The cross and the lynching tree /
James H. Cone.
- xix, 202 pages ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-196) and index.
"Nobody knows de trouble I've seen": the cross and the lynching tree in the Black experience -- "The terrible beauty of the cross" and the tragedy of the lynching tree: a reflection on Reinhold Niebuhr -- Bearing the cross and staring down the lynching tree: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s struggle to redeem the soul of America -- The re-crucified Christ in Black literary imagination -- Oh Mary, don't you weep -- Conclusion: legacies of the cross and the lynching tree
9781570759376 (cloth) 1570759375 (cloth)
2011010630
Jesus Christ--Crucifixion--History of doctrines.
African Americans--Religion. Lynching--History.--United States