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Remembering James Cone

By Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service
The Rev. James Cone. Image courtesy of Union Theological Seminary
Apr 29, 2018
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James H. Cone, the scholar known as the “founder of black liberation theology,” died April 28, Union Theological Seminary announced. He was 79.

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The Rev. James Cone. Image courtesy of Union Theological Seminary