The cross and the lynching tree / James H. Cone.
By: Cone, James H.
Material type: BookPublisher: Maryknoll, N.Y. : Orbis Books, c2011Description: xix, 202 p. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 9781570759376 (cloth); 1570759375 (cloth).Subject(s): Jesus Christ -- Crucifixion -- History of doctrines | African Americans -- Religion | Lynching -- United States -- HistoryDDC classification: 277.3/0808996073Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Books | BR563 .N4 C648 2011 (Browse shelf) | Available | 16648 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Nobody knows de trouble I've seen": the cross and the lynching tree in the Black experience -- "The terrible beauty of the cross" and the tragedy of the lynching tree: a reflection on Reinhold Niebuhr -- Bearing the cross and staring down the lynching tree: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s struggle to redeem the soul of America -- The re-crucified Christ in Black literary imagination -- Oh Mary, don't you weep -- Conclusion: legacies of the cross and the lynching tree.
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