Part one of term paper
In A Black Theology of Liberation, James H. Cone wrote of Jesus Christ as a symbol of opposition to oppression. He argues that black theology is the only legitimate theology because it emerges out of oppressed people and it applies to everyone, the oppressed and the oppressors. Jean Genet wrote the following: "One evening an actor asked me ...

Part two of term paper
... who is defined by someone else is oppressed and therefore black. “Christian theology is never just a rational study of the being of God. Rather it is a study of God’s liberating activity in the world, God’s activity on behalf of the oppressed.” A Black Theology of Liberation and the Gospel of Luke both contain the theme of liberating the oppressed. Cone stated that "Black Theology is not the hope that promises a reward in heaven in order to ease the pain of injustice on ...