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The cross and the lynching tree
- Title
- The cross and the lynching tree / James H. Cone.
- Author
- Cone, James H.
- Publication
- Maryknoll, N.Y. : Orbis Books, c2011.
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Details
- Description
- xix, 202 p.; 22 cm.
- Summary
- Examines the symbols of the cross and the lynching tree in African Americans daily life, spiritual life, and history.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-196) and index.
- Contents
- "Nobody knows de trouble I see" : 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 recrucified Christ in Black literary imagination -- "Oh Mary, don't you weep" -- Conclusion : legacies of the cross and the lynching tree.
- Call Number
- Sc D 13-50
- ISBN
- 9781570759376 (cloth)
- 1570759375 (cloth)
- 9781626980051 (pbk.)
- 1626980055 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- 2011010630
- OCLC
- 708648158
- Author
- Cone, James H.
- Title
- The cross and the lynching tree / James H. Cone.
- Imprint
- Maryknoll, N.Y. : Orbis Books, c2011.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-196) and index.
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Research Call Number
- Sc D 13-50