S9 Ep959: What Is Black Liberation Theology? Dr. Dwight Hopkins
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🗓️ 31 March 2022
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Dr. Dwight Hopkins is Alexander Campbell Professor of Theology at the University of Chicago Divinity School. He received his B.A. from Harvard, an MDiv, MPhil, and PhD from Union Theological Seminary, New York, and another PhD from University of Cape Town, South Africa. Dr. Hopkins is the author of over 20 books, including Black Theology--Essays on Global Perspectives, Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2017, Black Theology--Essays on Gender Perspectives, Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2017, and served as the lead editor, with Edward P. Antonio on The Cambridge Companion to Black Theology (Cambridge University Press, 2012). A student of the great theologian James Cone, Dr. Hopkins has given lectures in dozens of countries around the world and is a renowned expert in Black Liberation Theology, which is the focus of this podcast conversation.
https://divinity.uchicago.edu/directory/dwight-n-hopkins
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| 1:04.2 | my guest today is Dr. Dwight Hopkins, who is Alexander professor of theology at the University of |
| 1:10.6 | Chicago Divinity School. Dr. Hopkins has a BA from Harvard and MDive and M. Phil and a PhD from |
| 1:17.6 | Union Theological Seminary and another PhD from University of Cape down in South Africa. |
| 1:23.6 | In other words, he's smarter than all of us put together. Dr. Hopkins is truly a renowned |
| 1:31.4 | theologin, a brilliant mind, the author of over 20 books, including Black theology essays on |
| 1:37.1 | global perspectives, Black theology essays on gender perspectives. And he is one of the lead editors |
| 1:42.0 | on the Cambridge Companion to Black theology. A student of the great theologin James Cone, Dr. Hopkins |
| 1:48.5 | has given lectures in dozens of countries on the world and it is a renowned expert on Black |
| 1:54.2 | liberation theology. That's why I wanted to have them on. I mean, he is the, I mean, there's |
| 2:00.4 | several experts on Black liberation theology. He is among the top and just a wonderful man of |
| 2:06.1 | God. As you will see, incredibly humble and gracious and wise. And I just want to know what is |
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