Looking for Answers about Inter-Varsity Press The Decline of African American Theology: From Biblical Faith to Cultural Captivity?

Social psychologist and pastor Anyabwile offers a challenging and provocative assessment of African American Christian theology from its beginnings to the present. Arguing that modern representations have digressed from their origins, he traces a weakening of doctrinal direction from one generation to the next---and concludes with an unflinching look at contemporary figures.

Thabiti M. Anyabwile is senior pastor at First Baptist Church of Grand Cayman in the Cayman Islands. He has a strong professional and educational background in community psychology, with special interest in the history and development of the African American church.