The Rev. Dr. James H. Cone, a central figure in the development of black liberation theology in the 1960s and ‘70s who argued for racial justice and an interpretation of the Christian Gospel that ...

Section 1. Black theology and Black power. Christianity and Black power, 1968 ; Black spirituals: a theological interpretation, 1972 ; Black theology on revolution, violence, and reconciliation, 1975 ...

Black theology emphasizes God as liberator, said Valerie Cooper, associate professor of Black church studies at Duke Divinity School. (Ben Goode/Dreamstime) For many who grew up in predominantly Black ...

Among social trends anchored in the ’60s, none have been as resourcefully mobilized by Christians as situation ethics (popularized in 1966 by Joseph Fletcher) and liberation theology (articulated at ...

More than 80 Black Christian leaders from seven countries the United States, Brazil, Cuba, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, South Africa, and Angola have launched in São Paulo the Global ...

Editor's Note: This article has been updated since it went to press. Since Archbishop Oscar Romero’s martyrdom in a hospital chapel in San Salvador while saying Mass in 1980, his legacy as a ...

For many who grew up in predominantly Black church congregations, the importance of public involvement was intertwined with historical and theological teachings. “Part of the importance to me about ...

(RNS) — In churches all across the world, partway through the service, half the congregation is asked to leave the sanctuary. While the head pastor leads those in the pews in an in-depth exegetical ...

LIMA, Peru — The Rev. Gustavo Gutiérrez, the Peruvian theologian and father of the social justice-centered liberation theology that the Vatican once criticized for its Marxist undercurrents, has died.

The death of Gustavo Gutiérrez, called the “father of liberation theology,” at age 96 on October 22 has set off a reconsideration of the theological and pastoral movement spawned by the publication of ...

The Dominicans indicated that Father Gutiérrez’s remains would lie in state at the Santo Domingo convent in Lima’s historic center. Fr. Gustavo Gutierrez Merino, O.P., who is regarded as the father of ...