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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 June 2011
James Cone is without question the leading proponent of Black theology in America. His books, articles, and lectures have exercised great influence inside and outside the black community. Thus far, however, Cone has not explicitly stated his theological ethic, although much of significance for ethics is embedded in his works. It will be our purpose in this short essay to stimulate him and others to articulate the ethical aspects of his theology. Our aim, then, is to set forth what we believe to be the ethic implicit in his first two books, Black Theology and Black Power and Liberation: A Black Theology of Liberation. Our essay will be critical in nature and will attempt to deal with theoretical questions.
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5 Ibid., 38.
6 Ibid., 29.
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[Cone also thinks this case to be significant. See his Black Theology and Black Power, 9–10.]
17 Ibid.
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23 Declaration of Independence.
24 R.S.V. 25:35, 36.
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