"Introduction to "Transforming Encounters and Critical Reflection

African Thought, Critical Theory, and Liberation Theology in Dialogue

Bibliographic Data

ID3487574
AuthorsAnné H Verhoef (0000-0002-9627-1969, North-West University, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume9
Issue6
Pages199
Publication date2018-06-20
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueReligions (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444
PublisherMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/rel9060199
OpenAlexW2809257859
LanguageEN
References cited12

This special issue of Religions, entitled "Transforming Encounters and Critical Reflection: African Thought, Critical Theory, and Liberation Theology in Dialogue", brought together diverse international scholars and experts to think together on the intersection of African Thought, Critical Theory, and Liberation Theology. One of the aims of this special issue, and of the preceding conference (as stated in the call for papers), was to explore the complex relationship between the West's pervasive (capitalistic) culture and epistemologies, and the current post-colonial context of (southern) Africa. As such, it provided a platform to engage questions regarding the relationship between colonialism, capitalism, and culture through both a philosophical and theological lens. The final publication of all articles in the special issue not only achieved the above set aims, but accomplished even more by opening up new creative pathways of thinking about the three traditions that were brought into conversation (and not only within their intersection

Capitalism · Colonialism · Conversation · Critical reflection · Critical theory · Critical thought · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Geography · Liberation theology · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Theology · African cultural and philosophical studies · Christian Theology and Mission · History · Law · Philosophy · Religion, Society, and Development