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The cross and the lynching tree / James H. Cone.
Van Pelt Library BR563.N4 C648 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cone, James H.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jesus Christ.
- African Americans--Religion.
- African Americans.
- Jesus Christ--Crucifixion--History of doctrines.
- Lynching--United States--History.
- Lynching.
- History.
- Crucifixion.
- Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 202 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Maryknoll, N.Y. : Orbis Books, [2011]
- Contents:
- "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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781570759376
- 1570759375
- OCLC:
- 708648158
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