Description: "The introduction to this edition by Cornel West was originally published in Dwight N. Hopkins, ed., Black Faith and Public Talk: Critical Essays on James H. Cone's Black Theology & Black Power (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1999; reprinted 2007 by Baylor University Press)."
Review Quotes: * Advance Praise & Reviews *
"This text changed the lives of thousands and thousands of young brothers and sisters of all colors who were wrestling with the question: what does it mean to be Christian in a turbulent time in which the vicious legacy of white supremacy was being contested, pushed back as it were?"--Cornel West "Cone "transcends the black revolution and offers to America, and to the church, a key to understanding more about the [Christian] faith than we have ever undertaken to learn."" - C.Eric Lincoln, American Radioworks "In 'Black Theology and Black Power, ' James Cone singlehandedly revolutionized theology in the United States." - Cristina Traina, Chair of Religious Studies at Northwestern University "His prophetic voice, deep kindness, and fierce commitment to black liberation embodied not just the very best of our seminary, but of the theological field as a whole." - Serene Jones, President of Union Theological Seminary