James Cone’s Constructive Vision of Sin and the Black Lives Matter Movement
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20209658 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Liam Miller (0000-0002-4139-6190, Pilgrim Theological College, University of Divinity, Melbourne, Australia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 4-22 |
| Publication date | 2020-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Black Theology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1476-9948 • E-ISSN: 1743-1670 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14769948.2020.1726010 |
| OpenAlex | W3005890035 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 11 |
The Black Lives Matter movement faces persistent opposition by those who shift the discussion from structural and societal inequality toward individual responsibility. This socio-political outworking of a universalised and individualised doctrine of sin is common amongst White, conservative Christian communities. James H. Cone’s constructive doctrine of sin is an alternative in the contemporary context. For Cone, sin is particularly expressed based on the concrete existence of a community, and its overcoming is bound up in the oppressed’s struggle for liberation and the affirmation of their humanity. This paper explores Cone’s community conception of sin, demonstrating its power to combat the idol of Whiteness and equip churches to take practical steps to ensure that Black lives matter in a White society
Aesthetics · Constructive · Doctrine · Humanity · Original sin · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Theology · Gender Studies · History · Law · Philosophy · Religion, Society, and Development · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Theological Perspectives and Practices
Black theology and black power.
Disruptive Christian Ethics
To Resist the Gravity of Whiteness
A Black Theology of Liberation
Why I’m no longer talking to white people about race’
The Dimensions of Sin and Fallenness in the Theological Anthropology of Black and Womanist Theologies
Equal in Christ, but Not in the World
Critical Whiteness Theories and the Evangelical 'Race Problem
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2025 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |