Cone, Briggs Distinguished Professor of Systematic Theology, Union Theological Seminary "Those studying theistic theology, and the older and more recent forms of atheism, will take great interest in this significant volume. It will also appeal to scholars concerned with problematizing the category of religion."--CHOICE

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