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The Black Church is an institution that emerged in rebellion against injustice perpetrated upon black bodies. How is it, then, that black women´s oppression persists in black churches? This book engages the Chalcedonian Definition as the starting point for exploring the body as a moral dilemma.

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Introduction 1. The Politics of Incarnation: A Theological Perspective 2. Moving the Body: The Logic of Incarnation in Theoethical Perspective 3. The Problem of Incarnation: Theorizing the Veil 4. Bodies and Souls: The Moral Problem of "Making Men" 5. Beyond the Veil: Toward a Womanist Ethic of Incarnation 6. On the Parousia: The Black Body Electric Notes Bibliography Index

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"Groundbreaking. Challenging. Provocative. Constructive. Marshall Turman holds traditions and liberative frameworks in fine methodological tension. With the simple question ´How does Black women´s oppression persistent under the guise of liberation in Black churches?´ Marshall Turman has produced a compelling womanist incarnational ethic that stares down fragmentation and offers us the keys to a deeply enfleshed wholeness." - Emilie M. Townes, Dean and E.Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Professor of Womanist Ethics and Societ, Vanderbilt University Divinity School, USA

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Eboni Marshall Turman is Assistant Research Professor of Black Church Studies at Duke University Divinity School, USA.

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