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Ebuhlanti Amandla ngawethu: Womanism and black theology of liberation, in memory of Vuyani Shadrack Vellem [PDF]
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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In memoriam: Vuyani Shadrack Vellem† (25 December 1968 – 4 December 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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Prof. Vuyani Vellem was a scholar of Black Theology of Liberation. However, he placed the African Initiated Churches (AICs) at the centre of his heart as a basis for African spirituality of liberation.
Mnyalaza T. Masuku
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Black theologies of liberation: how should black lives matter theologically? [PDF]
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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Womanism, land and the cross: In memory of Vuyani Vellem
Premised by Vuyani Vellem’s deep-seated understanding of spirituality and the cross expressed in ‘Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me’, the paper explores the paradox of learning to die in order to ...
Fundiswa A. Kobo
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This article pays tribute to Vuyani Vellem’s work on the relevance of Black theology of liberation (BLT) post-1994 in South Africa. Firstly, this article provides a synopsis of the political and economic ‘transition’ of South Africa before and after ...
Sithembiso S. Zwane
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Spirituality of liberation: A conversation with African religiosity [PDF]
The arrival of a salvationist, authoritative religiosity through Western Christianity in South Africa, in the company of a capitalist modernity, did not only dismantle and subvert the African indigenous dispensation of religiosity.
Vuyani S. Vellem
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Imvuselelo: Embers of liberation in South Africa post-1994 [PDF]
The unprecedented cultural consciousness after decades of black cultural suppression in the South African public life since the 1990s summons us to the need to harness African ecclesiopolitical symbols in public life. This task is executed at a time when
Vuyani Vellem
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A dialogue with Sen’s Theory of capabilities and its implications for our National Democratic Revolution [PDF]
In ‘traditional’ liberation theological discourse, especially the Latin American strand, the concept of development, desarrollismo, that is developmentalism, has been severely critiqued.
Vuyani Vellem
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Vuyani Vellem was an outstanding Black Theologian of Liberation (BTL), who was approaching the zenith of his career when he died at the age of 50 years in 2019. This paper begins with a personal memoir to Prof.
Graham A. Duncan
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