Charles Long Presentation at Opening Banquet

James Cone introduces Charles Long who gives a lecture presentation. In the presentation Charles Long discusses the work of James Cone and Black religion in the United States. He mentions Benjamin E. Mays, C. Eric Lincoln and Howard Thurman as influential in the study of Black religion prior to James Cone. Long explains how Cone's work is a watershed in the study of Black religion. He also describes how Cone's work sets a basis for assessing prior work in Black religion and how it plots new and different trends in theological study. Long concludes the lecture by posing questions for future study of Black religion in America.The Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library acknowledges the generous support of the National Endowment for Humanities - Humanities Collections and Reference Resources Implementation Project Grant in supporting the processing and digitization of a number of its major archival collections as part of the project: Spreading the Word: Expanding Access to African American Religious Archival Collections at the Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library.