Black and African Theology in Southern Africa
A Controversy Re-Examined
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3932109 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Matthew Schoffeleers (1The Free University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1988 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 99 |
| Publication date | 1988-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Religion in Africa (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-4200 • E-ISSN: 1570-0666 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1580765 |
| OpenAlex | W4256417125 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
The above quotation from a prominent South African theologian seems eminently applicable to a country where the system of apartheid has given rise to theologies, which are either strongly supportive of or sharply antagonistic to the status quo. Indeed, at the present juncture one can hardly think of another country, where theology is so passionately engaged in as South Africa. The reason is that there are few places where oppression is so evident, where the oppressed are so capabele of speaking for themselves, where religion is such a prominent social and political factor, and where the stakes on both sides are so high. Although the main divide in South Africa is that between proapartheid and anti-apartheid theologies, this is not what the present paper will be about. Not that the topic in itself is unimportant. On the contrary, it is of vital importance, but it is unlikely that discussing it at this point would yield much in the way of fresh insights. Anybody familiar with the South African churches knows more or less what the theological arguments pro and contra apartheid are, and those arguments have not changed substantially over the years. What has changed is the number of their practitioners and adherents, considering which it is to be noted that anti-apartheid
African studies · Anthropology of religion · Black theology · Ethnology · History of religions · Oppression · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Status quo · Theology · African cultural and philosophical studies · Anthropology · Christian Theology and Mission · Gender Studies · History · Law · Legal Issues in South Africa · Philosophy · Religious studies
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,09 |
| Citation span | 1993 - 2024 (32) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |