The Recovery of Black Presence : An Interdisciplinary Exploration Book

	Preface	7
Ch. 1	Copher: What's in a Name?	13
Ch. 2	"Is That Any Name for a Nice Hebrew Boy?" Exodus 2:1-10: The De-Africanization of an Israelite Hero	25
Ch. 3	The Theology of the Book of Daniel and the Political Theory of W. E. B. DuBois	37
Ch. 4	In Search of a Face for Simon the Cyrene	51
Ch. 5	The Individual and the Group in Luke: A Study of Malina's Hypothesis of the Dyadic Personality in First-Century Mediterranean Society	65
Ch. 6	Oppression and Identity in the Gospel of John	77
Ch. 7	When the Vultures Are Finished, Can There Be Life? The Valley of Dry Bones and the Future of the Black Church	95
Ch. 8	Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon: The Blues and the Bible	107
Ch. 9	Slave Ideology and Biblical Interpretation	119
Ch. 10	Womanist Jesus and the Mutual Struggle for Liberation	129
Ch. 11	Symbols of Revelation: The Darkness of the Hebrew Yahweh and the Light of the Greek Logos	143
Ch. 12	Interdependence as a Normative Value in Pastoral Counseling with African Americans	159
Ch. 13	Black Methodist Protestants, 1877-1939: Protest and Change Among African Americans Within Predecessor Organizations of The United Methodist Church	177
Ch. 14	The Transmission of Faith to Young African American Children	193
	Charles B. Copher: Curriculum Vitae and Selected Bibliography	209
	Abbreviations	213
	Notes	215
	Contributors	249