![]() ![]() Instead, the book speaks *to* the oppressed about Jesus’ call to reject the three “persistent hounds of hell that dog the footsteps of the … disinherited:” fear, deception, and hate (p. Thurman’s work speaks very little about resistance to oppression or even the sin of oppression. ![]() – Although the forward by Vincent Harding says that “superficial readings” of Thurman might suggest “elements of liberation theology,” I agree that such a reading would be incorrect. is said to have carried a copy of Thurman’s work with him during his travels and clearly embraced Thurman’s emphasis on the need for the oppressed to love their enemies and turn away from hatred. Jesus and the Disinherited is the highly influential work of Howard Thurman, a renowned black theologian. ![]()
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