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Black theology*

Koers : Bulletin for Christian Scholarship, 1980
According to the concepts of Black Theology, blacks should be proud of their blackness because “ their God is black” . Seeing, then, that He is black, He is on their side as the oppressed people. Thus it is a theology by the black man of the black God.
Pagiel T. Somerai
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The Black Atlantic as reversal: A reappraisal of African and black theology [PDF]

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2017
In this article, I will try to do three things. Firstly, pay attention to the notion of Black Atlantic as coined by Paul Gilroy, which in effect could signify a reversal of colonialism and slavery.
Hans Engdahl
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Black Theology Unmasked

Black Theology Papers Project
Stanley Talbert
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Beauty, Ugliness, and Black Theology

Black Theology Papers Project
In this paper, I argue that theological aesthetics speaks powerfully to black experience in light of this very situation. It does so, I find, through the Beauty of the Cross.
Jeania Ree Moore
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'Make the Circle Bigger': Alternate Discourses of Identity Construction in Black Theologies [PDF]

Journal for the Study of Religion, 2017
The role and place of South African Black theology in post-apartheid South Africa has been questioned since the advent of democracy in 1994. Recognising that South African Black theology was essentially 'protest theology' against an unjust White ...
Johnathan Jodamus
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Black theology versus black spirituality and black faith: The centrality of spirituality and faith in black theology of liberation in the South African context

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2021
Black theology, which is linked to black power in the context of the United States of America and black consciousness in the context of South Africa is often regarded as having nothing to do with spirituality, faith and salvation. It is often regarded by
Olehile A. Buffel
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Crisis in Black Theology: Reasserting a future based on spiritual liberative praxis

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2020
This study explores the contemporary crisis in Black Theology and its present moribund complexion. The author, a well-known black theologian, argues that Black Theology as an academic discipline has struggled with an identity crisis emerging from its ...
Anthony G. Reddie
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Moltmann’s theology in dialogue with liberation theologians revives the role of Black Theology in democratic South Africa

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2021
The theme for Liberation Theology has always been about concerns for the marginalised masses and socio-political liberation for the economically disadvantaged.
Kelebogile T. Resane
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In search of our human face: Black consciousness, black spirituality, inclusive humanity and the politics of vulgarity

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2020
This contribution grapples with the question: Is there a relationship between Steve Biko’s ‘quest for a true humanity’ or, differently put, his search for South Africa’s ‘human face’ and Vuyani Vellem’s quest for an African spirituality?
Allan A. Boesak
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Revisiting Black Theology of Liberation in South Africa: Through ‘new voices’ of women black theologians

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2021
Black Theology of Liberation (BTL) has done significant work for many decades in the struggle for the liberation of black people. Black Theology of Liberation is a theology which restores human dignity and identity for black humanity, and it needs to be ...
Sandisele L. Xhinti
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