Home Away from Home : The Caribbean Diasporan Church in the Black Atlantic Tradition.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- My Cultural History -- The Caribbean Diaspora: A Theological Perspective -- The Book's Method -- The Chapters of the Book -- 1 The Caribbean Diasporan Experience in Black Theological Discourse: A Neglected Sibling -- The Neglect -- The State and Need for Caribbean Diasporan Theological Scholarship -- 2 Theorizing the Caribbean Diasporan Identity: Identifying Ourselves -- Cultural Identity: An Agent of Culture -- Culture -- Relational Dialogicalism -- Diversity -- The Cosmopolitan Identity: An Intellectual Tool -- Transformational -- Transatlantic -- A Counter-cultural Critical Theory -- 3 Forging an Identity for the Caribbean Diaspora: Knowing Ourselves -- Defining the Term Caribamerican Identity -- The Sources of Caribamerican Identity -- The Pre-existing Source -- The Organic Source -- The Features -- Diasporan Kinship -- Encountering Racism -- The Moral and Historical Elements -- The Common Good -- Common History and Heritage -- 4 Standing on Our Own Two Feet: Theological Foundations of the Caribbean Diasporan Church -- The Case for the Dialectical Religious Traditions -- Describing the Tradition: Eurocentric Religious Heritage -- Describing the Tradition: The Afrocentric Heritage -- The Importance of the Dialectical Religious Tradition to Caribbean Diasporan Theological Discourse -- 5 Theologizing Diaspora: The Theological Heritage of the Caribbean Diasporan Church -- Theological Heritage -- Emancipatory Theology -- Freedom -- Protest -- Community -- The Doctrinal Foundation -- The Incarnation of Jesus Christ -- The Event of Pentecost -- Conclusion -- 6 Pilgrims from the Sun: The Quest for Survival -- Context -- A Pilgrim People: Interpreting the Caribbean Diasporan Church Beginnings -- The Search for a Better Life.

The Search for Respect -- The Search for Community -- Individual Affiliation -- Congregational Affiliation -- Conclusion -- 7 Missionaries in the Caribbean Diaspora: Doing God's Work in a New Land -- Mission: A Perspective from the Caribbean Diaspora -- Inclusive -- Contextual -- The Missionary Tradition -- The Sending of Missionaries -- A Case of Responding to the Call to Mission -- The Motivation for Mission -- The Practice of Mission -- Appointment to the Caribbean Migrants -- Appointment in the United Kingdom -- Appointment in the United States -- One Mission but a Different Method -- The Call to Mission -- A Personal Call -- The Communal Call -- Conclusion -- 8 A Voice in the Diaspora: Seeking the Welfare of the "City" Resident Homeland -- A Theological Framework -- Confronting "Sin in the Camp": A Theological Critique of White Supremacy -- Initiating a Caribbean Diasporan Christian Intellectual Tradition -- What is the Caribbean Diasporan Christian Intellectual Tradition? -- Liberating the Mind -- Correcting Anti-intellectualism -- Affirming the Black Mind -- An Autonomous Church -- Defining Autonomy -- The Nature of Autonomy -- A Public Organization -- Ecclesiastical Self-government -- Conclusion -- 9 The Distinctives of the Caribbean Diasporan Church -- Community of Learning -- Alternative Community of Faith -- Agent of Transformation -- Alliances -- New Self-awareness -- Changing Landscape -- Grounding Transformation -- Home -- Conclusion -- Conclusion -- From Whence Have We Come? -- Where Do We Go From Here? -- Including Women -- One among Many -- Taking on Today's Goliath -- Notes -- Select Bibliography.

An estimated two-thirds of Caribbeans live outside their homeland. 'Home Away from Home' identifies the different forms of Caribbean diasporan identity and argues that the faith Caribbean people brought with them into the diaspora plays a central role in their development.

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