Editing Liberation theology (section)

=== Black ===
{{Main|Black theology}}
More or less at the same time as the initial publications of Latin American liberation theology are also found voices of [[black theology|Black liberation theology]] and [[feminist theology|feminist liberation theology]].<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Vuola|first1=Elina|date=2005|title=Liberation Theology|url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/liberation_theology.aspx|journal=New Dictionary of the History of Ideas|language=en|access-date=January 15, 2015|archive-date=September 9, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160909125135/http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/liberation_theology.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> Black theology refers to a theological perspective which originated in some [[black church]]es in the [[United States]] and later in other parts of the world, which contextualizes [[Christianity]] in an attempt to help those of African descent overcome oppression. It especially focuses on the [[injustice]]s committed against [[African American]]s and black [[South African people|South Africans]] during [[Jim Crow laws|American segregation]] and [[Apartheid in South Africa|apartheid]], respectively.

Black theology seeks to liberate people of colour from multiple forms of political, social, economic, and religious subjugation and views [[Christian theology]] as a theology of liberation—"a rational study of the being of God in the world in light of the existential situation of an oppressed community, relating the forces of liberation to the essence of the Gospel, which is Jesus Christ," writes [[James H. Cone|James Hal Cone]], one of the original advocates of the perspective. Black theology mixes Christianity with questions of [[civil rights]], particularly as raised by the [[Black Power movement]] and the [[Black Consciousness Movement]].