Faith community as a centre of liberationist praxis in the city
Theologians speak of the silence of churches’ prophetic voice in the ‘new’ South Africa, whilst the country features amongst the socio-economically most unequal countries in the world, and the urban areas in particular continue to be characterised by segregation. In this context I ask: where is libe...
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
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2014
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HTS teologiese studies
Jahr: 2014, Band: 70, Heft: 3 |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Urban Theology
B Black Theology B Faith Communities |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Theologians speak of the silence of churches’ prophetic voice in the ‘new’ South Africa, whilst the country features amongst the socio-economically most unequal countries in the world, and the urban areas in particular continue to be characterised by segregation. In this context I ask: where is liberation theology? I spell out my reading of some of the recent voices in the liberationist discourse. In dialogue with these scholars I, firstly, argue for the faith community to be made a conscious centre of liberationist debates and praxis. Secondly, I do this by suggesting two theoretical building blocks (i.e. critical deconstruction and radical friendship) for local faith communities that wish to grow in a liberationist fashion. |
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| ISSN: | 2072-8050 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: HTS teologiese studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.4102/hts.v70i3.2768 |
