Abstract
In this essay my basic aim is to put forward a conception of black theology of liberation which is simultaneously anchored in the prophetic
Christian tradition and the progessive Marxist tradition. My strategy shall be as follows: First, I shall examine briefly the evolution of the black prophetic consciousness in the liberation. It is my argument that a black theology and theology of liberation as a critique of capitalist civilization, is the present expression of this prophetic consciousness in our troubled times. Second, I will attempt to explain what I mean by the vague phrase “critique of capitalist civilization”. Third, I shall probe the theological dimension of my project and suggest that the
adjective “black”—viewed symbolically and literally—describes a crucial aspect of this dimension owing to the unique role and particular plight of black people in the emergence, duration and decline of capitalist civilization.