Society of the Study of Black Religion 10th Anniversary, October 22, 1980

00:00:03 Audio begins with a prayer.|00:01:56 Charles Shelby Rooks delivers remarks about the Society.|00:08:11 James Cone gives comments and introduces the speaker, Charles Long.|00:12:33 Charles Long takes podium and thanks those in attendance.|00:16:29 Long talks about how the work of James Cone does not constitute the beginning of Black religion in the United States but it is a watershed in the study of Black religion, and how from Cone’s work one is able to set forth a basis to access the works prior to its time, and to plot new and different trends in Black religious studies.|00:21:14 Talks about the distinctive character of Cone’s work as the sustained systematic exposition and the theological critique of the oppressors from the stance of power.|00:39:48 Talks about his body of literature.|00:48:45 Raises questions about the relationship of Black theology to the Black church and the need for more historical, anthropological and sociological work and also Black biblical interpretation.|01:08:02 Ends presentation.|01:08:17 James Cone makes closing remarks.|01:12:17 Audio ends.