Down, Up, and Over, Dwight Hopkins

Virginia Union University School of Theology

Carroll A . Baltimore , Sr . Colloqium II , July 2009

Doctor of Ministry Program

Virginia Union University

School of Theology

Down , Up and Over : Slave Religion and Black Theology

By Dwight Hopkins

A Reaction

Submitted By

Carroll A . Baltimore , Sr

IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE

DOCTOR OF MINISTRY PROGRAM

Author Information

Dwight Hopkins is an ordained American Baptist minister and an Associate Professor of Theology at the Divinity School , University of Chicago . He earned his Bachelor of Arts from Harvard University

in 1976 . He has earned his HYPERLINK "http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /Master_of_Divinity " \o "Master of Divinity " Master of Divinity (1984 , HYPERLINK "http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /MPhil " \o "MPhil " Master of Philosophy (1987 , and his HYPERLINK "http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /PhD " \o "PhD PhD (1988 ) from HYPERLINK "http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /Union_Theological_Seminary_in_the_City_of_ New_York " \o "Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York " Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York . In 2000 , he also earned his second HYPERLINK "http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /PhD " \o "PhD " PhD from the HYPERLINK "http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /University_of_Cape_Town " \o "University of Cape Town " University of Cape Town in South Africa

He has authored many articles and books sharing his ideas and research findings about contemporary theology , black theology and liberation theologies . He includes cultural , political , economic , and interpretive approaches in his study of religious thought . Hopkins is the Communications Coordinator for the International Association of Black Religions and Spiritualities , a Ford...