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African-American theologians

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The list African-American theologians includes Martin Luther King, Cornel West, Katie Geneva Cannon, James Hal Cone and Demetrius Jifunza. The list consists of 28 members.
  • 1.

    Martin Luther King
    Political activist
    Martin Luther King
    Overview: Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Christian minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the Civil Rights Movement from 1955 until ...
    Date of birth: 15 January 1929
    Date of death: 4 April 1968
    Age: 39 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Activist
    Gender: Male
    Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)
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    World Constitutional Convention call signatories 102T
    People involved with the civil rights movement 27T
    Political prisoners in the United States 21T
  • 2.

    Cornel West
    American philosopher and political activist (born 1953)
    Cornel West
    Overview: Cornel Ronald West (born June 2, 1953) is an American philosopher, political activist, social critic, and public intellectual. The grandson of a Baptist minister, West focuses on the role of race, gender ...
    Date of birth: 2 June 1953
    Age: 71
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Writer
    Gender: Male
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    American anti-capitalists 93T
    Baptist philosophers 3T
    Oklahoma socialists 3T
  • 3.

    Thandeka (minister)
    American Unitarian Universalist minister and author
    Thandeka (minister)
    Overview: Thandeka (born Sue Booker on March 25, 1946) is a Unitarian Universalist minister, American liberal theologian, and the creator of a contemporary form of affect theology. Thandeka's affect theology grounds ...
    Date of birth: 25 March 1946
    Age: 78
    Occupation: Film/TV Producer
    Partner: Naomi Rachel King (Married)
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    White culture scholars 12T
    Female Unitarian Universalist clergy 3T
    African-American television producers 105T
  • 4.

    Raphael G. Warnock
    American pastor and politician (born 1969)
    Raphael G. Warnock
    Overview: Raphael Gamaliel Warnock (born July 23, 1969) is an American pastor and politician who is a United States senator-elect from Georgia. He will assume office in January 2021 after the results of his election ...
    Date of birth: 23 July 1969
    Age: 55
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Politician
    Gender: Male
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    20th-century African-American men 44T
    21st-century Baptist ministers from the United States 31T
    20th-century Baptist ministers from the United States 178T
  • 5.

    Katie Geneva Cannon
    American theologian
    Overview: Katie Geneva Cannon (1950–2018) was an American Christian theologian and ethicist associated with womanist theology and black theology. She was the first African-American woman ordained in the United ...
    Date of birth: 2 February 1949
    Date of death: 8 August 2018
    Age: 69 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Writer
    Gender: Female
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    2018 deaths 9,212T
    American women non-fiction writers 2,184T
    2018 deaths 7,472T
  • 6.

    Demetrius Jifunza
    Leader Florida Civil Liberties, Voter Rights for Felons
    Overview: Demetrius Jifunza (born 1977) is an American Christian Methodist Episcopal pastor and activist who is among the most visible spokespersons and leaders in the felony disenfranchisement, Voting Rights R ...
    Date of birth: 1977
    Age: 47
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Activist
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    American anti-racism activists 97T
    American democratic socialists 62T
    Activists from Florida 54T
  • 7.

    Stacey M. Floyd-Thomas
    American author and educator
    Overview: Stacey M. Floyd-Thomas (born 1969) is an American author and educator. She is Associate Professor of Ethics and Society at Vanderbilt Divinity School and the Graduate Department of Religion at Vanderbilt ...
    Date of birth: 1969
    Age: 55
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Writer
    Gender: Female
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    American women non-fiction writers 2,184T
    Womanist theologians 12T
    African-American academics 549T
  • 8.

    Obery M. Hendricks, Jr.
    American, Writer
    Overview: Obery Mack Hendricks Jr. (born 1953) is a visiting research scholar at Columbia University. Before taking this position he was a professor at Drew University and a visiting professor at Princeton Theo ...
    Date of birth: 1953
    Age: 71
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Writer
    Gender: Male
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    21st-century American male writers 3,233T
    20th-century American male writers 6,911T
    American male non-fiction writers 4,581T
  • 9.

    Michael J. Battle
    American, Educator
    Overview: The Rev. Dr. Michael Jesse Battle (born 1964) is Provost and Canon Theologian at the Cathedral Center of the Diocese of Los Angeles. He was Rector of Church of Our Savior, San Gabriel, California. He is ...
    Date of birth: 1964
    Age: 60
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Educator
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    Virginia Theological Seminary faculty 20T
    General Theological Seminary faculty 31T
    World Christianity scholars 74T
  • 10.

    James Hal Cone
    American theologian
    James Hal Cone
    Overview: James Hal Cone (born August 5, 1938) is an American theologian, best known for his advocacy of Black liberation theology. His 1969 book Black Theology and Black Power provided a new way to articulate the ...
    Date of birth: 5 August 1938
    Date of death: 28 April 2018
    Age: 79 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Teacher
    Gender: Male
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    American anti-capitalists 93T
    2018 deaths 9,212T
    20th-century American theologians 55T
  • 11.

    Gowan Pamphlet
    American former slave and minister
    Gowan Pamphlet
    Overview: Gowan Pamphlet (1748–1807) was an American Baptist minister and freedman who founded the Black Baptist Church (now known as First Baptist Church) in Williamsburg, Virginia, United States. He was one of ...
    Date of birth: 1748
    Date of death: 1807
    Age: 58 (age at death)
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    American indentured servants 1T
    18th-century Baptist ministers from the United States 22T
    American former slaves 32T
  • 12.

    Yvonne Seon
    American professor, university administrator, and minister
    Overview: Yvonne Seon (née Reed, formerly Chappelle) is an American professor, university administrator, and Unitarian Universalist minister. She specializes in African studies, African American studies, and go ...
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Writer
    Gender: Female
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  • 13.

    Kelly Brown Douglas
    African-American Episcopal theologian
    Overview: Kelly Delaine Brown Douglas is an African-American Episcopal priest, womanist theologian, and the inaugural Dean of the Episcopal Divinity School at Union Theological Seminary. She is also the Canon T ...
    Occupation: Writer
    Gender: Female
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  • 14.

    J. Deotis Roberts
    American theologian
    J. Deotis Roberts
    Overview: James Deotis Roberts (July 12, 1927 – July 26, 2022) was an American theologian, and a pioneering figure in the Black theology movement.
    Date of birth: 12 July 1927
    Date of death: 26 July 2022
    Age: 95 (age at death)
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    20th-century African-American writers 579T
    2022 deaths 5,706T
    20th-century American theologians 86T
  • 15.

    Leah Gaskin Fitchue
    American administrator (1940–2019)
    Leah Gaskin Fitchue
    Overview: Leah Gaskin Fitchue (June 27, 1940 – June 18, 2019), also known as Leah Gaskin White and Leah Gaskin Coles, was an American city official, professor of religious studies and college administrator. She ...
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  • 16.

    Delores S. Williams
    American womanist theologian (1937–2022)
    Overview: Delores Seneva Williams (born 1937) is an American Presbyterian theologian notable for her formative role in the development of womanist theology and best known for her book Sisters in the Wilderness ...
    Date of birth: 1937
    Age: 87
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Writer
    Gender: Female
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  • 17.

    Jamie T. Phelps
    African American Catholic theologian
    Jamie T. Phelps
    Overview: Jamie Theresa Phelps, O.P. (born October 24, 1941) is an American Catholic theologian. Phelps, who is African American, is known for her contributions to womanist theology.
    Date of birth: 24 October 1941
    Age: 83
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    African-American Catholic consecrated religious 1T
    21st-century African-American writers 616T
    20th-century African-American writers 580T
  • 18.

    M. Shawn Copeland
    African American Catholic theologian
    M. Shawn Copeland
    Overview: Mary Shawn Copeland (born August 24, 1947), known professionally as M. Shawn Copeland, is a retired American womanist and Black Catholic theologian, and a former religious sister. She is professor emerita ...
    Date of birth: 24 August 1947
    Age: 77
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  • 19.

    Willie James Jennings
    American theologian (born 1961)
    Overview: Willie James Jennings (born April 29, 1961) is an American theologian, known for his contributions on liberation theologies, cultural identities, and theological anthropology. He is currently an associate ...
    Date of birth: 29 April 1961
    Age: 63
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    Jacquelyn Grant
    American feminist
    Overview: Jacquelyn Grant (born 1948) is an American theologian and Methodist minister who is one of the founding developers of womanist theology. She is currently the Callaway Professor of Systematic Theology at ...
    Date of birth: 19 December 1948
    Age: 76
    Occupation: Writer
    Gender: Female
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