James Hal Cone

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James Hal Cone was an influential American theologian known as the founder of Black liberation theology, whose work centered on the relationship between Christian faith and the struggle against racial oppression.

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James Hal Cone canonical 2

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instanceOf Christian theologian ⓘ
Protestant theologian ⓘ
academic ⓘ
human ⓘ
liberation theologian ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
academicDegree Bachelor of Arts ⓘ
Bachelor of Divinity ⓘ
Doctor of Philosophy ⓘ
Master of Arts ⓘ
causeOfDeath cancer ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1938-08-05 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2018-04-28 ⓘ
educatedAt Garrett–Evangelical Theological Seminary ⓘ
Northwestern University ⓘ
Philander Smith College ⓘ
Shorter College ⓘ
employer Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York ⓘ
ethnicGroup African American ⓘ
linked to: Black Americans
familyName Cone ⓘ
fieldOfWork Black theology ⓘ
liberation theology ⓘ
theology ⓘ
fullName James Hal Cone ⓘ
givenName James ⓘ
influenced Black liberation theology ⓘ
liberation theologians in the United States ⓘ
influencedBy Karl Barth ⓘ
Malcolm X ⓘ
Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
Paul Tillich ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
mainInterest relationship between Christian faith and racial justice ⓘ
theology of the oppressed ⓘ
middleName Hal ⓘ
movement Black liberation theology ⓘ
notableFor founding Black liberation theology ⓘ
notableWork A Black Theology of Liberation ⓘ
Black Theology and Black Power ⓘ
God of the Oppressed ⓘ
The Cross and the Lynching Tree ⓘ
placeOfBirth Fordyce, Arkansas, United States ⓘ
linked to: Fordyce, Arkansas
placeOfDeath New York City, New York, United States ⓘ
linked to: New York City
positionHeld Charles Augustus Briggs Distinguished Professor of Systematic Theology ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
religiousTradition Protestantism ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
theologicalFocus God’s solidarity with the oppressed ⓘ
critique of racism in church and society ⓘ
workLocation New York City, New York, United States ⓘ

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James Hal Cone → fullName → James Hal Cone ⓘ