Power to the Pupil: Towards a New Black Liberation Theology within the Framework of the Baha'i Fa...

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Bahá’u’lláh rose like a shining star from the horizon of Persia, inspired with the message of Peace and of Brotherhood among men. He brought the light of guidance to the world; He kindled the fire of love and revealed the great reality of the True Beloved. He sought to destroy the foundations of religious and racial prejudice and of political rivalry.

It is this revolutionary, spiritual vision — unique in the annals of religious history — that forms the spiritual and conceptual foundation for a New Black Liberation Theology within the framework of the Baha’i Faith. It embodies the best of 19th century African American minister Henry McNeal Turner who once said: "Lord have mercy on any race of people who do not believe that they look like GOD," and the pioneering work of 20th-century theologian James Cone, who coined the term "Black Liberation Theology," to link the struggle of Black people with Jesus Christ’s concern for the poor and the oppressed.