Elitist, Populist or Prophetic?: A Critique of Public Theologizing in Democratic South Africa
Much has been already written about public theology's prophetic role in democratic South Africa. This study seeks to offer a reality check. By probing some of Nico Koopman's views on justice and reconciliation I draw tentative conclusions regarding the shortcomings characteristic of the pr...
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| Τύπος μέσου: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Άρθρο |
| Γλώσσα: | Αγγλικά |
| Έλεγχος διαθεσιμότητας: | HBZ Gateway |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Έκδοση: |
[2018]
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| Στο/Στη: |
International journal of public theology
Έτος: 2018, Τόμος: 12, Τεύχος: 3/4, Σελίδες: 332-352 |
| Σημειογραφίες IxTheo: | CG Χριστιανισμός και Πολιτική FD Θεολογία βάσει συμφραζομένων KAJ Εκκλησιαστική Ιστορία 1914-, Σύγχρονη Εποχή ΚΒΝ Υποσαχάρια Αφρική NCD Πολιτική Ηθική |
| Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά: | B
Anger
B elitist B Public Theology B South Africa B Prophetic B populist |
| Διαθέσιμο Online: |
Volltext (Resolving-System) Volltext (doi) |
| Σύνοψη: | Much has been already written about public theology's prophetic role in democratic South Africa. This study seeks to offer a reality check. By probing some of Nico Koopman's views on justice and reconciliation I draw tentative conclusions regarding the shortcomings characteristic of the prevalent discourses that have developed in South Africa under the umbrella of public theology since the mid-1990s. I seek to explain why liberation theologies—be it black, feminist or queer—may and should constructively disrupt these discourses. I also point to some promising (prophetically-loaded) insights coming from the chosen public theologians that revolve around the tension between civic spirit and public anger. Lastly, I suggest that one essential aspect of public theologians' navigating between a populist temptation and a prophetic calling may be found in the need to rethink their theological accountability whereby grooving with people's anger appears as a sine qua non condition for prophetic theologizing. |
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| ISSN: | 1569-7320 |
| Περιλαμβάνει: | Enthalten in: International journal of public theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15697320-12341546 |
