"Black theology does not scorn Christian hope; it affirms it. It believes that, when Christians really believe in the resurrection of Christ and take seriously the promise revealed through him, they cannot be satisfied with the present world as it is. The past reality of the resurrection and the future of God disclosed through it make Christians restless with regard to the imperfections of the present. It is not possible to know what the world can and ought to be and still be content with the excuses for the desolation of human beings. Christians must fight against evil, for not to fight, not to do everything they can for their neighbor's pain, is to deny the resurrection."
-James Cone, A Black Theology of Liberation, 140
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