Abstract
James Cone has presented his most mature statement thus far in this work. God of the Oppressed reflects serious reflection and rigorous research. The book deserves critical evaluation by several scholars from many angles. Cone’s writings have escaped adequate constructive criticism until now. White theologians have been too generous, if not indifferent. In some cases they have ignored all other black theologians and used the works of Cone as a “straw man” to reject the entire enterprise. Black scholars have often accepted his pronouncements uncritically because they agree with the liberation motif in his writings. Both black and white theologians, then, have had mainly skirmishes with James Cone without making a telling blow at the foundations of the deficiencies in his program.