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If racism was and is America’s original sin, and repentance is the only sufficient response to sin, James Cone was the most important theologian of his generation. To white Americans, he said, “Repentance means dying to whiteness.” Widely considered to be the founder of black liberation theology, Rev. Dr. James Hal Cone died on Saturday, April 28. Beginning with Black Theology & Black Power (1969) and continuing with such groundbreaking works as A Black Theology of Liberation (1970) and God of the Oppressed (1975), Cone “upended the theological establishment with his vigorous articulation of God’s radical identification with black people in the United States,” as Union Seminary’s obituary states. His most recently published book The Cross and the Lynching Tree (2011), won Cone the 2018 Grawemeyer Award in Religion, a joint award from Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary and the University of Louisville. Just last week, days before Dr. Cone passed away, he was elected to the 201

Opinion Living Faith Racial Justice Why James Cone Was the Most Important Theologian of His Time By Jim Wallis May 2, 2018 Share Full Article Share As A Gift × Share a paywall-free link to this article. This feature is only available for subscribers. Start your subscription for as low as $4.95. Already a subscriber? Link copied! Share without using a gift link Share This Article × Share Options Link copied! Share Full Article If racism was and is America’s original sin, and repentance is the only sufficient response to sin, James Cone was the most important theologian of his genera

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