First published in 1969, "Black Theology & Black Power" provided the first systematic presentation of black theology. Relating the militant struggle for liberation with the gospel message of salvation, James Cone laid the foundation for an original interpretation of Christianity that retains its urgency and challenge today.
"I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal" - Martin Luther King Jr. "No I'm not American. I'm one of the 22 million black people who are victims of Americanism...I don't see any American dream; I see an American nightmare ...
Volume II brings the development of Black Theology up to date, covering the relevance of Black Theology to pastoral ministry, Black biblical interpretation, womanist theology, and the increased dialogue with other third-world theologies.
First published in 1970, this book presents a searing indictment of white theology and society, while offering a radical reappraisal of Christianity from the perspective of an oppressed black North American community. Now 20 years later, Cone reviews the evolution of his own thinking, plus black theology in dialogue with feminist theory and third ...
In his reflections on God, Jesus, suffering, and liberation, James H. Cone relates the gospel message to the experience of the black community. But a wider theme of the book is the role that social and historical context plays in framing the questions we address to God as well as the mode of the answers provided.
Cone explores two classic aspects of African-American culture--the spirituals and the blues. He tells the captivating story of how slaves and the children of slaves used this music to affirm their essential humanity in the face of oppression. The blues are shown to be a "this-worldly" expression of cultural and political rebellion. The spirituals ...
"American religious thought at its best."--Michael Eric Dyson, author of I May Not Get There with You: The True Martin Luther King, Jr. From the birth of Black Theology to James Cone's seminal work on the theology of Martin Luther King, Jr., and the philosophy of Malcolm X, to the importance of the environmental movement, Risks of Faith presents ...
First published in 1979, this is the classic sourcebook for the emergence of Black Thelogy in the United States. Born out of the Civil Rights Movement and the emerging demand for Black Power, Black Theology has tried for 25 years to relate the gospel to the African-American experience of oppression and struggle for liberation. This revised volume ...
With the 1968 publication of his acclaimed book BLACK THEOLOGY & BLACK POWER, James H. Cone took the Civil Rights struggle to the very soul of America. He presented a startling challenge to the theological community by suggesting that Christ's message was one of liberation for all oppressed people, particularly for black America, and that ...
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Orbis Books
Date Published: 1993
Description: ix, 450p., wraps. Covers the post-civil rights generation of ministry and biblical interpretation, with emphasis on womanist theology. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: J. B. Lippincott Company
Date Published: 1970
Description: Very Good in Good jacket. Stated first edition. Hardcover in unclipped jacket. An early argument for a African American interpretation of Christianity, especially as practiced in the United States and in the context of African American experience in America, that of oppression. GOOD+ jacket on a VERY GOOD book. Moderate to heavy sun darkening to the book, especially toward the extremities. Minor soiling with three small dark spots near the lower front spine. Several small tears to the jacket ... read more
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A theology of liberation: history, politics, and salvation.
