The Bishop Henry McNeal Turner Studies in North American Black Religion, Vol. 1

"Between 1966 and 1984 black theology went through many changes, from hostile rejection by both white and black churches to tolerance by many whites and increasing acceptance by many blacks. It is now time to make a critical assessment of its origin in the 1960s and its development throughout the 1970s, in order to chart the course of its future in the 1980s and beyond. Unless we look honestly at our past, it is unlikely that we shall know what to do in the present for the shaping of a creative black future."

James Cone

"Speaking in a voice filled with compassion and prophetic power, James Cone carries his lover's quarrel with the black churches on to a higher, deeper, and more comprehensive level than ever before in his work. All who care about the future of all the churches and the destiny of the nation must take heed."

Vincent Harding.

Professor of Religion and Social Transformation, Ilift School of Theology