James H. Cone

James Hal Cone (August 5, 1936 – April 28, 2018) was an American theologian. He was best known for his work of Black theology and Black Liberation Theology. His 1969 book Black Theology and Black Power became popular as it talked about theology in the black church.Gayraud S. Wilmore, “Black Theology at the Turn of the Century,” in Black Faith and Public Talk: Critical Essays on James H. Cone's Black Theology and Black Power, ed. Dwight N. Hopkins (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1999), 234. He was the Charles Augustus Briggs Distinguished Professor of Systematic Theology at Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York until his death.Union Theological Seminary - James H. Cone  

Cone died on April 28, 2018 in New York City at the age of 81.James H. Cone dies at 81

References

Other websites
 Orbis Books   James H. Cone's works available at Orbis Books
 Biography at Union Theological Seminary
 James Cone This Far By Faith at PBS
 James Cone, Bill Moyers' Journal at PBS, November 23, 2007
 "A Black Theology of Liberation", Terry Matthews, Religion 166: Religion in the United States, Wake Forest University
 "Black Theology as Public Discourse", Noel Leo Erskine, Religion in Public Life, September 30, 1998
 James Hal Cone Resources  from UrbanMinistry.org
 Speaking the Truth


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