WHO IS JAMES CONE? — Earth and Altar

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I will never forget the first time I read James H. Cone’s revolutionary magnum opus “A Black Theology of Liberation” in the summer of 2021. After a prolonged period of spiritual death and deep struggles with understanding and accepting my Black and Queer identities, it was as if Cone’s words lit a fire in the depths of my soul and I came alive again. His bold declaration that white theology, which had dominated most of my theological formation up until that point, was not Christian at all but actually that of the Antichrist, gave me a sense of clarity and purpose that I had yet to experience. I soon came to realize that my experience with Cone’s work was not unique. James Hal Cone was born in Fordyce, Arkansas, on August 5, 1938. He grew up in the segregated neighboring town of Bearden. Growing up with the music, spirituals, worship, prayer, dancing, singing and shouting of his African Methodist Episcopal (AME) church gave Cone his introduction to the unique and profound spiritual impo

WHO IS JAMES CONE? Theology and History May 8 Written By Talique Taylor Public Domain. I will never forget the first time I read James H. Cone’s revolutionary magnum opus “A Black Theology of Liberation” in the summer of 2021. After a prolonged period of spiritual death and deep struggles with understanding and accepting my Black and Queer identities, it was as if Cone’s words lit a fire in the depths of my soul and I came alive again. His bold declaration that white theology, which had dominated most of my theological formation up until that point, was not Christian at all but actually that o

WHO IS JAMES CONE? — Earth and Altar

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