A Black Theology of Liberation
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James H. Cone
With the publication of his two early works, Black Theology & Black Power (1969) and A Black Theology of Liberation (1970), James Cone emerged as one of the most creative and provocative theological voices in North America. These books, which offered a searing indictment of white theology and society, introduced a radical reappraisal of the Christian message for our time.Combining the visions of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr., Cone radically reappraised Christianity from the perspective of the oppressed black community in North America. Forty years later, his work retains its original power, enhanced now by reflections on the evolution of his own thinking and of black theology and on the needs of the present moment.
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Author
James H. Cone
Pages
166
Publisher
Orbis Books
Published Date
2010
ISBN
1608330362 9781608330362
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"Besides the Bible, the book is the closest physical representation of my own faith. As a Black woman who has often contemplated God in the context of Black suffering, liberation theology has been the only thing that reconciled this for me. Chapter 3 especially.<br/>This is a book that, like the Bible, is meant to be reread and the looked at through the historical context it was written in. Cone recognizes in the prologue that his original work doesn't address the marginalization of other groups within the Black community, notably women. I appreciated this preface. I also appreciated that the jargon was kept to a minimum and that it felt like it was written for a Black audience.<br/>"
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