{"product_id":"the-spirituals-and-the-blues-50th-anniversary-edition-paperback","title":"The Spirituals and the Blues - 50th Anniversary Edition - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCone James\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The power of song in the struggle for Black survival--that is what the spirituals and the blues are about.\" James H. Cone revolutionized American theology with the publication in 1969 and 1970 of his first groundbreaking works on Black Liberation Theology--a fusion of themes from the Gospel and the Black Power movement. Some critics challenged him for drawing more on European sources rather than African American history and culture. His response in 1972 was The Spirituals and the Blues, a major examination of the soul-songs that emerged from slavery and Jim Crow oppression. In the Spirituals, as Cone showed, enslaved Black people expressed their deep appropriation of the Gospel message of freedom, and their trust in God's identification with the oppressed. In the Blues, a \"secular spiritual\" born in the era of segregation and lynching, Black people expressed their dignity, love, and \"the gut capacity to survive,\" amidst all the forces that pressed them down. In her introduction to this anniversary edition, Cheryl Townsend Gilkes writes: \"Cone's work established that theology must attend to the questions and the witness of enslaved Africans and their descendants; they have a voice, through their music, in the serious questions of theology. And fifty years after its first publication in 1972, Cone's work retains its enduring witness.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eUS$20.00 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHISTORY \/ African American \u0026amp; Black \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRELIGION \/ Christian Theology \/ Liberation \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRELIGION \/ General \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eISBN 978-1-62698-481-3 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eORBIS LOGO \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCover design: Michael Calvente\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJames H. Cone\u003c\/strong\u003e (1938-2018) was the Bill and Judith Moyers Distinguished Professor of Systematic Theology at Union Theological Seminary. His books include A Black Theology of Liberation, Martin \u0026amp; Malcolm \u0026amp; America: A Dream or a Nightmare, and The Cross and the Lynching Tree, winner of the 2018 Grawemeyer Award in Religion. This year he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.25 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 03, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978441097517,"sku":"9781626984813","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/dTNiYWtHZTNGRHp2VCtPUDdZSDU1QT09.webp?v=1775805176","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-spirituals-and-the-blues-50th-anniversary-edition-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}