 Reflections on African American Humanism," Pinn acknowledges the importance of the work of theologians such as James H. Cone in the 1960s and 70s.He states that Cone's early writings, which presented theological arguments for Black power and liberation, ultimately became part of the separation between the Christian-based Civil Rights Movement and the more radical Black Power movement.In "Varieties of African-American Religious Experience", Pinn considers a wide range of non-Christian theological sources, including "Voodoo, Orisha devotion, Santeria, the Nation of Islam, and Black Humanism," and advocates a broader understanding of African-American "sources, norms, and doctrines" beyond the Protestant church.