The Story Context of Black Theology

Abstract

“The theme of liberation expressed in story-form is the essence of black religion. Both the content and form were essentially determined by black people's social existence … When Christianity was taught to them and they began to read the Bible, blacks simply appropriated those biblical stories that met their historical need. This is why some themes are stressed and others are overlooked … They did not debate religion on an abstract theological level but lived their religion concretely in history.”