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A Black Theology of Liberation by Robert McAfee Brown, Gayraud Wilmore, K.C. Abraham, Rosemary Radford Ruether, Pablo Richard, Delores S. Williams, James H. Cone
4.0
Wow, this was 0-60 right out of the gate. Picked this up from the office of our retiring pastor (second edition). Very spiritually and intellectually challenging read. Lots to digest, so I will leave a few quotes here...
"Christian theology is never just a rational study of the being of God. Rather it is a study of God's liberating activity in the world, God's activity on behalf of the oppressed."
"...the church cannot be the church in isolation from the concrete realities of human suffering."
"To be oppressed is to encounter the overwhelming presence of human evil without any place to escape."
"The truly Christian response to earthly problems is doing what one must do because it is the human thing to do. The brother's suffering should not be used as a stepping-stone in Christian piety."
"Knowledge of Jesus Christ comes as one participates in human liberation."
"Christian theology is never just a rational study of the being of God. Rather it is a study of God's liberating activity in the world, God's activity on behalf of the oppressed."
"...the church cannot be the church in isolation from the concrete realities of human suffering."
"To be oppressed is to encounter the overwhelming presence of human evil without any place to escape."
"The truly Christian response to earthly problems is doing what one must do because it is the human thing to do. The brother's suffering should not be used as a stepping-stone in Christian piety."
"Knowledge of Jesus Christ comes as one participates in human liberation."