Getting to the Promised Land by Kevin W. Cosby

Cosby takes the foundational elements of ADOS concepts and weaves in theology with unique and daring perspective. Yvette Carnell, cofounder of the American Descendants of Slavery (ADOS) movement, founder and host of Breaking Brown YouTube channel, and former congressional aide to Senator Barbara Boxer and Congressman Marion Berry Dr. Cosby’s fundamental work is lighting a path for pastors, activists, and community members who are committed to an interpretation of Scripture that specifically defines our predicament as a tyrannized group and daringly confronts our oppressors. Cosby calls all Americans to move from a place of relative nonengagement and detachment to a place of active support of ADOS’s efforts for justice and healing.ĭr. In the stories of Nehemiah and other biblical leaders, Cosby finds inspiration on how to rebuild Black America including the necessity of government reparations for ADOS.

Cosby lays out the first theology of the ADOS movement, turning the traditional lens of Black liberation theology from Moses leading escaped Hebrew slaves in Exodus to other biblical leaders like Solomon, Daniel, and Nehemiah. But the American Descendants of Slavery (ADOS) hold a unique claim to economic and reparative justice: for ADOS, after all, is the only group whose ancestors were forcibly brought to America, enslaved, built much of the wealth of the country, yet continue to be specifically excluded from the same social, political, and economic rights of other Americans. Too often, all oppressed people in America are lumped together under the moniker “people of color,” as if each group’s experience under the yoke of systemic racism has the same economic and social repercussions. Logos Research Subscription for Schools.

Getting to the Promised Land by Kevin W. Cosby