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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Rev. Dr. | ||||||
4 | James Hal Cone, who passed away on April 28, 2018; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Rev. Cone was born in Fordyce, Arkansas; he | ||||||
6 | attended Shorter College and graduated from Philander Smith | ||||||
7 | College in Little Rock in 1958 with a Bachelor of Arts; he | ||||||
8 | graduated from Garrett Theological Seminary with a Bachelor of | ||||||
9 | Divinity in 1961 and received his Master of Arts from | ||||||
10 | Northwestern University in 1963; two years later, a Ph.D. was | ||||||
11 | conferred on him by Northwestern University; and
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12 | WHEREAS, Rev. Cone is known as the father of black | ||||||
13 | liberation theology; he joined Union Theological Seminary in | ||||||
14 | the City of New York in 1969 and was promoted to full professor | ||||||
15 | of theology in 1973; he was named the Bill & Judith Moyers | ||||||
16 | Distinguished Professor of Systematic Theology in 2017; he | ||||||
17 | researched and taught Christian theology, with special | ||||||
18 | attention to black liberation theology and the liberation | ||||||
19 | theologies of Africa, Asia, and Latin America; he also taught | ||||||
20 | 19th and 20th-century European-American theologies; and
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21 | WHEREAS, Rev. Cone is an award-winning author; he penned | ||||||
22 | Black Theology & Black Power (1969), A Black Theology of |
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1 | Liberation (1970), and God of the Oppressed (1975); his most | ||||||
2 | recent book, The Cross and the Lynching Tree, was awarded the | ||||||
3 | 2018 Grawemeyer Award in Religion; and | ||||||
4 | WHEREAS, On April 18, 2018, Rev. Cone was elected to the | ||||||
5 | 2018 class of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences; among | ||||||
6 | other numerous awards he received are the American Black | ||||||
7 | Achievement Award in religion given by Ebony Magazine (November | ||||||
8 | 1992), the Fund for Theological Education Award for | ||||||
9 | contributions to theological education and scholarship | ||||||
10 | (November 1999), the Martin E. Marty Award for the Public | ||||||
11 | Understanding of Religion (2009), and the Eliza Garrett | ||||||
12 | Distinguished Service Award in recognition of seminal | ||||||
13 | theological scholarship from Garrett-Evangelical Theological | ||||||
14 | Seminary (2010); he received 13 honorary degrees, including an | ||||||
15 | honoris causa from the Institut Protestant de Théologie in | ||||||
16 | Paris, France; and | ||||||
17 | WHEREAS, Rev. Cone was an ordained minister in the African | ||||||
18 | Methodist Episcopal Church; he was listed in the Directory of | ||||||
19 | American Scholars, Who's Who in America, Who's Who in American | ||||||
20 | Religion, Who's Who Among African Americans, and Who's Who in | ||||||
21 | the World; he was the author of 12 books and over 150 articles | ||||||
22 | and lectured at many universities and community organizations | ||||||
23 | throughout the United States, Europe, Africa, Asia, Latin | ||||||
24 | America, and the Caribbean; and |
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1 | WHEREAS, Rev. Cone was an active member of numerous | ||||||
2 | professional societies, including the Society for the Study of | ||||||
3 | Black Religion, the American Academy of Religion, and the | ||||||
4 | Ecumenical Association of Third World Theologians (EATWOT) in | ||||||
5 | the Philippines; he was a founding member of the Society of | ||||||
6 | Race, Ethnicity, and Religion (SRER); and
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7 | WHEREAS, Rev. Cone is survived by his sons, Michael and | ||||||
8 | Charles; his daughters, Robynn and Krystal; and his | ||||||
9 | grandchildren, Jolei and Miles; therefore, be it
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10 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
11 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
12 | mourn the passing of Rev. Dr. James Hal Cone, and extend our | ||||||
13 | sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew | ||||||
14 | and loved him; and be it further
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15 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
16 | presented to the family of Rev. Cone as an expression of our | ||||||
17 | deepest sympathy.
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