“The cross and the lynching tree interpret each other. Both were public spectacles, shameful events, instruments of punishment reserved for the most despised people in society. Any genuine theology and any genuine preaching of the Christian gospel must be measured… — James H. Cone Copy Share Image
“The conspicuous absence of the lynching tree in American theological discourse and preaching is profoundly revealing, especially since the crucifixion was clearly a first-century… — James H. Cone Copy Share Image
If we save the planet and have a society of inequality, we wouldn't have saved much. — James H. Cone Copy Share Image
Anger and humour are like the left and right arm. They complement each other. — James H. Cone Copy Share Image
Black racism is a myth created by whites to ease their guilt feelings. As long as whites can be assured that blacks are racists,… — James H. Cone Copy Share Image
Any theology that is indifferent to the theme of liberation is not Christian theology. — James H. Cone Copy Share Image
“But there is no perfect guide for discerning God's movement in the world, Contrary to what many conservatives say, the Bible is not a blueprint on this matter. It is a valuable symbol for point to God's revelation in Jesus, but it is not self-interpreting. We are thus place in an existential situation of freedom in which the burden is… — James H. Cone Copy Share
To be Christian is to be one of those whom God has chosen. God has chosen black people! — James H. Cone Copy Share Image
Black churches are very powerful forces in the African American community and always have been. Because religion has been that one place where you… — James H. Cone Copy Share Image
In the act of worship itself, the experience of liberation becomes a constituent of the community's being . . . It is the power… — James H. Cone Copy Share Image
The coming of Christ means a denial of what we thought we were. It means destroying the white devil in us. Reconciliation to God… — James H. Cone Copy Share Image
Patrick Cheng's Radical Love is not only an excellent introduction to LGBT theology but an important contribution to the discipline of theology and the… — James H. Cone Copy Share Image
