Biography

Dwight N. Hopkins is an expert on contemporary models of theology, black theology, and liberation theologies. He is interested in multidisciplinary approaches to the academic study of religious thought, especially cultural, political, economic, and interpretive methods. Dwight is fostering a dialogue between those living in the United States and those living in the Third World through a project called the International Association on Black Spirituality. His focus is on the inextricable ties between religion and poverty. The final product will be one and possibly two volumes of essays produced by the group. Dwight is an ordained American Baptist minister.

Resources by this expert

• Being Human: Race, Culture And Religion (Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 2005)
• Loving the Body: Black Religious Studies and the Erotic (Black Religion/Womanist Tht/Scl Justice) Palgrave Macmillan, 2004
• Cut Loose Your Stammering Tongue: Black Theology in the Slave Narratives (Westminster John Knox Press, 2003)
• Heart and Head: Black Theology--Past, Present, and Future (Palgrave Macmillan, 2003)
• Methodologies of Black Theology. (Book Review) An article from: Theological Studies, 2003
• Religions/Globalizations: Theories and Cases (Duke University Press, 2001)
• Global Voices for Gender Justice (Pilgrim Press, 2001)
• Introducing Black Theology of Liberation (Orbis Books, 1999)
• Black Faith and Public Talk: Critical Essays on James H. Cone's Black Theology and Black Power (Orbis Books, 1999)
• Down, Up and over: Slave Religion and Black Theology (New Vectors in the Study of Religion and Theology) Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 1999
• Liberation Theologies, Postmodernity, and the Americas (Routledge, 1997)
• Changing Conversations: Religious Reflection & Cultural Analysis (Routledge, 1996)
• Shoes That Fit Our Feet: Sources for a Constructive Black Theology (Orbis Books, 1993)
• Black Theology USA and South Africa: Politics, Culture and Liberation (Bishop Henry Mcneal Turner Studies in North American Black Religion, Vol 4) Orbis Books, 1989

• Fox News Network: Fox Hannity & Colmes, March 1, 2007, "Interview with Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Wright"
• Chicago Tribune, January 21, 2007, "Pastor inspires 'audacity to hope'"
• CNN: Anderson Cooper 360, December 14, 2006, by Anderson Cooper, Gary Tuchman, Dan Simon, Joe Johns, Delia Gallagher, Tom Foreman and Randi Kaye, What is a Christian?; New Moral Values; Evangelicals and Israel; End of Days; Capitalist Christian; The Seekers
• Chicago Tribune, December 31, 2005, "Ringing in year with prayers, not parties"
• Chicago Tribune, November 11, 2005, "Trumpeting a message of justice to the nation: Magazine started by South Side church is vastly expanding its reach in its bid to engage the larger African-American community"
• Religion & Ethics Newsweekly, May 20, 2005, “Africentric Christianity.”
• Chicago Tribune, January 23, 2004, “College students exploring faith through debate; Study finds many skip services, but talk about religion.”

Organizational links for this expert

• The University of Chicago Divinity School

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