American religious thought at its best. --Michael Eric Dyson, author of I May Not Get There with You: The True Martin Luther King, Jr.

"James Hal Cone has almost singlehandedly re-shaped western theological thought to make it racially inclusive by demythologizing the conventional myths and shibboleths which kept it a white spiritual and philosophical preserve for centuries." --C. Eric Lincoln, William Rand Kenan Professor of Religion and Culture (Emeritus), Duke University

"This volume of new and classic texts offers a wide-ranging introduction to the esteemed theologian's work." --Emerge

"Risks of Faith shows that Cone is as much a prophet after thirty years as he was in the beginning." --Delores S. Williams, author of Black Theology in a New Key

"Risks of Faith will be a revelation to those unaware that Black Religion reflects the finest modern manifestation of Jesus' teachings." --Derrick Bell, author of Gospel Choirs