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God of the Oppressed

James H. Cone · 1997

A foundational work in Black Liberation Theology that argues God is the Liberator of the oppressed, integrating biblical faith with the Black experience and struggle against white supremacy. Cone develops his theological perspective through personal history, existential formation, and engagement with both intellectual and community sources.

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What this book knows

God speaks from within Black suffering, and liberation theology must begin where the oppressed actually live.

Sex: Absent
Work: Absent
Learning: Present
Religion: Primary

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For blacks in Bearden, the 'dangers, toils, and snares' referred to their daily struggle to survive… 'Amazing Grace' was the miracle of survival.
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Just as Jesus' resurrection was born out of his apparent defeat on the cross, so too the poor are born anew out of their resistance to suffering.
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If one has a relationship with the Resurrected One, then one can know that one has an identity that cannot be taken away with guns and bullets.
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faith-and-doubt

To know God is to experience the acts of God in the concrete affairs of people, liberating the weak and helpless from pain and humiliation.
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Womanist theologian Delores Williams challenges black theology's claim that the biblical God is always on the side of the oppressed, liberating them from bondage.
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The disobedience of the first commandment always has consequences in the social life of the community. Israel, the chosen people, stood under divine judgment.
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