Black Theology and Black Power

Newly updated and expanded, this classic work is a product of the Civil Rights and Black Power movements in America during the 1960's. Black Theology & Black Power is James H. Cone's initial attempt to identify liberation as the heart of the Christian gospel, and blackness as the primary mode of God's presence. As he explains in an introduction written for this edition, "I wanted to speak on behalf of the voiceless black masses in the name of Jesus whose gospel I believed had been greatly distorted by the preaching and theology of white churches."

James H. Cone is a Charles A. Briggs Distinguished Professor of Systematic Theology at Union Theological Seminary, New York.

Preface to the 1989 Edition
Preface
Introduction	p. 1
Toward a Constructive Definition of Black Power	p. 5
What Is Black Power?	p. 5
Black Power and Existential Absurdity	p. 8
Is Black Power a Form of Black Racism?	p. 12
Why Integration Is Not the Answer	p. 17
Is There an Appropriate Response to White Racism?	p. 20
How Does Black Power Relate to White Guilt?	p. 23
Black Power and the White Liberal	p. 26
Black Power: Hope or Despair?	p. 28
The Gospel of Jesus, Black People, and Black Power	p. 31
What Is the Gospel of Jesus?	p. 34
Christ, Black Power, and Freedom	p. 38
The Righteousness of God and Black Power	p. 43
Christian Love and Black Power	p. 47
The Holy Spirit and Black Power	p. 53
The White Church and Black Power	p. 62
What Is the Church?	p. 63
The White Church and Black Power	p. 71
Black Power and American Theology	p. 82
The Black Church and Black Power	p. 91
The Black Church before the Civil War	p. 94
The Post-Civil War Black Church	p. 103
Some Perspectives of Black Theology	p. 116
On Black Suffering	p. 117
On Religious Authority	p. 118
On Eschatology	p. 121
On the Creation of New Values	p. 127
Revolution, Violence, and Reconciliation in Black Theology	p. 135
Revolution	p. 136
Violence	p. 138
Reconciliation	p. 143
Notes	p. 153
Index	p. 163
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