Abstract
Since the appearance of “Black Theology” in North America, “Liberation Theology” in Latin America, and “Political Theology” in many countries, it is no longer possible to do Christian theology without taking seriously the question of freedom in history for the hope of humankind. The black struggle for liberation in history, as it is related to oppressed peoples’ struggle for liberation throughout the whole world, forces Christian theology to ask: What is freedom and how is it related to oppressed peoples’ striving for a humane future?