James Cone's hermeneutic of language and black theology

[The author looks at the emergence of Black theology as a liberation movement by focusing on the way in which James Cone developed a hermeneutic of language that fostered such an emergence. Black Americans elaborated a theology around Jesus the Christ whom they experienced as God's expression of solidarity to humanity, especially Black humanity. The author explains how Cone's calling God/Christ Black expresses a true metaphor and then discusses Black historical experience as narrative and the theological meaning of Black hope. Finally, she raises six foundational questions for the future of Black theology.]