Reddit reviews The Cross and the Lynching Tree

The Cross and the Lynching Tree by James H. Cone

Torture and Eucharist by William T. Cavanaugh

Here is a whole list of suggested books from a podcast I listen to, they are called Almost Heretical. I haven't read any of them myself, but here is the list.



American Indian Liberation: A Theology of Sovereignty by George Tinker

A Black Theology of Liberation by James Cone

Black Theology and Black Power by James Cone

The Cross And The Lynching Tree by James Cone

Liberating Black Theology by Anthony Bradley

Jesus And The Disinherited by Howard Thurman

Womanist Theological Ethics (Collection edited by Katie Geneva Cannon, Emilie M. Townes, and Angela D. Sims)

On the Side of the Poor: The Theology of Liberation by Gustavo Gutierrez and Gerhard Ludwig Muller

Christ The Liberator: A View from the Victims by Jon Sobrino

No Salvation Outside the Poor by Jon Sobrino

Sisters in the Wilderness by Delores S. Williams

The Scandal of Redemption by Oscar Romero

Hope Abundant: Third World and Indigenous Women’s Theology (Collection edited by Kwok Pui-Lan)

Mujerista Theology by Ada Maria Isasi-Diaz

Bible of the Oppressed by Elsa Tamaz

Water Buffalo Theology by Kosuke Koyama

Making Paper Cranes: Toward an Asian American and Feminist Theology by Mihee Kim-Kort and Grace Ji-Sun Kim

There are lot of things wrong with RSS but on this point it's not off base.

https://www.amazon.com/Cross-Lynching-Tree-James-Cone/dp/1626980055

Bible was unfortunately used to justify lynching of blacks and women in the West for generations. Just google lynching and bible and you will find lot of academic research on this topic. It's sad to see Indian society is adopting all the bad values from the west and at the same time RSS is parroting Indian culture better then West.