A trio reclaiming blackness and black spirituality: A tribute to Vuyani Vellem [PDF]
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2022 Issues related to racism are still pervasive in global society; and Blackness has dominated identity politics in the South African political and public debates since the downfall of apartheid.
Buhle Mpofu, Lethabo M. Molopyane
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Ubufundisi bonyana womgquba: In memoriam of Vuyani Shadrack Vellem [PDF]
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2022 Vuyani Vellem was a distinguished scholar of black theology of liberation. A number of giants of black scholarship and theologians have written constructive tributes in recognition of his work, particularly in academia.
Wonke Buqa
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Wither black theology of liberation? Perspectives from the late Professor Vuyani Vellem [PDF]
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2020 The future of a black theology of liberation (BTL) has been in question since the demise of apartheid in South Africa. The constitution of democracy in the country has raised questions about the relevance and purpose of such a theology in the wake of a ...
Jerry Pillay
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Ebuhlanti Amandla ngawethu: Womanism and black theology of liberation, in memory of Vuyani Shadrack Vellem [PDF]
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2020 The liberation of black humanity has been an area of scholarly reflection by black theologians and the black consciousness communities. The constructs of oppression such as race, class and sexism amongst others have been critiqued in the quest for ...
Fundiswa A. Kobo
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A reflection on Vuyani Vellem’s longing for liberation: A spirituality of life and freedom [PDF]
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2020 Vuyani Vellem was insistent on fostering a spirituality that could ground and sustain resistance of death as expressed in multiple unfreedoms, and the quest for life and freedom in abundance. After naming a number of themes evident in the life of Vuyani –
Stephan F. de Beer
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Tiyo Soga: Violence, disruption and dislocation in the white polis [PDF]
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2016 Tiyo Soga must be celebrated as he is the personification of a body of knowledge pertinent to the development of foundational knowledge in examining the violence, disruptions and dislocations of the bodies, knowledge and spirit in modernity. The question
Vuyani Vellem
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In memoriam: Vuyani Shadrack Vellem† (25 December 1968 – 4 December 2019)
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2019 Warm heart; sharp mind; frail body - black prophet treading where others do not dare…. For almost a decade, Prof. Vuyani Vellem sub-edited a special collection on black liberation theology.
Andries G. van Aarde, Stephan J. De Beer
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Ubuntu as a spirituality of liberation for black theology of liberation [PDF]
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2021 This article aims to respond to Vuyani Vellem’s challenge to black theology of liberation (BTL) to ‘think beyond rethinking and repeating its tried and tested ways of responding to black pain caused by racism and colonialism’.
Sandiswa L. Kobe
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Modern slavery in the post-1994 South Africa? A critical ethical analysis of the National Development Plan promises for unemployment in South Africa [PDF]
Koers : Bulletin for Christian Scholarship, 2014 In African ethics, work is not work if it is not related to God or gods. Work, or umsebenzi, is for God or gods ultimately; work without God is the definition of slavery in my interpretation of the African ethical value system.
Vuyani S. Vellem
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Black theologies of liberation: how should black lives matter theologically? [PDF]
The Ecumenical Review, Volume 74, Issue 4, Page 503-514, October 2022., 2022 This article introduces this thematic issue of The Ecumenical Review, which originates from a colloquium hosted at the University of the Western Cape on Black theologies.
Nadar, Sarojini, Solomons, Demaine
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