Black Theology and Black Power

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Black Theology and Black Power is a groundbreaking 1969 book by theologian James H. Cone that articulates a radical Black liberation theology in conversation with the Black Power movement and the struggle against racism in the United States.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
theological work ⓘ
addresses the meaning of the gospel for Black people under oppression ⓘ
violence and resistance in the struggle for Black freedom ⓘ
arguesThat Black Power is a legitimate expression of Christian love and justice for the oppressed ⓘ
linked to: Black Power

Christian theology must be reinterpreted from the perspective of Black oppression ⓘ
God is on the side of the oppressed ⓘ
associatedWith Black radical thought ⓘ
liberation theology ⓘ
author James H. Cone ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
criticizes liberal theology that ignores Black suffering ⓘ
racist structures in U.S. society ⓘ
white American churches ⓘ
focusesOn oppression of Black people in the United States ⓘ
relationship between Christian faith and Black liberation ⓘ
followedBy A Black Theology of Liberation ⓘ
genre Christian theology ⓘ
theology ⓘ
hasImpactOn development of Black theology in the United States ⓘ
global liberation theology discourses ⓘ
historicalContext late 1960s United States ⓘ
influencedBy Black Power movement ⓘ
Civil Rights Movement ⓘ
Malcolm X ⓘ
Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
intendedAudience activists concerned with racial justice ⓘ
clergy ⓘ
theologians ⓘ
keyConcept Blackness as a theological symbol of God’s identification with the oppressed ⓘ
critique of white supremacy in church and society ⓘ
liberation as the central theme of the Christian gospel ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject Black Power movement ⓘ
Black liberation theology ⓘ
Black theology ⓘ
racism in the United States ⓘ
movement Black liberation theology ⓘ
notableFor being one of the first systematic articulations of Black liberation theology ⓘ
linking Black Power politics with Christian theological reflection ⓘ
proposes a radical rethinking of Christian theology from the standpoint of Black liberation ⓘ
publicationYear 1969 ⓘ
publisher Seabury Press ⓘ
religiousContext Christianity ⓘ
theologicalTradition Protestant theology ⓘ
timePeriodDiscussed 1960s Black freedom struggle ⓘ
Jim Crow era ⓘ
linked to: Jim Crow laws

slavery and its legacy in the United States ⓘ

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James H. Cone → notableWork → Black Theology and Black Power ⓘ
James H. Cone → notableWork → A Black Theology of Liberation ⓘ
linked to: Black Theology and Black Power
James Hal Cone → notableWork → Black Theology and Black Power ⓘ
James Hal Cone → notableWork → A Black Theology of Liberation ⓘ
linked to: Black Theology and Black Power
Black liberation theology → hasKeyText → Black Theology and Black Power ⓘ
The Cross and the Lynching Tree → relatedWork → Black Theology and Black Power ⓘ