Engaging Racial Equity Toward a Pentecostal Political Theology of Race

This article explores the contours of an emerging pentecostal political theology of race that is framed by a quest for racial equity and racial justice that is reflected in early Black-led pentecostal interracialism, expressed in the Racial Reconciliation Manifesto, guardrailed by a theology of just-power, and informed potentially by equity as a hermeneutic to reread Scripture. A pentecostal political theology of race, then, could be a discursive construct that can orient the church and society toward racial justice in dismantling systems of racial injustice and erecting new ecclesial and societal structures of racial justice.

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This article explores the development of pentecostal political theology of race, which aims for racial equity and racial justice. It is reflected in early Black-led pentecostal interracialism, expressed in the Racial Reconciliation Manifesto, guided by a theology of just-power, and potentially informed by equity as a hermeneutic for Scripture. A pentecostal political theology of race can help guide the church and society towards dismantling systems of racial injustice and building new ecclesial and societal structures of racial justice.