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Quotes from A Black Theology of Liberation — James H. Cone

1936–2018 United States

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A God minus wrath seems to be a God who is basically not against anything.

A Black Theology of Liberation (1970)

Oppressed and oppressors cannot possibly mean the same thing when they speak of God. The God of the oppressed is a God of revolution who breaks the chains of slavery. The oppressors' God is a God of slavery and must be destroyed along with the oppressors.

A Black Theology of Liberation (1970)

Is it possible to understand what God's love means for the oppressed without making wrath an essential ingredient of that love? What could love possibly mean in a racist society except the righteous condemnation of everything racist? Most theological treatments of God's love fail to place the proper emphasis on God's wrath, suggesting that love is completely self-giving without any demand for obedience.

A Black Theology of Liberation (1970)

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