Lecture given by Dr. Marvin McMickle at Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School during a week-long symposium on the impact of James Cone and Black Theology.
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“We got too many Black folk loving everybody but Black people.” -Dr. Cornel West
More than conversation on the scope of theological inquiry, what I think we have lost with the death of Dr. James Cone is a key model of rigorous engagement—a wrestling over ideas that didn’t truncate itself into personal animus and hurt feelings.
I decided to take my classes at Union Theological Seminary and to conduct my ministry praxis in Harlem at Convent Avenue Baptist Church and the Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization (IFCO) led by the Rev. Dr. Lucius Walker.
On Saturday morning, 29 April 2018, I received a text from my BFF, Rev. Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas that our beloved mentor, Dr. James Hal Cone had died. Although I’d anticipated this communiqué, my mind could not fully grasp the feelings my body held.
Rev. Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas, dean of the Episcopal Divinity School, Rev. Dr. Serene Jones, president of Union Theological Seminary, and Rev. Dr. Raphael Warnock, who serves as senior pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church, speak with Democracy Now
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James Cone “The Cross and the Lynching Tree” PowerPoint
The cross and the lynching tree are the two most emotionally charged symbols in the history of the African American community. In this powerful new work, theologian James H. Cone explores these symbols and their interconnection in the history and souls of black folk.
By Birchett, Colleen . Philadelphia Tribune ; Philadelphia, Pa. [Philadelphia, Pa]04 Mar 2007:
The tribute below was written by Dr. McMickle to share with Dr. James Cone at a small upcoming gathering that was being planned in his honor.
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A LITANY OF BLACK (LIBERATION) THEOLOGY IN HONOR OF REV. DR. JAMES HAL CONE
Litany authored by Rev. Earle J. Fisher. Rev. Fisher is Pastor of Abyssinian Baptist Church in Memphis, Adjunct Professor of Religious Studies & Humanities, and a PhD student in Communications.
