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Quick facts for kids James Deotis Roberts | |
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| Born | (1927-07-12)July 12, 1927 Spindale, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Died | July 26, 2022(2022-07-26) (aged 95) |
| Alma mater | New College, University of Edinburgh |
| Occupation | Theologian |
Notable work | A Black Political Theology (1974) |
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| Thesis | "Rational theology of Benjamin Whichcote : father of the Cambridge Platonists"(1957) |
James Deotis Roberts (July 12, 1927 – July 26, 2022) was an American theologian, and a pioneering figure in the Black theology movement.
Biography
Born in Spindale, North Carolina, Roberts earned a AB from Johnson C.
Smith University, BD from Shaw University Divinity School, and a STM from Hartford Seminary. In 1957, he became the first African American to earn a PhD from New College, University of Edinburgh, in Philosophical Theology. Later in 1994, he was awarded an honorary DLitt, also from the University of Edi J. Deotis Roberts (Author of Liberation and Reconciliation) JIHY