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<p>offers A Radical Reappraisal Of Christianity From The Perspective Of An Oppressed Black North American Community.</p> <h3>sacred Fire</h3> <p>when <i>a Black Theology Of Liberation</i> Was First Published In 1970, It Was Revolutionary Because It Claimed That White Theology Had No Relevance As Christ's Message Because It Was "not Related To The Liberation Of The Poor." It Also Asserted That "racism. . . . Is Found Not Only In American Society And Its Churches But Particularly In The Discipline In Theology, Affecting Its Nature And Purpose." Gone Was Among The Leaders In The Establishment Of A Black Theology Movement That Reinterpreted Christianity As A Tool For The Liberation Of The Black Community.<p> His Message Was The Christian Response To The Black Power Movement That Emerged In The Late 1970s. Uke Martin Luther King In His Letter From A Birmingham Jail, Cone Rejected Any Form Of Christianity That Defended The Oppressive Status Quo, And He Argued Persuasively That The God Of The Bible Is First Of All A God Of The Poor And Of Those Seeking Liberation From Oppression. Cone Felt That What Was Needed Was A "fresh Start" In Theology That Would Ar
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- Author
- James H. Cone
- Publisher
- Orbis Books
- Published
- 1990
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780883446850
- Category
- religious
- Subjects
- Christian, Social Science, Fiction
- Rating
- 4.04 / 5 (568 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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