In this powerful new work, theologian James H. Cone explores these symbols and their interconnection in the history and souls of black folk. Both the cross and ...

While the lynching tree symbolized white power and black death, the cross symbolizes divine power and black life God overcoming the power of sin and death. For ...

The Cross and the Lynching Tree is a book about black liberation theology written by James H. Cone. The Cross and the Lynching Tree. Author, James H. Cone.

My initial challenge was to develop a liberation theology that was both black and Christian—at the same time and in one voice. That was not easy because even in ...

The cross and the lynching tree are the two most emotionally charged symbols in the history of the African American community. In this powerful new work, ...

The first chapter discusses that black experience. The second chapter is a damning discussion of Reinhold Niebuhr, standing in for white, liberal theologians ...

The cross and the lynching tree are the two most emotionally charged symbols in the history of the African American community. In this powerful new work, ...

The cross and the lynching tree are the two most emotionally charged symbols in the history of the African American community. In this powerful work,

A landmark in the conversation about race and religion in America. "They put him to death by hanging him on a tree." Acts 10:39 The cross and the lynching ...

Apr 5, 2013 · Watch leading theologian James Cone give a talk called "The Cross and the Lynching Tree" at Vanderbilt Divinity School April 3, 2013.