Black Theology and Black Power

This was a powerful book to read. Reading this as a white male American, it was incredibly convicting. There were no punches held back, and the challenge, for me, was to accept them graciously. Doing saw allowed me to see and hear the pain behind them… but even more importantly, the love that is bur......more

When conjuring up an image of God, most of us will default to a white-bearded Charlton Heston à la Creation of Adam. How, then, does a person of colour process the claim that he or she is made in the image of God? Add centuries of slavery and unrestrained racism to the mix, and it becomes obvious wh......more

Hot damn. Written decades ago but still extremely potent and relevant. I listened to the audiobook but I’m gonna have to buy this one as a reference cause I will be thinking about it for a long time. It made me think a lot about the ways I often don’t identify with the suffering and marginalized the......more

dnf i really wanted to like this got about 70 percent thru and it should have been just up my wheelhouse but the interplay btwn theology and religious practice felt weak......more

This is Cone's first book, and it is striking to see how consistent he remained throughout his career –– unfortunately, in part because his message continued to need said. While I found God of the Oppressed to carry more theological complexity and The Cross and the Lynching Tree to engage more deepl......more