African Initiated Churches as interlocutors of African spirituality of liberation against colonial spirituality of the empire

Prof. Vuyani Vellem was a scholar of Black Theology of Liberation. However, he placed the African Initiated Churches (AICs) at the centre of his heart as a basis for African spirituality of liberation. He believed that the whole of African life is infiltrated by spirituality which is based on Africa...

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Main Author: Masuku, Mnyalaza Tobias (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2021
In: HTS teologiese studies
Year: 2021, Volume: 77, Issue: 3
Further subjects:B Western Christianity
B Empire
B AICs
B Oaic
B Black Theology
B African Spirituality
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