"Bearing the Cross”
All are warmly encouraged to attend a joint-parish gathering this Monday, July 27th, for a final discussion of The Cross and the Lynching Tree (2011), a landmark work of Black liberation theology by the late Dr. James Cone. The book is a meditation on the historical, symbolic, and spiritual connections between the cross on which Jesus died and the "lynching tree" on which thousands of Black Americans were murdered.
Date & Time: Monday, July 27th at 6:00pm
Location: All Saints' Episcopal Church, 110 W Hawthorne Rd, Birmingham, AL 35209
Reading: Chapter 4 - 5, and Conclusion
Copies of the reading are available upon request. Contact Fr. Peter Helman for more information.