God of the Oppressed (Paperback, New edition)

This booming manifesto by black power theologian James Cone will vex mainstream theologians with its virtually dogmatic stances and win a resounding "Amen" from his struggling brethren. He contends that Christian theology speaks authentically only when it effects the liberation of the oppressed, and by this touchstone most Euro-American theology shrinks to an exercise in intellectual masturbation. Holding it impossible to be culturally white and think biblically, Cone forges a radical hermeneutic of Christian sources and issues that is rooted in the experience and traditions of the black fight for autonomy. The book throbs with the rhythmic energy of store front preaching. It's paradoxical, intemperate, repetitive, disjointed, exaggerated: its very impertinence shouts its demand for freedom from white oppression and white theology. The polemic stirs up more issues than it settles, but it rightly should spark heated debate about what it really means to preach the gospel and "do" theology. (Kirkus Reviews)

In his reflections on God, Jesus, suffering, and liberation, James H. 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.

General

Imprint:	Orbis Books (USA)
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 1997
First published:	October 1997
Authors:	James H. Cone
Dimensions:	210 x 138 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	257
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-57075-158-5
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Christian theology > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Christian theology > General Books > Christianity > Christian theology
LSN:	1-57075-158-7
Barcode:	9781570751585

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