Flourishing in Babylon

<p>Black theology has long been about oppression and liberation. But is there a different story to tell? Can the black story be one about a quest for flourishing through agency and self-determination and not only an existence of nihilistic struggle? Drawing on a fresh reading of Jeremiah's letter to Jewish exiles and his own Pentecostal tradition Joe Aldred offers a fresh understanding of the Black British experience which draws on a realised eschatology rooted in identity empowerment and an agenda. In a contested diasporan context in the shadow of empire there exists opportunity to fully flourish without apology - or as Jeremiah puts it to those in exile to 'settle build and grow'.</p>