A primer for Afrodiasporan theology. There is no way for one book to contain all that there is to know about the theologies of the peoples of the African Diaspora. UBUNTU and the Word is an African Diasporan quest for the truth, not just any, but the scriptural and spiritual truth for people who have been oppressed, marginalized, and disenfranchised. The biblical truth is not derived from stiff-necked doctrine or dogmatic orthodoxy. UBUNTU is the means to creating the Beloved Community. UBUNTU means “I am because you are” and “you are because I am.” UBUNTU is about liberating the Bible from its white male cisgender Eurocentric hegemony. My hope is that this book will help us to develop healthier, more holistic relationships with our faith and with each other. The goals of UBUNTU and the Word are to serve as a bridge between everyday religious discourse and religious academia and to generate healthy spiritual dialogue.
In turn, we will reclaim our rightful place in the Imago Dei for the Afrodiasporan tapestry that is Queer, Womanist, and “Blackity-Black.” UBUNTU and the Word helps us on our biblical journey through the eyes, the mind, and the souls of the entire African Diaspora. So many people are on religious deconstruction journeys, but the problem comes in rebuilding a faith. I hope this book will provide a foundation to build again while better understanding what you believe and, most importantly, why you believe. Although rooted in the Christian faith, I hope for all Afrodiaspora members, who are even practitioners of other faiths, to find something useful within the pages of UBUNTU and the Word.
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Book Summary: Ricky Davis is a Black man in America. He is a retired Navy veteran. He is put in a situation in which he has to act and act quickly. As a result, he becomes a national hero for stopping a mass shooting. All the while, Ricky is struggling mentally, emotionally, and spiritually with the rampant in-your-face racism and politically charged atmosphere in 21st-Century United States. He wants to find peace, a peace that he believes he cannot obtain while he is standing on American soil. His heart longs to return to Africa, to be in a place in which he is not seen as a minority. Ricky wants to find a way to stop being “hella mad.” Is it possible for him to find peace? What does he have to give up something to find that peace?
Author Bio:
Corey was born in the small town of Quitman in South Georgia to James C. and Irene Brown. Early on, his family instilled a strong belief in God. Corey took this strong foundation wherever he went, and following high school, he took God with him into the US Navy. He received a Bachelor of Science in Physics from Florida State University and a Master’s Degree from the US Air Force’s Air Command and Staff College. During his service in the Navy, he regularly attended church no matter the duty station and served tirelessly. Even while underway on submarines, he was designated a Protestant lay leader and held prayer services for crewmembers on Sunday mornings. Corey’s passion for teaching was instrumental in teaching youth and adults Bible Study and Sunday classes. Before retiring from the Navy in 2011, he was ordained as a deacon at First Baptist Church of Lincoln Gardens in Tampa, FL.
After 24 years in the US Navy, he retired and dedicated himself full-time to Christian ministry, serving as interim pastor of St. Luke Baptist Church in Gainesville, GA. His love of the scripture and sharing with others is a motivating force in his love of ministry. He pastors a hybrid church plant, Hush Harbor Ministry, in Moultrie, GA. Corey graduated from McAfee School of Theology with a Master of Divinity in 2018. He is currently a Doctor of Ministry candidate at Columbia School of Theology in Atlanta, scheduled to finish in 2025. Corey is married to Cheryl, and they reside in Moultrie, GA, with their fur babies, Bella and Chloe. He has four children from a previous marriage: Shawn (38), Courtney (29), Cayla (25), and Chris (24).
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