James H. Cone | |
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 Cone in 2009 | |
| Born | James Hal Cone August 5, 1938 |
| Died | April 28, 2018 (aged 79) New York City, New York, U.S. |
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| Awards | Grawemeyer Award (2018) |
| Ecclesiastical career | |
| Religion | Christianity (Methodist) |
| Church | African Methodist Episcopal Church |
| Academic background | |
| Education | |
| Thesis | The Doctrine of Man in the Theology of Karl Barth[1] (1965) |
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| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Theology |
| Sub-discipline | Systematic theology |
| School or tradition | Black liberation theology |
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| Doctoral students | Jacquelyn Grant[5] |
| Notable students | |
| Notable works | A Black Theology of Liberation (1970) |
| Notable ideas | Black liberation theology |
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James Hal Cone (August 5, 1938 – April 28, 2018) was an American Methodist minister and theologian. He is best known for his advocacy of black theology and black liberation theology. His 1969 book Black Theology and Black Power provided a new way to comprehensively define the distinctiveness of theology in the black church.[17] His message was that Black Power, defined as black people asserting the humanity that white supremacy denied, was the gospel in America. Jesus came to liberate the oppressed, advocating the same thing as Black Power. He argued that white American churches preached a gospel based on white supremacy, antithetical to the gospel of Jesus.
Cone's work was influential from the time of the book's publication and his work remains so today. His work has been both used and critiqued inside and outside the African-American theological community. He was the Charles Augustus Briggs Distinguished Professor of Systematic Theology at Columbia University-affiliated Union Theological Seminary until his death.[18]
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- ^ Kalu 2006.
- ^ Haney, Mark (May 3, 2018). "Former Adrian College Professor, Author Remembered". Lenconnect.com. Adrian, Michigan: GateHouse Media. Archived from the original on November 18, 2018. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
- ^ Begg 2007, p. 323.
- ^ Roberts 2004, p. 424.
- ^ Pinn & Cannon 2014, p. 11.
- ^ a b McAlister 2018, p. 125.
- ^ Begg 2007, pp. 319, 321.
- ^ "Dr. Cain Hope Felder". Washington: Destiny – Pride. July 2011. Archived from the original on December 13, 2019. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
- ^ Hendricks 2006, p. xi.
- ^ Kirylo & Boyd 2017, p. xx.
- ^ Moore 2013, p. 7.
- ^ "KING Talks: KING Talks Ep8 | Rev. Conrad Tillard". kingmovement.libsyn.com.
- ^ Begg 2007, p. 321.
- ^ Steinfels, Peter (October 29, 1989). "Conference on Black Theology Unites Scholars and Pastors". The New York Times. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
- ^ Alberts, Hana R. (April 28, 2008). "Rev. Wright Reclaims the Spotlight". Forbes. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
- ^ Wilmore 1999, p. 234.
- ^ "James H. Cone". New York: Union Theological Seminary. Archived from the original on September 30, 2011. Retrieved March 10, 2019.