Behind Reverend Wright


	Behind Reverend Wright

Hana Alberts

4-8-2008 12:21 PM

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Hana Alberts says:

A great New Yorker article that gives enlightening context to the Reverend Wright debacle. Kelefa Sanneh interviewed an academic and one of the founders of black liberation theology, Professor James H. Cone. More insights from Cone can be found here:

http://www.forbes.com/2008/03/24/obama-black-liberation-theology-oped-cx_hra_0324cone.html

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