Black liberation theology

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Black theology Christian theological movement liberation theology

Black liberation theology is a Christian theological movement that interprets the gospel through the experience of Black oppression and the struggle for racial justice and liberation.

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instanceOf Black theology ⓘ
Christian theological movement ⓘ
liberation theology ⓘ
addresses colonialism ⓘ
economic inequality ⓘ
mass incarceration ⓘ
police violence ⓘ
associatedWith African American churches ⓘ
Black Protestant denominations NERFINISHED ⓘ
Black Studies programs ⓘ
historically Black seminaries ⓘ
centralTheme Black dignity and self-determination ⓘ
God’s preferential option for the oppressed ⓘ
critique of structural racism ⓘ
critique of white supremacy ⓘ
identification of Christ with the oppressed Black community ⓘ
salvation as social and political liberation ⓘ
critiques Eurocentric theology ⓘ
theological justifications of slavery and segregation ⓘ
developedInDecade 1960s ⓘ
1970s ⓘ
emergedIn United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
emergedInContextOf Black Power movement NERFINISHED ⓘ
Civil Rights Movement NERFINISHED ⓘ
emphasizes community organizing ⓘ
political activism ⓘ
praxis ⓘ
reading the Bible from the perspective of the oppressed ⓘ
social transformation ⓘ
hasCoreConcern Black oppression ⓘ
liberation from oppression ⓘ
racial justice ⓘ
hasKeyFigure Allan Boesak NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cornel West NERFINISHED ⓘ
Delores S. Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dwight N. Hopkins NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gayraud S. Wilmore NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gustavo Gutiérrez NERFINISHED ⓘ
J. Deotis Roberts NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jacquelyn Grant NERFINISHED ⓘ
James H. Cone NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kelly Brown Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasKeyText A Black Theology of Liberation NERFINISHED ⓘ
Black Theology and Black Power NERFINISHED ⓘ
God of the Oppressed NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasKeyTextAuthor James H. Cone NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced Black feminist theology NERFINISHED ⓘ
contemporary racial justice movements ⓘ
womanist theology ⓘ
influencedBy African American church tradition ⓘ
Black nationalism ⓘ
Civil Rights theology ⓘ
Latin American liberation theology ⓘ
abolitionist theology ⓘ
interprets Christian gospel through the experience of Black people ⓘ
regionOfInfluence Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Caribbean NERFINISHED ⓘ
Latin America NERFINISHED ⓘ
North America NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedMovement Black Lives Matter NERFINISHED ⓘ
viewsChurchAs agent of liberation ⓘ
viewsSalvationAs freedom from racism and oppression ⓘ
viewsSinAs both personal and structural ⓘ

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James H. Cone → movement → Black liberation theology ⓘ
Azania → ideologicallyAssociatedWith → Black liberation theology ⓘ
Allan Boesak → fieldOfWork → Black liberation theology ⓘ
this entity surface form: Black theology
Dalit theology → influencedBy → Black liberation theology ⓘ
this entity surface form: Black theology
Jewish liberation theology → relatedTo → Black liberation theology ⓘ
this entity surface form: Black theology