Black Theology: A Documentary History: 1966-1979BLACK THEOLOGY: A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY Volume I: 1966 1979 James H. Cone and Gayraud S. Wilmore, editors "Black theology comes of age in this work." C. Eric Lincoln First published in 1979, this is the classic sourcebook for the emergence of Black theology in the United States. Born out of the Civil Rights Movement and the emerging demand for Black Power, Black theology relates the Gospel to the African American experience of oppression and the

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