Black Theology Unit
The Black Theology Unit invites individual papers and panel submissions on the topics identified below and proposals on additional topics of interest that advance the discipline of Black theology. In accordance with the 2025 theme: "Freedom," we invite submissions that explore black theological discourse through topics such as:
- The 50th Anniversary of James H. Cone, God of the Oppressed
- Black Theology and "freedom" as expressed through Black Nationalisms
- Black Theology and Economic Liberation
- Black Theology and Sovereignty
- "Is God a White Racist?" Black Theology and Freedom as Discursive Theodicy
- Black Theology and Black Pneumatologies
- Black Theology and African Indigenous Religion as Freedom
- Black Theology and Black Freedom - Is Christianity "good religion" for Black people?
- Black Theology and Black Women's Political Labor
- Black Theology and Black Aesthetics
- Black Theology and White Nationalism
- Black Theology and Quare/Queer Freedom
We also invite paper and/or panel submissions on:
- New directions and methods in the field of Black Theology
- Books recently authored by Black religious scholars
- The Future of Black Theology.
The Black Theology Unit seeks to further develop Black theology as an academic enterprise. This is accomplished, in part, by providing opportunities for intellectual exchange related to the fundaments of Black theology’s content and form. In addition, the Unit seeks to broaden conversation by bringing Black theology into dialogue with other disciplines and perspectives on various aspects of African diasporic religious thought and life.