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Cone, James A Black Theology of Liberation
Title: Cone, James A Black Theology of Liberation
Category: Society & Culture / People
Details: Words: 812 | Pages: 3.5 (approximately 235 words/page)
Cone, James A Black Theology of Liberation
In A Black Theology of Liberation, James H. Cone wrote of Jesus Christ as a symbol of opposition to oppression. He argues that black theology is the only legitimate theology because it emerges out of oppressed people and it applies to everyone, the oppressed and the oppressors. Jean Genet wrote the following: "One evening an actor asked me to write a play for an all Black cast. But what is a Black? First of all …showed first 75 words of 812 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 812 total…God had to make the ultimate sacrifice in order to open the gates of heaven to all and this was the sacrifice of his only son, Jesus Christ. Luke writes that those who pursue things for the sake of good will be rewarded. By finding our personal path to be followed in accordance with God’s will and by working towards liberating those who are oppressed is the goal Cone and Luke exemplify for humanity.
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