Black Theology Project: Organizational Gift, Intellectual Apparatus—Legacies of Dr. James Cone
This article offers a brief review of Dr. James H. Cone's involvement with the organizational beginnings and function of the Black Theology Project. The discussion centers on the Project because Cone's writings and participation helped inspire U.S. African descendant clergy, laypeople, aca...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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The Pennsylvania State University Press
[2019]
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Journal of Africana religions
Year: 2019, Volume: 7, Issue: 2, Pages: 273-281 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Cone, James H. 1938-2018
/ USA
/ Black theology
/ Project
/ Civil rights movement
/ History 1975-1985
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| IxTheo Classification: | CG Christianity and Politics CH Christianity and Society FD Contextual theology KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KBQ North America NCC Social ethics NCD Political ethics RB Church office; congregation |
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| Summary: | This article offers a brief review of Dr. James H. Cone's involvement with the organizational beginnings and function of the Black Theology Project. The discussion centers on the Project because Cone's writings and participation helped inspire U.S. African descendant clergy, laypeople, academics, activists, and theologians to work collectively in BTP efforts. BTP was also an influential and international touchstone for other groups of African descendants seeking to articulate liberation theology as developed within the historical realities of their existence. The article reviews the origins of BTP and some of what it accomplished during its fifteen-year tenure, drawing on archival materials held at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture of the New York City Public Library. In addition, I was an active member of BTP and served as a past executive director. |
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| ISSN: | 2165-5413 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Africana religions
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5325/jafrireli.7.2.2019.0273 |