If our theological vocation emerges out of the matrix of that vision, then we will not be limited to Euro-American definitions of theology. The ecstasy of the poet's vision

Who helped me to bear my heavy cross? Who fixed me up, turned me ’round, Left my feet on solid ground? I know it was Jesus! I know it was the Lord! Who do you think gave sight to the blind? Made the lame to walk And dead men rise? Who took the fishes and the loaves of bread And made five hundred so all could be fed? Oh, Jesus, Oh Lord, Jesus! My Lo

the death of the man on the tree has radical implications for those who are enslaved, lynched, and ghettoized in the name of God and country. In order to do theology from that standpoint, they must ask the right questions and then go to the right sources for the answers. The right questions are always related to the basic question: What has the gos

His concern was to state the primacy of faith in relation to reason on matters of theological discourse. We have another concern and thus must rephrase that question in the light of our cultural history, asking: “What has Africa to do with Jerusalem, and what difference does Jesus make for African people oppressed in North America?” As Gerard Bissa

King challenged the power structures of evil. That was why he was killed. King's suffering, and that of freedom fighters around the world, is redemptive when, like Jesus’ cross, it inspires us to resist evil, knowing that suffering is the consequence. To resist evil is to participate in God's redemption of the world.

If de blues was whiskey, I'd stay drunk all de time.

broken heart and eases the pain of the afflicted. Jesus rescued me from the gates of hell and restored my soul to his bosom.”

It is impossible to interpret the Scripture correctly and thus understand Jesus aright unless the interpretation is done in the light of the consciousness of the oppressed in their struggle for liberation.

Throughout black history Scripture was used for a definition of God and Jesus that was consistent with the black struggle for liberation.