Toward a Womanist Ethic of Incarnation: Black Bodies, the Black Church, and the Council of Chalcedon [Paperback]

The Black Church is an institution that emerged in rebellion against injustice perpetrated upon black bodies. How is it, then, that black women's oppression persists in black churches? This book engages the Chalcedonian Definition as the starting point for exploring the body as a moral dilemma.Introduction 1. The Politics of Incarnation: A Theological Perspective 2. Moving the Body: The Logic of Incarnation in Theoethical Perspective 3. The Problem of Incarnation: Theorizing the Veil 4. Bodies and Souls: The Moral Problem of "Making Men" 5. Beyond the Veil: Toward a Womanist Ethic of Incarnation 6. On the Parousia: The Black Body Electric Notes Bibliography Index

Groundbreaking. Challenging. Provocative. Constructive. Marshall Turman holds traditions and liberative frameworks in fine methodological tension. With the simple question 'How does Black women's oppression persistent under the guise of liberation in Black churches?' Marshall Turman has produced a compelling womanist incarnational ethic that stares down fragmentation and offers us the keys to a deeply enfleshed wholeness. - Emilie M. Townes, Dean and E.Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Professor of Womanist Ethics and Societ, Vanderbilt University Divinity School, USA

Eboni Marshall Turman is Assistant Research Professor of Black Church Studies at Duke University Divinity School, USA.