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Lynching & the Cross of Jesus - Prof. Aaron Griffith
Video version of this episode: https://youtu.be/6Ft8QRYoAT0
Prof. Aaron Griffith (Duke Divinity School) features in fourth class in Highrock's Black Theology course. Aaron's talk focuses on the troubling but important history of lynching in the United States. As part of the Black Theology class, Aaron sheds light on the connection between lynching history and the cross, a central symbol to the Christian faith. Aaron is drawing here from the work of the late Black theologian James Cone (The Cross and the Lynching Tree). The class brings attention to critical aspects of Black history in…
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