James Hal Cone
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"Our church is an impostor, because we no longer believe the gospel we proclaim. There is a credibility gap between what we say and what we do. While we may preach sermons that affirm the church's interests in the poor and the downtrodden, what we actually do shows that we are committed to the "American way of life," in which the rich are given privileged positions of power in shaping the life and activity of the church, and the poor are virtually ignored. As a rule, the church's behavior toward the poor is very similar to the society at large: The poor are charity cases...It is appalling to see some black churches adopting this condescending attitude toward the victims, because these churches were created in order to fight against slavery and injustice. For many slaves, the Black Church was God's visible instruments for freedom and justice. Therefore, to have contemporary middle-class black Christians treating the poor as second-class members of the church is a disgrace not only to the scripture but also to our black religious heritage."
--James Cone
James Hal Cone (born August 5, 1938) is an advocate of Black liberation theology, a theology grounded in the experience of African Americans, and related to other Christian liberation theologies. In 1969, his book Black Theology and Black Power provided a new way to articulate the distinctiveness of theology in the black Church.[1] James Cone’s work was influential and political from the time of his first publication, and he remains so today. His work has been both utilized and critiqued inside and outside of the African American theological community.
He is currently the Charles Augustus Briggs Distinguished Professor of Systematic Theology at Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York.[2]
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Biography at Union Theological Seminary
James Cone This Far By Faith at PBS
James Cone, Bill Moyers' Journal at PBS, November 23, 2007
"A Black Theology of Liberation", Terry Matthews, Religion 166: Religion in the United States, Wake Forest University
"Black Theology as Public Discourse", Noel Leo Erskine, Religion in Public Life, September 30, 1998
James Hal Cone at Answers.com
James Hal Cone Resources from UrbanMinistry.org
James Hal Cone explains Black Liberation Theology from streaming audio on NPR
James Hal Cone from Wikipedia
Works by or about James Hal Cone in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
James H. Cone and black liberation theology By Rufus Burrow, Published by McFarland, 1994, ISBN 0786411465
Introducing Black Theology of Liberation By Dwight N. Hopkins, Published by Orbis Books, 1999, ISBN 1570752869
Black Faith and Public Talk By Dwight N. Hopkins, Published by Baylor University Press, 2007, ISBN 1602580138
The Segregated Hour: A Layman's Guide to the History of Black Liberation Theology By Jeremy D. Lucas, Published by Wipf & Stock, 2009, ISBN 978-1606083963
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Bibliography
Black Theology and Black Power (1969, ISBN 1-57075-157-9)
A Black Theology of Liberation (1970, ISBN 0-88344-685-5)
The Spirituals and the Blues: An Interpretation (1972 ISBN 0-8164-2073-4)
God of the Oppressed (1975, ISBN 1-57075-158-7)
For My People: Black Theology and the Black Church (Where Have We Been and Where Are We Going?) (1984, ISBN 0-88344-106-3)
Martin & Malcolm & America: A Dream or a Nightmare? (1992, ISBN 0-88344-824-6)
Speaking the Truth: Ecumenism, Liberation, and Black Theology (1999, ISBN 1-57075-241-9)
Risks of Faith: The Emergence of a Black Theology of Liberation, 1968-1998
(1999, ISBN 0-8070-0950-4)
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