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Black gods: The major assertions of the black Jewish movement in America
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2023 The black Jewish movement in the United States is an African American new religious movement often linked to black gods. This religious thought raises concerns and questions.
Amos Y. Luka
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Paul and the powers in relation to Christ's supremacy:: re-visiting the Pauline concept of "supernatural powers" from an African worldview perspective. [PDF]
, 2004 The Pauline concept of "supernatural powers" underlines the supremacy of Christ over "supernatural powers". They were created in him, through him and for him (Col 1: 16-20). Christ's death was not only their defeat, but also their humiliation (Col 2: 15).
Gatumu, Albert Kabiro wa
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Modern Theology, EarlyView.Abstract This essay, designed as a complement to opinions expressed by Rowan Williams and some speakers at the conference in his honour, explores features of early Christianity which suggest a positive evaluation of artificial intelligence. Noting that the fear of reducing humans to machines has been joined in the modern age by the fear that machines ...
Mark J. Edwards
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Reading Galatians 3:28 from a congregational perspective
Acta TheologicaHow would reading a biblical text (Gal. 3:28) be interpreted from a congregational perspective? First, the article uses a model of African hermeneutics to develop a more contextual reading of a text.
W.J. Schoeman
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Biblical Exegesis and Hermeneutics of Biblical Texts: African Approaches. [PDF]
Pharos Journal of Theology, 2018 This article argues the importance of exegesis and hermeneutics in the African context. There is a need for bible translation to be exercised within the African context as opposed to the Western context.
Dr Kelebogile Thomas Resane
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Christian Humanism in the Black Atlantic: The Case of Olaudah Equiano
Modern Theology, EarlyView.Abstract This article explores Olaudah Equiano as a pivotal figure in the emergence of a Christian humanism forged within the Black Atlantic. Building on the analyses of Sylvia Wynter and Paul Gilroy, it examines how Equiano's The Interesting Narrative contests the racial figuration of the human that underwrote the development of racial capitalism and ...
Luke Bretherton
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Black Humanism: Sameness and Difference in Being Human and Being Black in the United Kingdom
Modern Theology, EarlyView.Abstract This essay outlines a variety of responses to a central question pertaining to Black humanism: namely, what does it mean to be a Black human, given the existence of systemic racism within the Body of Christ and in many White majority societies in the African Diaspora, in this case, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain?
Anthony G. Reddie
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ReligionsDeuteronomy 23:3, says: “No … Moabite may enter the assembly of the Lord”. This verse is motivated by a discriminatory tendency embedded in the ontology of the Deuteronomist.
Ntozakhe Simon Cezula
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Noah's Raven, Noah's Son: The Metamorphoses of Blackness in Early Modern Readings of Genesis 8‐9
Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Over the past half‐century, scholars have offered various theories to explain when and how an aetiology for black skin became part of the reception history of the so‐called Curse of Ham in Genesis 9—a text that does not include any reference to skin colour.
Ashleigh Elser
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“Accused of a Sodomy Act”: Bible, Queer Poetry and African Narrative Hermeneutics [PDF]
, 2021 This article explores the role of poetry and narrative methods in African-centred queer biblical studies and theology. As a case in point, it presents a poem, titled “Accused of a Sodomy Act,” by Tom Muyunga-Mukasa, that was written as part of a queer ...
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