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ME Baloyi

Is the financial dependence of poorer black churches in South Africa compromising theirtheological message? Are black ministers diluting their sometimes critical views of so-called ?white mother or sister churches? because their ministers depend on the la... see more

FH Chimhanda

Historically, Black Theology of South Africa, in dialogue with Black Theology of NorthAmerica, emerged in answer to the problem of apartheid. It was thus situational, regional,liberational and relevant. The apparent dormancy of Black Theology in post-inde... see more

Jennifer Slater

Black theology traditionally presented itself, implicitly or explicitly, as an instrument forblack liberation. Its proverbial silence since 1994 in South Africa raises the questionwhether Black Theology should be left to die a natural death, or be resusci... see more

G Brand

Drawing on debates within Black Theology, it is possible to identify, inductively, a set ofcriteria for judging theological constructs, that can be defended both within the tradition ofBlack Theology and with reference to theology in general. This meta-th... see more

OA Buffel

The article argues that there is still need of black theology. Although apartheid is believedto have died and blacks have political power, the socio-economic and cultural realities andconditions that necessitated black theology are still prevalent. For as... see more

L Bookholane

The recent and recurring xenophobia/Afrophobia1 in the democratic South Africa contradictsthe notion of God?s preferential option for the poor and the Church?s criticalsolidarity with the poor. The contradiction was exacerbated by the institutionalization... see more

VS Molobi

This paper is attempting to engage a broader historical discourse by Mugambi in AfricanChristian ?theologies? although, plurality of theology seem not to be his interest. In someinstances this article tried to challenge some of his thoughts particularly o... see more

EB Farisani

This paper examines the role of Black Biblical hermeneutics in the development andpropagation of Black theology and then goes on to argue for a sociological analysis ofbiblical texts as a preferred methodological approach for Black theology to effectively... see more

MJ Manala

South Africans have recently witnessed a string of protests against poor service delivery on the part of government departments, especially municipalities, in spite of the promised 'better life for all.' This article asks critical questions: how long are ... see more

RS Tshaka,MK Makofane

Subsequent to the dawn of democracy in South Africa, many have surmised that to speakabout Black Liberation Theology in such a context is not only irrelevant but challengesattempts at uniting South Africa. On the contrary, this paper argues that it is rec... see more

VS Vellem

The relationship between ideology and spirituality does not only offer a critical view of the project of reconstruction from a Black Theological perspective, but it is also a significant question for the agenda of Black Theology of liberation in the 21st ... see more

Hendrik Bosman

This contribution provides a survey of existing scholarship on the nature and extent of the image of God/imago Dei' according to the Old Testament. Some of the aspects that will be discussed are: Image in the physical sense with the focus on selem in... see more

Juliana M Claassens

In her provocative book, The Female Face of God in Auschwitz: A Jewish Feminist Theology of the Holocaust (2003), Melissa Raphael argues that the exceedingly ordinary acts of women washing or caring for their own bodies or the bodies of others reflected s... see more

Johann du Plessis

Human dignity can be studied from two perspectives: a fundamental approach and alsothat of existential experience of human dignity and indignity. This study addresses bothaspects. Taking into account that the first audience of Luke was mixed, but probably... see more

Louis Jonker

The status of Israel changed dramatically as a result of the Babylonian exile and itsaftermath during the Persian era. Whereas the self-understanding of the people was closelylinked to the Davidic monarchy during the pre-exilic time, the post-exilic commu... see more

Douglas Lawrie

The creation stories in Genesis, when read together, suggest that humans are marked byboth dignity and finitude or frailty. This same dialectic appears paradigmatically in Psalm8 and, it is argued, also in the rest of the Psalter. In spite of the major di... see more

Jeremy Punt

Enquiring about hermeneutical and methodological considerations appropriate to studieson the modern concept of ?human dignity? in the New Testament, some initial concerns areraised about the potential benefit of such work. Investigations of human dignity ... see more