Joel Mokhoathi
Biographic Data
| ID | 933215 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joel Mokhoathi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joel |
| FAMILY NAME | Mokhoathi |
| SIGNATURE | MOKHOATHI J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of South Africa |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4786-5488 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Politics of being and vocation
Inspired by the work of Nkunzi Zandile Nkabinde, ‘Black Bull, Ancestors and Me: My life as a lesbian Sangoma’, the study interrogates the politics of being, and what it means to be a homosexual Sangoma in the context of gendered identities and socio-cultural expectations. It is a qualitative research study that is informed by Participatory Action Research. The indispensable data was collected through two separate open-ended focused group discussi…
‘Site of struggle’
The paradoxical nature of liberation theologies for African Christians has, for some time, been an intense subject of contestation. It has produced some polarised communities and made them acceptable on the basis of biblical interpretation. Liberation theological jargons such as ‘God sides with the poor’ and ‘God is for the oppressed’ seem to exemplify this attitude. As an acceptable standard of practice, this form of polarisation has been sustai…
Neo-Colonialism and the Emancipation of Indigenous Religions of Africa
Africa is considered to be the second largest continent of the world-only subsequent to Asia. However, its intellectual and cultural contributions to the world remain among the least influential, if not the most undermined, particularly when one considers the written records about the continent and its people as sources and generators of knowledge. Much of what is known of Africa is anchored in the perceptions and attitudes of missionaries, merch…
Pragmatism in the lenses of African Christianity
African Christianity, as the synthesis of Christianity and African Traditional Religion, is often perceived as an ideal form of belief and practice that informs religious worship and ethics for nominal Christians. However, this form of expression is mostly dismissed by conservative Christians and African rigorist religionists as being syncretistic, and thereby seeing it as the ‘pollution’ of both religions, Christianity and African Traditional Re…
Christianity in Transformation
This article explores the roots and expansion of African Christianity – that is, the synthesis of Christianity and AfricanTraditional Religion among the amaXhosa tribes of the Eastern Cape. This form of synthesis appears to have been an age-old problem of the Christian church, beginning with the missionary epoch, and up to contemporary times, and it is still not acknowledged. It appears that conservative Christians, in particular, undermine this …
Preface and Interviews
During 2020-2021 the Faculty of Theology and Religion at the University of the Free State celebrated its 40 years of existence, using the theme “Transforming theology and religion?”. Part of the celebration is this publication, which is dedicated to the Faculty of Theology and Religion and all of her staff through the first 40 years. As part of the celebration, we asked Prof. Francois Tolmie, a former student, dean and current professor in the Fa…
“I am an African”
With the public frenzy over Thabo Mbeki’s speech, “I am an African” that was delivered in 1996, South Africa has since become a subject of debate as to who is an African and what constitutes as African. This has been going on for almost two decades and a half now. Mbeki’s speech appears to have evoked solemn questions relating to the issues of identity and culture. Subsequent to that speech, the South African public began to question what it mean…
From Contextual Theology to African Christianity
The move towards contextual Christianity in Africa is an essential venture if Christianity is to communicate with the African cultural heritage. As a universal religion, Christianity has to find an expression within the cultural context. However, the contextualization of Christianity in Africa appears to have permitted the practice of syncretism. It has resulted in the emergence of African Christianity, which is the amalgamation of Christianity a…
From Contextual Theology to African Christianity
The move towards contextual Christianity in Africa is an essential venture if Christianity is to communicate with the African cultural heritage. As a universal religion, Christianity has to find an expression within the cultural context. However, the contextualization of Christianity in Africa appears to have permitted the practice of syncretism. It has resulted in the emergence of African Christianity, which is the amalgamation of Christianity a…
From Contextual Theology to African Christianity
The move towards contextual Christianity in Africa is an essential venture if Christianity is to communicate with the African cultural heritage. As a universal religion, Christianity has to find an expression within the cultural context. However, the contextualization of Christianity in Africa appears to have permitted the practice of syncretism. It has resulted in the emergence of African Christianity, which is the amalgamation of Christianity a…
Christianity in Transformation
This article explores the roots and expansion of African Christianity – that is, the synthesis of Christianity and AfricanTraditional Religion among the amaXhosa tribes of the Eastern Cape. This form of synthesis appears to have been an age-old problem of the Christian church, beginning with the missionary epoch, and up to contemporary times, and it is still not acknowledged. It appears that conservative Christians, in particular, undermine this …
Preface and Interviews
During 2020-2021 the Faculty of Theology and Religion at the University of the Free State celebrated its 40 years of existence, using the theme “Transforming theology and religion?”. Part of the celebration is this publication, which is dedicated to the Faculty of Theology and Religion and all of her staff through the first 40 years. As part of the celebration, we asked Prof. Francois Tolmie, a former student, dean and current professor in the Fa…
“I am an African”
With the public frenzy over Thabo Mbeki’s speech, “I am an African” that was delivered in 1996, South Africa has since become a subject of debate as to who is an African and what constitutes as African. This has been going on for almost two decades and a half now. Mbeki’s speech appears to have evoked solemn questions relating to the issues of identity and culture. Subsequent to that speech, the South African public began to question what it mean…
Pragmatism in the lenses of African Christianity
African Christianity, as the synthesis of Christianity and African Traditional Religion, is often perceived as an ideal form of belief and practice that informs religious worship and ethics for nominal Christians. However, this form of expression is mostly dismissed by conservative Christians and African rigorist religionists as being syncretistic, and thereby seeing it as the ‘pollution’ of both religions, Christianity and African Traditional Re…
Neo-Colonialism and the Emancipation of Indigenous Religions of Africa
Africa is considered to be the second largest continent of the world-only subsequent to Asia. However, its intellectual and cultural contributions to the world remain among the least influential, if not the most undermined, particularly when one considers the written records about the continent and its people as sources and generators of knowledge. Much of what is known of Africa is anchored in the perceptions and attitudes of missionaries, merch…
‘Site of struggle’
The paradoxical nature of liberation theologies for African Christians has, for some time, been an intense subject of contestation. It has produced some polarised communities and made them acceptable on the basis of biblical interpretation. Liberation theological jargons such as ‘God sides with the poor’ and ‘God is for the oppressed’ seem to exemplify this attitude. As an acceptable standard of practice, this form of polarisation has been sustai…
Politics of being and vocation
Inspired by the work of Nkunzi Zandile Nkabinde, ‘Black Bull, Ancestors and Me: My life as a lesbian Sangoma’, the study interrogates the politics of being, and what it means to be a homosexual Sangoma in the context of gendered identities and socio-cultural expectations. It is a qualitative research study that is informed by Participatory Action Research. The indispensable data was collected through two separate open-ended focused group discussi…
Sociology (5 works) · African cultural and philosophical studies (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · History (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Religious studies (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Christianity (2 works)