Silakhe Singata
Biographic Data
| ID | 9331654 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Silakhe Singata |
| GIVEN NAMES | Silakhe |
| FAMILY NAME | Singata |
| SIGNATURE | SINGATA S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of South Africa https://dx.doi.org/56866 Pretoria South Africa |
| ORCID | 0009-0002-1930-1623 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
“What Does Nicaea Have to Do with Black Theology?”
This article reflects on Christology, understood as part of a theological imagination whereby theological language is functionally world structuring. Beginning with how this theological imagination has a history of creating intra-black tension in South Africa, this article reflects on how the constitutive elements of this kind of theological imagination are drawn from Nicene orthodoxy. Then by heuristically engaging Mofokeng’s Black Christology a…
Possession as Discourse by Other Means
This article is an open exploration of an understanding of colonial and post-colonial spirit possession phenomena as discourse by other means. I begin with Bernhard Leistle’s phenomenological interpretation of demon possession as an entry point to the sort of understanding of possession this article seeks to approximate. From there I turn to Frantz Fanon’s notion of possession as a means of self-explanation, and then follow the way that Zorodzai …
A Kind of Social Theology for the Sake of Humanity
In this contribution to a review symposium on Jason Storm’s book, Metamodernism , Silakhe Singata and Cobus van Wyngaard explore key aspects of Storm’s proposal on the future of studies in the humanities, relate these aspects to the task of theology when situated as part of the humanities and respond to Storm’s constructive proposal for the humanities by tracing South African and African reflections on rehumanisation
Justice for the dead
The objective of this article is to reflect on the challenge issued by John D. Caputo, in his approach to the resurrection, to rewrite the history of the suffering with prayers and tears. In order to ground this reflection in the African context, the notion of remembering the dead in weak theology will be brought into conversation with the African traditional practice of venerating ancestors. This is all to approach an act of remembering the vict…
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Justice for the dead
The objective of this article is to reflect on the challenge issued by John D. Caputo, in his approach to the resurrection, to rewrite the history of the suffering with prayers and tears. In order to ground this reflection in the African context, the notion of remembering the dead in weak theology will be brought into conversation with the African traditional practice of venerating ancestors. This is all to approach an act of remembering the vict…
Possession as Discourse by Other Means
This article is an open exploration of an understanding of colonial and post-colonial spirit possession phenomena as discourse by other means. I begin with Bernhard Leistle’s phenomenological interpretation of demon possession as an entry point to the sort of understanding of possession this article seeks to approximate. From there I turn to Frantz Fanon’s notion of possession as a means of self-explanation, and then follow the way that Zorodzai …
A Kind of Social Theology for the Sake of Humanity
In this contribution to a review symposium on Jason Storm’s book, Metamodernism , Silakhe Singata and Cobus van Wyngaard explore key aspects of Storm’s proposal on the future of studies in the humanities, relate these aspects to the task of theology when situated as part of the humanities and respond to Storm’s constructive proposal for the humanities by tracing South African and African reflections on rehumanisation
“What Does Nicaea Have to Do with Black Theology?”
This article reflects on Christology, understood as part of a theological imagination whereby theological language is functionally world structuring. Beginning with how this theological imagination has a history of creating intra-black tension in South Africa, this article reflects on how the constitutive elements of this kind of theological imagination are drawn from Nicene orthodoxy. Then by heuristically engaging Mofokeng’s Black Christology a…
African cultural and philosophical studies (3 works) · Christian Theology and Mission (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Theological Perspectives and Practices (3 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · History (2 works) · History of religions (2 works)