James Hall Cone (August 5, 1938 - ) is an African-American Christian theologian in the Methodist tradition. He is one of America's best known architects of Black theology, a form of Liberation theology. August 5 is the 217th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (218th in leap years), with 148 days remaining. ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... An African American (also Afro-American, Black American, or black), is a member of an ethnic group in the United States whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Africa. ... Christian theology practices theology from a Christian viewpoint or studies Christianity theologically. ... The Methodist movement is a group of denominations of Protestant Christianity. ... Black theology is a Christian theology of liberation. ... Liberation theology is an important and controversial school in the theology of the Catholic Church after the Second Vatican Council. ...

Cone was born and raised in Arkansas and received a B.A. degree from Philander Smith College in Arkansas in 1958, a B.D. degree from Garrett Theological Seminary in 1961, and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Northwestern University in 1963 and 1965, respectively. He taught theology and religion at Philander Smith College, Adrian College in Michigan, and beginning in 1970 at Union Theological Seminary in New York City, where he was awarded the distinguished Charles A. Briggs Chair in systematic theology in 1977. James Cone was the first person to create a systematic Black theology. He felt that Black Christians in Northern America should not follow the "white Church", as it had failed to support them in their struggle for equal rights, and should create their own theology based on their history and culture. Much of his theology is based around the idea of white people as oppressors and God supporting Black people, who are the oppressed. This theology was heavily influenced by Malcolm X. Official language(s) English Capital Little Rock Largest city Little Rock Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 29th 137,732 km² 385 km 420 km 2. ... Garrett Theological Seminary, whose official name is Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary, is a graduate school of theology located in Evanston, Illinois. ... Northwestern University is a private, coeducational, non-sectarian university, located in Evanston, Illinois and Chicago, Illinois. ... The tower at Union Theological Seminary Union Theological Seminary is an independent graduate school of theology, located in Manhattan, in New York City. ... The Empire State Building (right) and the Chrysler Building (left) are easily recognized symbols of New York City to the world. ... Systematic theology is the study of Christian theology organized thematically (as opposed to historically, as in Historical Theology or Biblical Theology - according to some uses of the latter term). ... Malcolm X, (May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965), born Malcolm Little, also known as Detroit Red, El-Hajji Malik El-Shabazz and Omowale, was a longtime spokesman for the Nation of Islam. ...

Books

• Black Theology and Black Power (1969, ISBN 1570751579)
• A Black Theology of Liberation (1970, ISBN 0883446855)
• For My People: Black Theology and the Black Church (1984, ISBN 0883441063)
• God of the Oppressed (ISBN 1570751587)
• Martin & Malcolm & America: A Dream or a Nightmare? (1992, ISBN 0883448246)
• Speaking the Truth: Ecumenism, Liberation, and Black Theology (1999, ISBN 1570752419)
• Risks of Faith: The Emergence of a Black Theology of Liberation, 1968-1998 (1999, ISBN 0807009504)