James Cone's hermeneutic of language and Black theology

The author looks at the emergence of Black theology as a liberation movemen t by focusing on the way in which James Cone developed a hermeneutic of lan guage that fostered such an emergence. Black Americans elaborated a theolog y around Jesus the Christ whom they experienced as God's expression of soli darity to humanity, especially Black humanity. The author explains how Cone 's calling God/Christ Black expresses a true metaphor and then discusses Bl ack historical experience as narrative and the theological meaning of Black hope. Finally, she raises six foundational questions for the future of Bla ck theology.