Theology is widely accepted as the study of God and religious beliefs. Liberation theology applies the study of God and religious beliefs to the study and experience of racial, gender, and class oppression. As such, liberation theology is a theology of, by and for those who do (as in practice) theology and those who stand in solidarity with them. Such reasoning has led to the formation of various liberation theologies (Yellow, Red, and Black) that address various oppressed groups. From this line arises the philosophy of Black Liberation Theology, which seeks to liberate people of color from multiple forms of political, social, economic, and religious subjugation by interpreting Christian theology as liberation theology. As black liberation theology aligns with the oppressed, this article recalls the subversive memory of slavery to ask whether there could be a white liberation theology; which would examine white privilege (oppressor). Black liberation theology is the systematic analysis of the historical experience of black people in the United States that affirms enslaved/African American humanity in the world. It is, according to one of the philosophy's earliest defenders, James H. Cone, "a rational study of God's being in the world in light of the existential situation of an oppressed community, relating the forces of liberation at the very essence of philosophy. of the Gospel, which is Jesus Christ. Black liberation theology is systematic in that it has evolved over four hundred years, dating back to the first Africans who were stolen and brought to this country. This theology originated with the slaves as they incorporated their spiritual and holistic understanding of the universe into the distorted Christianity of passivity and reprehension...... middle of paper ......demic of the religious 44. 3 (1976) 517 -534. PrintCone, James H. A Black Liberation Theology. 20th anniversary edition. Originally published in 1970. New York: Orbis Books, 1990. PrintHarris, Paula and Doug Schaupp. Being White: Finding Our Place in a Multi-Ethnic World.Illinois: InterVarsity Press, 2004. Print.Herzog, Frederick. “The Liberation of White Theology.” Christian century (1974): 316-319. The Foundation of the Christian Century. Internet. November 22, 2013. Hopkins, Dwight N. Introducing Black Liberation Theology. New York: Orbis Books, 1999. Print.Jensen, Robert. “White Privilege Shapes the US,” Baltimore Sun July 19, 1998: C-1.Web November 15, 2013 Perkinson, James W. White Theology: Outing Supremacy in Modernity. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004. Amazon.Web. November 19, 2013 Reist, Benjamin. Theology in Red, White and Black Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1975. Print.