Black Theology Usa And South Africa

Author : Dwight N. Hopkins
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2005-12-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781597524766

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Black Theology USA and South Africa by Dwight N. Hopkins Pdf

Black theology continually poses a challenge to Christian witness and faith. Through a critical analysis of leading religious thinkers, Dwight N. Hopkins explores the fundamental differences and similarities between black theology in the United States and black theology in South Africa and asks: What is the common denominator between the two? Part I examines the historical, political, cultural, and theological background of contemporary black theology in both countries. Hopkins delves into the distinctive situation of each country, focusing on civil rights, black power, and related political, cultural, and theological themes in the United States, and on civil disobedience, black consciousness, the unity of politics and culture, and political/cultural/theological themes in South Africa. Through interviews with leading black religious scholars, Part II explores these theologies in depth. Contrasting the cultural-theological trend with the political-theological trend in the USA, Hopkins explores the ideas of theologians Albert B. Cleage, James H. Cone, J. Deotis Roberts, William R. Jones, Gayraud S. Wilmore, Charles H. Long, Cecil W. Cone, and Vincent Harding. In Part III Hopkins examines the same two trends - cultural-theological and political-theological - in South Africa. Here the focus is on the impact of black consciousness and Soweto, and the works of Manas Buthelezi, Allan Boesak, Simon S. Maimela, Frank Chikane, Bonganjalo C. Goba, Itumeleng J. Mosala, Takatso A. Mofokeng, and Desmond M. Tutu. Part IV brings black theology USA and black theology South Africa into dialogue. Hopkins locates the common denominator between the tow theologies: that they both claim the Christian gospel as the gospel of liberation for black people struggling against racism and for a holistic humanity - physically and spiritually, politically and culturally. He concludes by looking toward future areas of development and collaboration, arguing that an effective black theology of liberation must integrate politics and culture, insuring that the two are equal and complementary, two tributaries within the same current.

Author : Simon S. Maimela,Dwight N. Hopkins
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2017-11-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781725238800

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We Are One Voice by Simon S. Maimela,Dwight N. Hopkins Pdf

Black theology of liberation in the USA and South Africa (SA) both began from the mid-1960s to the early 1970s. They carried the energy of the youth who were eager to change the world so that all peoples would enjoy life and live as neighbors. Legal racial laws still existed in parts of the US in the mid-1960s. And apartheid laws on separation of races were as normal and accepted as breathing air. Given the major racial divides and the presence of human differences in all of society, concerned individuals, in both countries, realized that religious practice or the study of religion could not be done separate from the everyday lives of ordinary people. In response to racial laws, blacks created a vibrant renaissance of black culture and organizations. Song, stories, histories, and coalitions flourished. Blacks of all classes became energized and participated in a rebirth of what it meant to be black. What was a true citizenship rooted in justice? In fact, it was a profound striving to produce a new vision of the US and South Africa. Deep and broad hope filled these communities and many throughout both countries. Black religious leaders and ordinary people of faith were heavily impacted by this bubbling and creative black renaissance. The founders of black liberation theology in both countries emerged out of this larger movement to redefine what is a healthy community with healthy individuals. In recent years, USA and SA have had their first black elected presidents (i.e., Nelson Mandela and Barack Obama). Such historic and amazing developments show strides in both countries across the Atlantic. Yet, the economic success after US legal segregation and SA apartheid seemed to have gone primarily to only the top 5 percent of black people. The republication of We Are One Voice is still needed today. Questions of poor and working people, women's rights, and the importance of connecting spiritualty and faith to culture, politics, and economics are even more pressing in the twenty-first century than they were in the last.

Author : Basil Moore
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Religion
ISBN : IND:39000003868846

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The Challenge of Black Theology in South Africa by Basil Moore Pdf

Author : Demaine Solomons,Eugene Baron
Publisher : African Sun Media
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2024-02-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781991260444

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Liberating Black Theology by Demaine Solomons,Eugene Baron Pdf

Current debates on decolonisation call for academic disciplines, including the practitioners of Black theology, to reflect on its content and curriculum. This edited volume actively engages in these ongoing dialogues, specifically addressing the pertinence of a Black theology of liberation within the postapartheid landscape. It not only delves into the historical underpinnings of this theological framework but also endeavours to establish a conceptual framework for assessing its significance within the current discourse on decolonising theological disciplines. In addition to shedding light on the historical importance of Black theology, the late Vuyani Vellem poses a crucial question: “What lessons has Black theology yet to learn?” This inquiry by emerging South African scholars serves as a guide for navigating the path forward in developing this theological perspective. Beyond emphasising the historical context, the volume aims to contribute to broader discussions about social cohesion in South Africa, where conflicting socio-political narratives persist. This work adds to the theoretical development by grappling with the history of Black theological thought and influences contemporary engagements with theology. Its impact spans various levels, encompassing the reconsideration of Black theology’s influence on race, gender, politics, community development, and more. Ultimately, this volume serves as a catalyst for understanding and reshaping the discourse on Black theology, offering valuable insights for navigating the complexities of theological thought in today’s diverse and evolving landscape.

Author : Hopkins, Dwight N.
Publisher : Orbis Books
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2014-04-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781608334575

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Introducing Black Theology of Liberation by Hopkins, Dwight N. Pdf

A book that reviews the principles of modern Black Theology, its roots and contributions to the Christian world. It also discusses what challenges Black theologians face in their minister and their religious communities.

Author : Alistair Kee
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2017-11-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781351145503

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The Rise and Demise of Black Theology by Alistair Kee Pdf

Black Theology emerged in the 1960s as a response to black consciousness. In South Africa it is a critique of power; in the UK it is a political theology of black culture. The dominant form of Black Theology has been in the USA, originally influenced by Black Power and the critique of white racism. Since then it claims to have broadened its perspective to include oppression on the grounds of race, gender and class. In this book the author contests this claim, especially by Womanist (black women) Theology. Black and Womanist Theologies present inadequate analyses of race and gender and no account at all of class (economic) oppression. With a few notable exceptions Black Theology in the USA repeats the mantras of the 1970s, the discourse of modernity. Content with American capitalism it fails to address the source of the impoverishment of black Americans at home. Content with a romantic imaginaire of Africa, this 'African-American' movement fails to defend contemporary Africa against predatory American global ambitions.

Author : Dwight Nathaniel Hopkins
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 471 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:600803739

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Black Theology USA and South Africa by Dwight Nathaniel Hopkins Pdf

Author : Louise Kretzschmar
Publisher : Raven Press (South Africa)
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Religion
ISBN : UOM:39015012119080

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The Voice of Black Theology in South Africa by Louise Kretzschmar Pdf

Author : Itumeleng Jerry Mosala,Buti Tlhagale
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Black theology
ISBN : UCAL:B4548980

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The Unquestionable Right to be Free by Itumeleng Jerry Mosala,Buti Tlhagale Pdf

Author : Dwight N. Hopkins,Edward P. Antonio
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2012-07-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521705691

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The Cambridge Companion to Black Theology by Dwight N. Hopkins,Edward P. Antonio Pdf

A comprehensive look at black theology and its connection with major doctrinal themes within Christianity from a global perspective.

Author : Julian Kunnie
Publisher : Burns & Oates
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Religion
ISBN : UOM:39015020853530

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Models of Black Theology by Julian Kunnie Pdf

Beginning with the chronology of the black struggle against racism in the United States and South Africa, Kunnie then describes elements of social analysis in the theologies of James Cone and Desmond Tutu regarding liberation from oppression. Finally, he proposes an indigenous black social analysis methodology, using black folk tales that can be instructive for black religious and social empowerment.

Author : Dwight N. Hopkins
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2017-06-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781532608223

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Black Theology—Essays on Global Perspectives by Dwight N. Hopkins Pdf

Since its start in 1966, black liberation theology in the United States has continually engaged international developments with Africa and the entire world. But after Nelson Mandela was released from prison in February 1990, there has been an almost twenty-year break in books on black theology and international affairs. Black Theology--Essays on Global Perspectives bridges that post-1990 gap and makes a vital contact with Africa again. This book conceptualizes black theology to take on the global reconfigurations and opportunities brought about by the rapidly shrinking earth of fast-paced, worldwide contacts. In other words, in the specificity of the genealogy of black theology, we need to reforge ties with Africa. This claim is based on tradition. And in the generality of the larger worldwide intertwining of technologies and economics, we need a new type of black theological leadership for the twenty-first century. This claim is based on today's international challenges. The essays in this book draw on tradition and point forward in the midst of today's worldwide challenges and favorable possibilities, given the closeness of all nations and the varieties of cultures.

Author : Mokgethi Buti George Motlhabi
Publisher : Unisa Press
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 1868884333

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African Theology/black Theology in South Africa by Mokgethi Buti George Motlhabi Pdf

Mothlabi explores the origins and sources of Black theology in context. It further highlights the two bases of African traditional morality, the humanistic and the religious, and also investigates the move towards an ethical method for Black Theology. The author proceeds to broach issues of poverty, oppression and exploitation by focusing on `Marxism, Morality and Ideology' and by exploring the possibility of a meaningful, ethical solution to Third World debt. It was in the hope of inspiring up-and-coming young theologians, who feel that African and Black Theology still have a role to play in South Africa, that the author was prompted to reflect on the past and present status of these two types of theology. In view of the political change which took place in this country in 1994, he contends that Black theology has lost its responsiveness to the new socio-economic realities that followed liberation. At the same time he stresses that critical and prophetic participation on the part of black theologians and other church structures is still needed in addressing ongoing social issues in the country, notwithstanding whatever solidarity is necessary in working with the state.

Author : Richard Elphick,Rodney Davenport,T. R. H. Davenport
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0520209400

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Christianity in South Africa by Richard Elphick,Rodney Davenport,T. R. H. Davenport Pdf

"At a strategic time in South Africa's history, the Christian history which is absolutely basic to all developments, is presented in a comprehensive and objective way. Too little attention is given to the influence of religion in socio-political accounts. This is a creative and much-needed contribution to scholarship and general knowledge. . . . An outstanding work."--Dean S. Gilliland, Fuller Theological Seminary

Author : James H. Evans (Jr.),G. E. Gorman
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1987-04-21
Category : Reference
ISBN : UOM:39015012909423

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Black Theology by James H. Evans (Jr.),G. E. Gorman Pdf