Albert Cleage Jr. and the Black Madonna and Child

1. Introduction: Why a White Christ Continues to Be Racist: The Legacy of Albert B. Cleage Jr.
Jawanza Eric Clark

Part I. Albert B. Cleage Jr.’s Theology and Politics

2. The Theological Journey of Albert B. Cleage Jr.: Reflections from Jaramogi’s Protégé and Successor
D. Kimathi Nelson

3.
Nothing Is More Sacred Than the Liberation of Black People: Albert Cleage’s Method as Unfulfilled Theological Paradigm Shift
Jawanza Eric Clark

4. “We Needed Both of Them”: The Continuing Relevance of Rev. Albert B. Cleage Jr.’s (Jaramogi Abebe Agyeman’s) Radical Interpretations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X in Scholarship and Black Protest Thought
Stephen C. Finley

5. The Black Messiah and Black Suffering
Torin Dru Alexander

6. Politics Is Sacred: The Activism of Albert B. Cleage Jr.
Aswad Walker

Part II. Representations of the Black Madonna and Child, Christian Education, and Pastoral Care

7. The Black Madonna and the Role of Women
Velma Maia Thomas

8. Black Power and Black Madonna: Charting the Aesthetic Influence of Rev. Albert Cleage, Glanton Dowdell & the Shrine of the Black Madonna, #1
Melanee Harvey

9. The Power of a Black Christology: Africana Pastoral Theology Reflects on Black Divinity
Lee H. Butler

10. Image is Everything? The Significance of the Imago Dei in the Development of African American Youth
Almeda M. Wright

11. A Crucified Black Messiah, a Dead Black Love
BaSean A. Jackson

Part III. The Legacy of the Black Messiah in the African Diaspora

12. The Crucified City: Detroit as a Black Christ Figure
Kamasi C. Hill

13. Savior King: Re-reading the Gospels as Greco-Africana Literature & Re-imaging Christ as Messianic Pharaoh
Salim Faraji

14. He Is Black and We Are Queer: The Legacy of the Black Messiah for Black LGBTQ Christians
Pamela Lightsey

15. The “Black Messiah” and African Christologies: Pan-African Symbols of Liberation
Josiah Ulysses Young

16. The Quest for a Radical Black Jesus: An Antidote to Imperial Mission Christianity
Anthony G. Reddie

Keywords: Religious Studies, Liberation Theology, Black Theology, Christian Theology