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Beyond anti-blackness? Engaging Black Theology and the entanglement of metaphysical brutality

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies
This article explores the role of Black Theology within the context of sustained anti-blackness. It argues that anti-blackness is not only a political failure but the ontological ground of modern life.
Fabian A. Oliver
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The Blackness of Liet-Kynes: Reading Frank Herbert’s Dune Through James Cone

Religions, 2018
Frank Herbert’s landmark science fiction novel Dune has received numerous sequels, prequels, and film treatments. Detailing the saga of humanity’s far future beyond our present solar system, the work plays successfully with religious ...
Peter Herman
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The idolatry of white supremacy in church and society? Some reflections on Black Theology of Liberation in present-day South Africa in memoriam of Vuyani Vellem

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2020
In remembering Vuyani Vellem, this paper delves into his scholarship, a scholarship that admittedly exudes his activism in academia, church and society.
Rothney S. Tshaka
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“Me and God, We're Good”: Abortion Morality and Protestant Women Having Abortions in the South

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how 84 Protestant women in the South understand the morality of their abortion decisions, offering a nuanced perspective on the complex relationship between religion and abortion and revealing that many women navigate abortion decisions with theological depth, moral reasoning, and a profound sense of responsibility.
Rebecca Todd Peters
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The Cross and Conflict: How Do Christians Impact Protest Dynamics?

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between Christian actors, practices, and sacred sites in US protests and demonstrations, focusing on how political ideology shapes conflict outcomes. Using event‐level data from the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED), the analysis explores 63,000 protest events from 2020 to 2024 ...
Joel Day
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Towards a new paradigm of pastoral theology in the social context of Japan [PDF]

, 2001
This thesis, by investigating modem pastoral theologies in the United States and the United Kingdom, explores a new perspective of pastoral theology in Japan.
Nakamura, Andrew K.
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Mofokeng’s contribution to black Christology and theological education in South Africa

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies
This article examines Takatso Mofokeng’s influential contributions to South African theological scholarship. It underscores the importance of his praxis-oriented approach to Christology and his dedication to socio-political justice, which enhance the ...
Tsholofelo J. Kukuni
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Black Theology of liberation: A theology of life in the context of Empire

Verbum et Ecclesia, 2015
The cry for life by the peoples of the global South and all the victims of the vicious antics of Empire is our hope. Living against the logic of Empire is rebellion against the life killing order of Empire.
Vuyani S. Vellem
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Religio‐Racial Lines, Intimate Ties: Christian–Muslim Couples, Birth Rituals, and the Bounds of Belonging

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Building on scholarship that conceptualizes race and religion as co‐constitutive forces within a “race‐religion constellation,” this article explores how this entanglement—profoundly infused and structured by secularity—is lived and negotiated in everyday life.
Deniz Aktaş
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Liberation theology

, 1984
Until the end of the cold war, Marxism and Christianity were two of the most powerful forces in the modern world. While the Catholic Church officially denounced any attempts to find a common ground between the two, some members of the clergy ...
Krogh, Peter F. (Peter Frederic)
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