Includes index.

I. The content of theology
Liberation as the content of theology -- Liberation and black theology -- Black theology and the black community -- Black theology as survival theology -- Black theology as passionate language --

II. The source and Norm of black theology
The function of the sources and norm -- The sources of black theology -- The norm of black theology --

III. The meaning of revelation
American theology and revelation -- Black theology and revelation -- The biblical view of revelation -- General and special revelation -- Bultmann's view of new testament revelation --

IV. God in black theology
Must we drop God-language? -- Hermeneutical principle for the doctrine of God -- New wine in new wineskins -- God is black -- The love and righteousness of God -- Traditional theological language and the black God --

V. Main black theology
American theology, Existentialism, and black theology -- Man as a free being -- Man as a fallen creature --

VI. Christ in black theology
The historical Jesus and black theology -- The character of the New Testament Jesus -- The black Christ -- The kingdom of God and the Black Christ --

VII. Church, world and eschatology in black theology
What about eschatology? --