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Revolutionary Theology

Black Power and James Hal Cone's Prophetic Vision for America

AvArnold L. Farr

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

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Beskrivning

Revolutionary Theology shines new light on the influential thought of James Hal Cone, the pioneering Black liberation theologist.Author Arnold L. Farr explores Cone's life, writings and his powerful vision of Black liberation theology, confirming their relevance for the fight against white supremacy today. Centred on the concepts of 'black consciousness' and 'black power' in theology and beyond, the book maps Cone's project as an attempt to overturn white supremacy in theology, the church and in American society altogether.Farr charts the origins and changes in Black liberation theology. He goes on to broaden Cone's insights and apply them towards developing a critical political theology for non-religious people – arguing that the liberation movement within religion, as demonstrated through the Black Radical Tradition, has much to contribute to the pursuit of social justice.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2026-09-20
Mått:140 x 216 x 20 mm
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Black Critique
Antal sidor:288
Förlag:Pluto Press
ISBN:9780745352558

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Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion
Diskriminering och rättvisa inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Arnold Farr is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Kentucky. He previously founded and directed the Africana Studies Program at St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia and helped reshape the African American and Africana Studies Program at the University of Kentucky where he was also the 2010 MLK. Jr Scholar in Residence. Farr is founder and former president of the International Herbert Marcuse Society, and is the author of two books: Critical Theory and Democratic Vision: Herbert Marcuse and Recent Liberation Philosophies and Marginal Groups and Mainstream American Culture. He served for several years as a Tri-Chair for the Kentucky Poor People's Campaign. He was born and raised in Union, South Carolina, and is the grandson of sharecroppers.

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'A truly groundbreaking work! In combining the work of James Cone, his training in Western philosophy, and his personal experience of tragedy and triumph in the diasporic quest for full human recognition, Farr provides in this volume a much-needed, ‘black philosophy of liberation.’ For those especially interested in how the liberation motif extends beyond Christian commitment to divine promise in a context of racial oppression, this book will be a treasure to read!'

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction: There is a Spirit in the Room1. The Whiteness of Theology and Philosophy2. The Context of Black Liberation Theology3. Black Theology and Black Power4. A Black Theology of Liberation5. God of the Oppressed and the Blackness of God6. The Expansion and Development of Black Liberation Theology7. Martin and Malcolm: The Dialectic of Black Liberation8. The Cross and the Lynching Tree9. The Black Situation Today, Black Power, Narrative Control, and Revolution10. What is Critical Political Theology?11. Revolutionary Theology and Black Prophetic Fire: James Cone and Cornel West in Conversation