RT Article
T1 “We’re not liberated yet in South Africa”
JF Religion & theology
VO 21
IS 1/2
SP 173
OP 206
A1 Hankela, Elina
LA English
PB Brill
YR 2014
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1525078208
AB This article makes a case for employing the concept of humanity as the core category in the struggle(s) for liberation in the context of the Central Methodist Mission (CMM) in inner-city Johannesburg. It does so through engaging with the praxis of the leader of the CMM and, in particular, analysing his theological reflection. The concept of humanity offers a flexible framework for an on-going liberationist ministry in a changing society; it also allows the ministry to retain a liberationist edge while it addresses the complex manifestations of inhumanity in actual communities. Moreover, the case of the CMM shows that the content and method of grassroots liberationist ministry overlap: as much as the concept of humanity defines the content, it also has methodological implications for reading the signs of the times.
K1 Humanity : liberation theologies : South Africa : Central Methodist Mission Johannesburg : Paul Verryn
DO 10.1163/15743012-02101005