Open AccessLearning Theology In The Struggle For Freedom
Author(s) -
Colleen Wessel-McCoy
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the wabash center journal on teaching
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2689-9132
DOI - 10.31046/wabashcenter.v1i2.1715
Subject(s) - power (physics) , theology , cone (formal languages) , work (physics) , liberation theology , economic justice , sociology , theological seminary , black theology , political science , law , philosophy , engineering , computer science , mechanical engineering , physics , algorithm , quantum mechanics
In his work as a scholar and educator, James Cone developed leaders. He built a network of scholars, clergy, and activists committed to the power of God in history and to the role of the poor and dispossessed in realizing earthly freedom. Cone’s courses began with the situatedness of the theologians being studied and always returned to the problems of the world that theologians sought to answer. He challenged his students to do the same, identifying and answering the crises of our communities, doing theology in the struggle for justice and liberation. This is one of several short essays presented by recent students at a public forum at Union Theological Seminary after his death in 2018.