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    Compassionate Love and Ebony Grace: Christian Altruism and People of Color
    Compassionate Love and Ebony Grace: Christian Altruism and People of Color
    Compassionate Love and Ebony Grace: Christian Altruism and People of Color
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    Compassionate Love and Ebony Grace: Christian Altruism and People of Color

    By Kortright Davis

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    Why is the Golden Rule so central in almost every culture and religion? What is it that drives human beings to do good to others? Are altruism, compassion, and forgiveness natural forms of human behavior, or do they have to be learned and practiced in the neural context of our primal instincts for survival and self-defense? These are some of the questions that lie behind the study of Compassionate Love amongst people of color. Davis explores the patterns and contours of “other-love,” which he defines as a selfless regard for the well-being of others. He also examines the basis for distinctive modes of compassionate behavior enriched by “ebony grace” — a theological attribution for people of African descent. This text focuses especially on the historical, cultural, and religious heritage that inspires and empowers such attitudes, in spite of constant encounters with systemic negation, social alienation, and unrelenting racism. How is it that Black families in the home, school, and church still support, sustain, and succeed in the practice of unyielding love-in-compassion? That is the magic and mystery within contemporary Black cultural norms and moral values. This text is a powerful attempt to contribute to the debate on Christian altruism.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRowmanLittlefield
    Release dateMar 22, 2012
    ISBN9780761856382
    Compassionate Love and Ebony Grace: Christian Altruism and People of Color
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    Kortright Davis

    Kortright Davis is an Anglican priest who is also Professor of Theology at Howard University School of Divinity in Washington, DC. He has served in many capacities throughout his ministry, having been trained at Codrington College in Barbados. He was born in Antigua, West Indies, and ordained for the Diocese of Antigua (now known as the Diocese of North Eastern Caribbean & Aruba). He was one of the founding executive members of the Caribbean Conference of Churches (CCC), and was the principal coordinator of its inaugural assembly in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1973. He holds degrees from the Universities of London, UWI, and Sussex, as well as honorary degrees from the General Theological Seminary, the Virginia Theological Seminary, and the University of the West Indies. He is a former member of the Anglican Roman Catholic International Commission (ARCICII), and the Inter-Anglican Theological and Doctrinal Commission (IATDC). He is the author of several books, including the widely acclaimed "Emancipation Still Comin'." He is the Rector Emeritus of the Church of the Holy Comforter in the Diocese of Washington, where he served from1986 to 2013. He and his wife Joan reside in Kensington, Maryland, USA.

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