Famous Thinkers Research Paper
Famous Thinkers
Sandra M Noel
PHL/458
August 31, 2013
Cheron Summers
Famous Thinkers
“Cornel Ronald West was on born June 2, 1953 is an American philosopher, academic, and activist, and author, public intellectual, and prominent member of the Democratic Socialists of America. The son of a Baptist minister, West received his undergraduate education at Harvard University, graduating with his bachelor 's degree in 1973, and received his Ph.D. at Princeton University in 1980, becoming the first ever African American to graduate from Princeton with a Ph.D. in philosophy”. wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornel_West
“The bulk of West 's work focuses on the role of race, gender, and class in American society and the means by which …show more content…
Cornel’s contributions to society has a wide range from he’s teaching as a “Professor of religion and Afro-American studies at Harvard University, Cornel West has dazzled a vast array of audiences from scholars and activists to students and churchgoers with his analytical speeches and writings on issues of morality, race relations, cultural diversity, and progressive politics. A keeper of the prophetic African-American religious tradition, West taught the philosophy of religion at both Union Theological Seminary, Yale Divinity School, and Princeton before landing his position at …show more content…
West by wanting to why there is a lack of black leaders and Mr. Cone wanting to join as he put it his blackness with Christianity. They both drew from their life experience and education to come up with solution for their own issues. If I was Mr. West I would not change the way he wanted to go about informing and educating the African American community. However if I was Mr. Cone to address the issue of Black Theology I would have held a meeting at the church to address the issues and take ideas from the clergy on what change can be made to improve and incorporate the African American experience as part of the teachings of up and coming
Sandra M Noel
PHL/458
August 31, 2013
Cheron Summers
Famous Thinkers
“Cornel Ronald West was on born June 2, 1953 is an American philosopher, academic, and activist, and author, public intellectual, and prominent member of the Democratic Socialists of America. The son of a Baptist minister, West received his undergraduate education at Harvard University, graduating with his bachelor 's degree in 1973, and received his Ph.D. at Princeton University in 1980, becoming the first ever African American to graduate from Princeton with a Ph.D. in philosophy”. wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornel_West
“The bulk of West 's work focuses on the role of race, gender, and class in American society and the means by which …show more content…
Cornel’s contributions to society has a wide range from he’s teaching as a “Professor of religion and Afro-American studies at Harvard University, Cornel West has dazzled a vast array of audiences from scholars and activists to students and churchgoers with his analytical speeches and writings on issues of morality, race relations, cultural diversity, and progressive politics. A keeper of the prophetic African-American religious tradition, West taught the philosophy of religion at both Union Theological Seminary, Yale Divinity School, and Princeton before landing his position at …show more content…
West by wanting to why there is a lack of black leaders and Mr. Cone wanting to join as he put it his blackness with Christianity. They both drew from their life experience and education to come up with solution for their own issues. If I was Mr. West I would not change the way he wanted to go about informing and educating the African American community. However if I was Mr. Cone to address the issue of Black Theology I would have held a meeting at the church to address the issues and take ideas from the clergy on what change can be made to improve and incorporate the African American experience as part of the teachings of up and coming