Results 21 to 30 of about 56,167 (237)

Towards a theology of human praxis: A proposal from liberation theologies in a neoliberal world

Verbum et Ecclesia, 2023
Neoliberalism is an anti-utopian and kind of patron–client theory that threatens not only the human utopian thought, and therefore the human praxis, but also the ‘conditio humana’.
Jose F. Castrillón Restrepo
doaj   +1 more source

Black theology in South Africa – A theology of human dignity and black identity

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2016
Black theology in South Africa is still relevant 20 years after the apartheid regime ended. It is a theology that gave to Black South Africans human dignity and a black identity.
Timothy van Aarde
doaj   +1 more source

Taking up the cudgels against gay rights? Trends and trajectories in African Christian theologies on homosexuality [PDF]

, 2012
Against the background of the HIV epidemic and the intense public controversy on homosexuality in African societies, this article investigates the discourses of academic African Christian theologians on homosexuality. Distinguishing some major strands in
Abogunrin S. O., Adriaan S. van Klinken, Allen J., Althaus-Reid M., Antonio E., Bujo B., Bujo B., Bujo B., Chitando E., Chitando E., Chitando E., Chitando E., Chitando E., Chukwu C. N., Dube M. W., Dube M. W., Dube M. W., Dube M. W., Englund H., Epprecht M., Frederiks M. T., Frederiks M. T., Gifford P., Gunda M. R., Gwamna D. J., Hassett M. K., Hoad N. W., Igboin B. O., Jenkins P., Kahiga J., Kanyoro M. R. A., Magesa L., Magesa L., Magesa L., Maluleke T. S., Maluleke T. S., Maluleke T. S., Martey E., Martey E., Masenya M., Masiiwa Ragies Gunda, Mbiti J. S., Mbiti J. S., Mombo E., Mugambi J. N. K., Mugambi J. N. K., Murray S. O., Mutambara M., Nabushawo J. C., Nicolson R., Njino J., Njoroge N., Nwaigbo F., Oduyoye M. A., Oduyoye M. A., Oduyoye M. A., Phillips O., Phiri I. A., Phiri I. A., Phiri I. A., Phiri I. A., Phiri I. A., Shisanya C. R. A., Tumwesigye J., Tutu D., UNAIDS, van Klinken A. S., Walligo J., Ward K.   +68 more
core   +1 more source

the presence of the lord is [here]: black christian theology and trans-ancestral interventions on the genders of the black body

African Journal of Gender and Religion (AJGR), 2019
Departed ancestor James Cone’s A Black Theology of Liberation emerges as a powerfully meditative text on the conditions of possibility for Black bodies on Earth, and for theology as a vehicle for resistance only when it is imbued within Blackness and ...
d. r. d.
doaj   +1 more source

Religion, Animals, and Black Theology: The Spiritual Praxis of Sparing

Religions, 2022
This article compares an interspecies moment in Howard Thurman’s classic text, Jesus and the Disinherited, and Gwendolyn Brook’s novella, Maud Martha, to consider how Black liberation theology might reimagine the animal-human binarism it has assumed from
Jamall A. Calloway
doaj   +1 more source

Decolonising Development? Re-claiming Biko and a Black Theology of Liberation within the context of Faith Based Organisations in South Africa

Missionalia, 2018
An upsurge in interest with regard to the role of religion in development has also seen an increase in the study of Faith Based Organisations (FBO’s). These organisations have been less well studied within the South African context, yet both in light of ...
N. Toit
semanticscholar   +2 more sources

Making the Invisible Visible: Inviting Persons with Disabilities into the Life of the Church [PDF]

, 2018
Christianity espouses the dignity of all humanity and professes welcome for all to the communion of saints. Yet people with disabilities, especially those with more severe or profound physical or psychological disabilities, are largely invisible inside ...
Carlson, Mary E.
core   +3 more sources

A missiological glance at South African Black theology

Verbum et Ecclesia, 2010
Black South African theologians created South African Black theology during the late 1960s and early 1970s as a conscious and theological dimension of the liberation struggle against apartheid.
Kalemba Mwambazambi
doaj   +1 more source

Meaning in the margins: postcolonial feminist methodologies in practical theology [PDF]

, 2017
This paper troubles research approaches in practical theology by exploring how attention to lived experiences of marginalization in postcolonial feminist theologies shapes theological methodologies.
Radford, Clare Louise
core   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source