Black Theology

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Black Theology

• Must God Be Black?
• ABSOLUTELY

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Black Theology

• Gods concern for Gods people

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Black Theology Black Power

• Black Power . . . mean(s) complete emancipation
  of black people from white oppression by whatever
  means black people deem necessary.
• It could mean economic boycotts, protests or
  rebellion.
• A protest might draw worldwide attention to the
  cause. For example, Mexico City 1968

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Black Theology

• Black theology is an attempt to analyze the
  nature of that reality reality of God, asking
  what we can say about the nature of God in view
  of Gods self-disclosure in biblical history and
  the oppressed condition of black Americans.
• James Cone

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The Gospel

• Same Gospel Different Experience Black
  Theology
• The Difference

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Sources

• There are six sources of Black Theology
• Black Experience
• Black History
• Black Culture
• Revelation
• Scripture
• Tradition

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• Black Experience
• The life of Blacks as they have experienced it. A
  life of suffering and exploitation. What does
  God mean when a police officer whacks you over
  the head because you are black? ABTL 25

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• Black History
• The way that Blacks were brought to this land and
  were treated in this land.

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• Black Culture
• It is the creative forms of expression as one
  reflects on history, endures pain, and
  experiences joy. ABTL 27

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• Revelation
• In the face of the Black experience, Black
  history and Black culture God has acted and this
  is the revelation. It is what Black people have
  done and our doing about their own liberation.

• Truth Seekers Symbol

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• Scripture
• Scriptures record Gods acts of liberation of
  those who are oppressed. The history of Gods
  action in the world demonstrate the power and
  reality of God in the struggle for freedom of
  oppression.

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• Tradition
• The theological reflection of the church upon
  the nature of Christianity from the time of the
  early church to the present day. ABTL 33

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