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Women's moral agency and the quest for justice in Africa

Lenkabula, Puleng (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2010)

This article explores women’s moral agency in post-apartheid South Africa and Africa by examining the intersections of governance and the public space; we shall also look at the agency of African women from the perspective ...
Is Ruth the "eset hayil" for real? An exploration of womanhood from African proverbs to the threshing floor (Ruth 3:1-13)

Masenya, M. J. (Madipoane Joyce) (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2010)

Contradictory definitions of what a worthy womanhood is, have in many contexts, including African contexts, caused divisions within religious institutions, families and communities at large. In Christian African contexts, ...
Simon Maimela and the prophetic vision of liberation for Black Theology

Chimhanda, Francisca Hildegardis (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2010)

This article celebrates Simon Maimela’s contribution to Black Liberation Theology in South Africa. It explores and highlights Maimela’s prophetic vision of liberation, which is crucial to the survival of Black Theology. ...
Simon Maimela as public theologian of the 1980s and 1990s

Landman, Christina (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2010)

This article traces the public career of Simon Maimela (1944–) during the 15 years between 1980, when he was appointed as the first black lecturer in the Faculty of Theology at the University of South Africa, and 1996, ...
The legacy of liberation theologies in South Africa, with an emphasis on biblical hermeneutics

West, Gerald (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2010)

This article reflects on the historical and hermeneutical legacy of liberation theologies in South Africa. Beginning with an analysis of the hermeneutical contours of liberation theologies in general, the article then ...
The past and future of Black Theology in South Africa: in discussion with Maimela

Molobi, Victor Masilo (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2010)

This article pays tribute to Simon Maimela by engaging with some of the views on Black Theology which he expressed during his active days as academic writer. It tests the waters regarding the future of Black Theology ...
Karl Barth's contribution to the German church struggle against national socialism

Dolamo, Ramathate Tseka Hosea (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2010)

Germany was under a totalitarian regime led by Adolf Hitler from 1933 to 1945. This article looks at the responses of the churches in Germany during that period. In particular, Karl Barth’s theology on church and state ...
"Direct experience of God": a quest for refinement and illumination in Christian faith and practice

Slater, Jennifer (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2010)

“Direct experience of God”, a concept that is frequently used by theologians, was a topic Simon Maimela wrestled with in conjunction with his students since its meaning became increasingly complicated through the processes ...
Simon Maimela in the chamber of African Theology: a methodological challenge!

Masoga, Mogomme Alpheus; Mokadi, Max Mathye (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2010)

Reverend Professor Simon Sekone Maimela’s contribution to the South African theological discourse is remarkable. He has published widely in the field and managed to weave his Lutheran studies into Black Theology debates ...
Reading Judges 12:2 in dialogue with Maimela

Bookholane, Lehlohonolo (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2010)

The affirmation that human beings are created in the image of God was once regarded as the inspiration for the struggle against racial oppression, social class exploitation and gender domination; but it has since become ...
Celebrating communal authorship : the theological declaration of the Belydende Kring (1979) and the Belhar confession : in honour of Simon Maimela and in memory of Chris Loff

Kritzinger, Johannes Nicolaas Jacobus (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2010)

A Reformed Confession of faith represents the voice of a church as community of faith, and yet individual authors play a role in its formation. This article demonstrates that the Theological Declaration of the Belydende ...
Preferential option for the poor in the current context of poverty in South Africa : doing liberation theology in the footsteps

Buffel, Olehile (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2010)

Maimela made an immense contribution to theological discourse in South Africa, with global implications and in dialogue with the rest of the theological world. The article is particularly interested in the area of ...
A reconstructive motif in South African Black Theology in the twenty-first century

Phiri, Isabel; Gathogo, Julius (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2010)

In this article, Black Theology as a strand of continent-wide African theology is seen through the eyes of African Black Theologians other than South Africans. The article is based on the premise that, whereas up to ...
Maimela on black power in black theology (1987): a dialogue with Steve Biko

Mogashoa, Moroka (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2010)

Black1 Power is the heart of Black Theology, while Black Consciousness is the soul of Black Theology. Until Blacks attain Black Power, they cannot speak without a flight (running away) from their White2 oppressors. A ...
Impact of new policy developments in higher education on theological education

Farisani, Elelwani (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2010)

This article analyses the impact of recent South African higher education policies on education in general and theological education in particular. This will be done in three stages. First, I offer a brief description ...

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