Revolutionizing Theological Imagination: Black Theology and the Reformed Tradition
The Reformed tradition helped provide the rationale for Southern slavery and for South African apartheid. If Reformed theology is going to speak to the racial issues of our day, it must come to terms with the tradition of Black theology. Some Reformed evangelical theologians have begun to engage wit...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2021
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Journal of reformed theology
Year: 2021, Volume: 15, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 22-47 |
| IxTheo Classification: | FD Contextual theology KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KDD Protestant Church |
| Further subjects: | B
James Cone
B Allan Boesak B Reformed Theology B Black Theology |
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| Summary: | The Reformed tradition helped provide the rationale for Southern slavery and for South African apartheid. If Reformed theology is going to speak to the racial issues of our day, it must come to terms with the tradition of Black theology. Some Reformed evangelical theologians have begun to engage with the insights of Black theologians, but they have done so very selectively. Reformed Evangelicals need to learn from the theological imaginations of such Black theologians as James Cone and Allan Boesak. By doing so, they can undermine the tradition’s racist legacy and unleash its liberative potential. |
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| ISSN: | 1569-7312 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of reformed theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15697312-bja10013 |