Liberation and Reconciliation

Download or read book Liberation and Reconciliation written by James Deotis Roberts and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First released in 1971, Liberation and Reconciliation presents a constructive statement that argues for a balance between the quest for liberation and the need for reconciliation in black-white relations. Examining biblical and theological themes from the perspectives of black experience, the book focuses on enlisting all humans of goodwill - black or white - in the cause of racial justice. Roberts concludes that nonviolent reconciliation is the best response to racial oppression. This groundbreaking work, now a classic in the field, is recognized as one of the first texts to move conversations within black theology beyond what black theologians were against toward what the movement sought to affirm.