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God of the oppressed

James H. Cone

In his reflections on God, Jesus, suffering, and liberation, James H. Cone relates the gospel message to the experience of the black community. But a wider theme of the book is the role that social and historical context plays in framing the questions we address to God as well as the mode of the ans...

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On Being with Krista Tippett

The podcast speaker mentions this book by James Cone as essential reading for understanding black theology, which was discussed in the context of the Jeremiah Wright controversy surrounding Barack Obama's presidential campaign.

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I think Cone did an excellent job in, you know, in interviews and others in sharing...

— Episode: [Unedited] Vashti McKenzie with Krista T...

Episode: [Unedited] Vashti McKenzie with Krista Tippett

The podcast speaker mentions this book by James Cone as essential reading for understanding black theology, which was discussed in the context of the Jeremiah Wright controversy surrounding Barack Obama's presidential campaign.

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I think Cone did an excellent job in, you know, in interviews and others in sharing...

go read God of the Oppressed by James Cone, go read about it first before you take something out of context and criticize it

Episode: [Unedited] Vashti McKenzie with Krista Tippett

The podcast speaker mentioned this book by James Cone as essential reading for understanding Black Theology, suggesting that it provides context often missing in criticisms of this theological perspective.

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They need to read Cone's books and all the others.

Go read God of the Oppressed by James Cone.

Go read about it first before you take something out of context and criticize it.

Episode: [Unedited] Vashti McKenzie with Krista Tippett

The book was mentioned as a source to understand Black Theology, which was discussed in the context of the Jeremiah Wright controversy surrounding Barack Obama's presidential campaign. The interviewee implied it should be read before criticizing Black Theology.

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I think a lot of people don't understand it and there are some people who grabbed it and ran with it in a direction that sort of startled everybody.

they need to read cones books and all the others that and I think cone did an excellent job in you know in interviews and others in sharing

go read about it first before you take something out of context and criticize it

Episode: [Unedited] Vashti McKenzie with Krista Tippett

The podcast mentioned this book by James Cone as essential reading to understand Black Theology, which was discussed in relation to the Jeremiah Wright controversy.

"

They need to read Cone's books and all the others.

And I think Cone did an excellent job in interviews and others in sharing...

Go read God of the Oppressed by James Cone.

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