The Cross and the Lynching Tree
- 224pages
- 8 heures de lecture
Examines the symbols of the cross and the lynching tree in African Americans daily life, spiritual life and history.
James H. Cone Livres
James Hal Cone fut un défenseur de la théologie de la libération noire, un cadre théologique profondément ancré dans les expériences vécues des Afro-Américains et lié à des mouvements plus larges de libération chrétienne. Son travail offrit une nouvelle et puissante articulation des particularités de la théologie de l'église noire, influençant considérablement le discours théologique. Les écrits de Cone ont maintenu une position politique et influente depuis leur création, suscitant à la fois l'adoption et l'engagement critique au sein et au-delà de la sphère théologique afro-américaine.
Martin and Malcolm and America. A Dream or a Nightmare?
- 368pages
- 13 heures de lecture
Reexamines the ideology of the two most prominent leaders of the civil rights movement of the 1960s
Martin and Malcolm and America
- 392pages
- 14 heures de lecture
This groundbreaking and highly acclaimed work examines the two most influential African-American leaders of this century. While Martin Luther King, Jr., saw America as essentially a dream . . . as yet unfulfilled, Malcolm X viewed America as a realized nightmare. James Cone cuts through superficial assessments of King and Malcolm as polar opposites to reveal two men whose visions are complementary and moving toward convergence.
God of the Oppressed remains a landmark in the development of Black Theology—the first effort to present a systematic theology drawing fully on the resources of African-American religion and culture. Responding to the criticism that his previous books drew too heavily on Euro-American definitions of theology, James Cone went back to his experience of the black church in Bearden, Arkansas, the tradition of the Spirituals and black folklore, and the black history of struggle and survival, to construct a new approach to the gospel. In his reflections on God, Jesus, suffering, and liberation, 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. Revised, including a new introduction by Cone, God of the Oppressed remains invaluable for scholars, students, clergy, and everyone concerned with vital, contemporary God-Talk.
