Table of ContentsIntroduction by Will Coleman1. Slave Theology in the "Invisible Institution" by Dwight N. Hopkins2. The Slave Narratives as a Source of Black Theological Discourse: The Spirit and Eschatology by George C. L. Cummings3. "Coming through 'Ligion": Metaphor in Non-Christian and Christian Experiences with the Spirit(s) in African American Slave Narratives by Will Coleman4. Liberation Ethics in the Ex-Slave Interviews by Cheryl J. Sanders5. Slave Narratives, Black Theology of Liberation (USA), and the Future by George C. L. Cummings6. By Perseverance and Unwearied Industry by Joan Martin7. Godforsakenness in African American Spirituals by David Goatley8. "Wading through Marry Sorrows": Toward a Theology of Suffering in Womanist Perspective by M. Shawn Copeland