The cross and the lynching tree
By: James H. Cone
Publisher: Orbis Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Maryknoll, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 202
ISBN-13: 9781570759376
Subjects: Lynching; Religion; Crucifixion; African Americans; History of doctrines; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: "Nobody knows de trouble I've seen": the cross and the lynching tree in the Black experience; title: "The terrible beauty of the cross" and the tragedy of the lynching tree: a reflection on Reinhold Niebuhr; title: Bearing the cross and staring down the lynching tree: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s struggle to redeem the soul of America; title: The re-crucified Christ in Black literary imagination; title: Oh Mary, don't you weep; title: Conclusion: legacies of the cross and the lynching tree.