Being Human: Race, Culture, and Religion

Dwight Hopkins, whose important work in Black Theology has mediated class theological concerns through the prism of African American culture, here offers a fresh take on theological anthropology. Rather than defined "the human" as one eternal or inviolable essence, however, Hopkins looks to the multiple and conflicting notions of the human in contemporary thought, and particularly three key variables: culture, self, and race. Hopkins' critical reframing of these concepts firmly locates human endeavor, development, transcendence, and liberation in the particular messiness of struggle and strife.

Author: Dwight N. Hopkins
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishing
Published: 09/01/2005
Pages: 236
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 9.06h x 6.10w x 0.62d
ISBN: 9780800637576

Review Citation(s):
Multicultural Review 10/01/2006 pg. 73

About the Author
Hopkins, Dwight N.: -

Dr Dwight N Hopkins is currently an Associate Professor of Theology at the University of Chicago Divinity School.

Dr. Hopkins holds a B.A from Harvard University and an M.Div. degree and M. Phil degree from Union Theological Seminary, New York City. He earned his PhD. from Union Theological Seminary, New York City and University of Cape Town, South Africa.

He is also a member of American Academy of Religion Society for the Study of Black Religion and the Ecumenical Association of Third-World Theologians.

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