Mnyalaza T Masuku
Biographic Data
| ID | 6794750 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mnyalaza T Masuku |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mnyalaza T |
| FAMILY NAME | Masuku |
| SIGNATURE | MASUKU M T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of South Africa |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8476-1170 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Examining Beyers Naudé’s witness in apartheid South Africa as an embodiment of Belhar confession
Beyers Naudé’s witness from 1963 to the end of the apartheid government in 1994 reflects the principles of the Belhar Confession. He was originally an ardent supporter of apartheid theology, having been part of its most influential structures at the time. Some of them were the Dutch Reformed Church, the Afrikaner Broederbond, and Stellenbosch University, where he studied theology, which was also regarded as a factory for influential apartheid lea…
Dialogus cum Filio soli
Takatso Mofokeng is a son of the soil and one of the fathers of Black Theology in South Africa. He is one of the towering figures who rub shoulders with the earliest generation of black theologians who had a lived experience of this theology soon after it arrived in South Africa from the USA in the early 1970s. He therefore wrote, spoke and breathed Black Theology throughout his academic journey and beyond. His contribution in this field is there…
Black Theology relevance post-1994
In South Africa, debates on Black Theology of Liberation took various shapes over the years. The debates were impacted by different political contexts since the inception of this theology in this country, dating to the early 1970s. For instance, the temperature of the debates during the early 1970s took a different shape from those that were heard towards the end of that decade. The period that followed also shaped the debates accordingly. These …
Encounterological praxis of the Research Institute with African Initiated Churches
The African Initiated Churches (AICs) suffered a sour relationship with churches and institutions of Western origin from where most originated. Western religious and political institutions adopted a polemic approach towards them. Their critique was primarily on their lack of theological training. This led to tension between them, levelling blames against each other making trust difficult. The Research Institute for Theology and Religion (RITR) wa…
The tone of Black Theology debates towards democratic dispensation in South Africa
The tone of the Black Theology debates took different forms depending on the relevant political processes and dispensations in which they were debated. This situation played itself out in South Africa over the years, from the introduction of Black Theology in the late 1960s to the introduction of the democratic order in 1994. The changing socio-political context in South Africa over the years determined the shape or tone of these debates. This ar…
Reverend Frank Chikane as a catalyst for shifts in Pentecostal beliefs and practices
Reverend Frank Chikane represented shifts in Pentecostal beliefs and practices. He found it difficult to accept Christians who spoke in tongues on Sundays but oppressed others on Mondays. He found this hypocrisy to be the worst contradiction he had to contend with. He recognised the separation of spiritual, physical and social. He divided the church’s service to the world into three categories. The first is the ‘status quo’, that is the church, w…
Decoloniality on Culture and Religion
Decolonial discourse continues to challenge Eurocentrism and, among other things, raises profound questions about culture and religion or their unreceptive interactions. Conversely, both culture and religion remain products of the social context in which they are located. Some have even gone so far as to conceptualize religion as a form of culture, or vice versa. Historically, however, in societies such as South Africa where dominant religions su…
Responsible Public Theology on Climate Change Devastations
Climate change is devastating human communities, but it is more devastating to the poor and powerless, especially in the absence of accountable political leadership. This was evident in the recent climate disaster that struck South Africa in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), where the deadliest storm in April 2022 killed about 489 people and devastated many more. This paints a frightening picture of the impending climate apocalypse not only in South Africa bu…
Mistakes of Western Christian missions in Africa and related response, mid-19th to 20th Century
Verbum et Ecclesia is a theological research journal that challenges traditional discourses within and between the fields of biblical, religious, social and human sciences as well as the constructive engagement with the natural sciences. It is an instrument of engagement between theological disciplines, on the one hand, and theology and other disciplines, on the other
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 African religiosity. He mentioned African religiosity as an alternative to what he expressed as ‘authoritative salvationist dispensation of Western religios…
A relevant ministry for the armed forces
Chaplaincy in South Africa (SA) recently became an attractive ministry and research fields for both ministers and theologians, respectively, more especially since the dawn of democracy in 1994. The military chaplaincy has been flooded with applications and enquiries from ministers and leaders from religions other than Christianity who want to secure their space in the ministry to the SA armed forces. Individual churches are also joining the queue…
The ministry of Beyers Naude to the victims of oppression 1960 1994
Dr Beyers Naud s ministry to the victims of apartheid between 1960 1994 was of missionary significance. His mission challenged the conservative or stereotype mission approaches of the church which were in line with the thinking of Edinburgh 1910. Dr Beyers Naud in contrast, applied the spirit of Tambaram 1938 supporting what Saayman termed a comprehensive ministry . His ministry challenged the mission of the church in post-apartheid South Africa …
Mistakes of Western Christian missions in Africa and related response, mid-19th to 20th Century
Verbum et Ecclesia is a theological research journal that challenges traditional discourses within and between the fields of biblical, religious, social and human sciences as well as the constructive engagement with the natural sciences. It is an instrument of engagement between theological disciplines, on the one hand, and theology and other disciplines, on the other
The ministry of Beyers Naude to the victims of oppression 1960 1994
Dr Beyers Naud s ministry to the victims of apartheid between 1960 1994 was of missionary significance. His mission challenged the conservative or stereotype mission approaches of the church which were in line with the thinking of Edinburgh 1910. Dr Beyers Naud in contrast, applied the spirit of Tambaram 1938 supporting what Saayman termed a comprehensive ministry . His ministry challenged the mission of the church in post-apartheid South Africa …
A relevant ministry for the armed forces
Chaplaincy in South Africa (SA) recently became an attractive ministry and research fields for both ministers and theologians, respectively, more especially since the dawn of democracy in 1994. The military chaplaincy has been flooded with applications and enquiries from ministers and leaders from religions other than Christianity who want to secure their space in the ministry to the SA armed forces. Individual churches are also joining the queue…
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 African religiosity. He mentioned African religiosity as an alternative to what he expressed as ‘authoritative salvationist dispensation of Western religios…
Decoloniality on Culture and Religion
Decolonial discourse continues to challenge Eurocentrism and, among other things, raises profound questions about culture and religion or their unreceptive interactions. Conversely, both culture and religion remain products of the social context in which they are located. Some have even gone so far as to conceptualize religion as a form of culture, or vice versa. Historically, however, in societies such as South Africa where dominant religions su…
Responsible Public Theology on Climate Change Devastations
Climate change is devastating human communities, but it is more devastating to the poor and powerless, especially in the absence of accountable political leadership. This was evident in the recent climate disaster that struck South Africa in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), where the deadliest storm in April 2022 killed about 489 people and devastated many more. This paints a frightening picture of the impending climate apocalypse not only in South Africa bu…
Mistakes of Western Christian missions in Africa and related response, mid-19th to 20th Century
Verbum et Ecclesia is a theological research journal that challenges traditional discourses within and between the fields of biblical, religious, social and human sciences as well as the constructive engagement with the natural sciences. It is an instrument of engagement between theological disciplines, on the one hand, and theology and other disciplines, on the other
The tone of Black Theology debates towards democratic dispensation in South Africa
The tone of the Black Theology debates took different forms depending on the relevant political processes and dispensations in which they were debated. This situation played itself out in South Africa over the years, from the introduction of Black Theology in the late 1960s to the introduction of the democratic order in 1994. The changing socio-political context in South Africa over the years determined the shape or tone of these debates. This ar…
Reverend Frank Chikane as a catalyst for shifts in Pentecostal beliefs and practices
Reverend Frank Chikane represented shifts in Pentecostal beliefs and practices. He found it difficult to accept Christians who spoke in tongues on Sundays but oppressed others on Mondays. He found this hypocrisy to be the worst contradiction he had to contend with. He recognised the separation of spiritual, physical and social. He divided the church’s service to the world into three categories. The first is the ‘status quo’, that is the church, w…
Black Theology relevance post-1994
In South Africa, debates on Black Theology of Liberation took various shapes over the years. The debates were impacted by different political contexts since the inception of this theology in this country, dating to the early 1970s. For instance, the temperature of the debates during the early 1970s took a different shape from those that were heard towards the end of that decade. The period that followed also shaped the debates accordingly. These …
Encounterological praxis of the Research Institute with African Initiated Churches
The African Initiated Churches (AICs) suffered a sour relationship with churches and institutions of Western origin from where most originated. Western religious and political institutions adopted a polemic approach towards them. Their critique was primarily on their lack of theological training. This led to tension between them, levelling blames against each other making trust difficult. The Research Institute for Theology and Religion (RITR) wa…
Examining Beyers Naudé’s witness in apartheid South Africa as an embodiment of Belhar confession
Beyers Naudé’s witness from 1963 to the end of the apartheid government in 1994 reflects the principles of the Belhar Confession. He was originally an ardent supporter of apartheid theology, having been part of its most influential structures at the time. Some of them were the Dutch Reformed Church, the Afrikaner Broederbond, and Stellenbosch University, where he studied theology, which was also regarded as a factory for influential apartheid lea…
Dialogus cum Filio soli
Takatso Mofokeng is a son of the soil and one of the fathers of Black Theology in South Africa. He is one of the towering figures who rub shoulders with the earliest generation of black theologians who had a lived experience of this theology soon after it arrived in South Africa from the USA in the early 1970s. He therefore wrote, spoke and breathed Black Theology throughout his academic journey and beyond. His contribution in this field is there…
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