Whiteness and Public Theology: an Exploration of Listening
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Authors
Van Wyngaard, George Jacobus
Issue Date
2015
Type
Article
Language
en
Keywords
Research Subject Categories::HUMANITIES and RELIGION , Research Subject Categories::HUMANITIES and RELIGION::Religion/Theology::Systematic theology , public theology , whiteness studies , Christian ethics
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Abstract
This article explores how whiteness continues to remain a problem when working towards a public discourse which seeks the common good. Recognising that a public sphere where all can participate as equals is a space available only to a certain class of people, it asks what the implication of this recognition would be for those who do indeed live in a position where they can participate in forming public opinion and policy. Exploring the discussions resulting from Samantha Vice’s article titled “How do I live in this strange place?”, a listening which leads to a deeper recognition of my own complicity in injustice is described as an important part of public theology for white South Africans. The particular responsibility of working against the injustice from which I benefit is furthermore pointed out as a specific task which white public theologians need to take upon themselves.
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Van Wyngaard, GJ. 2015. Whiteness and public theology: an exploration of listening in Missionalia 43:3, pp. 487-492
Publisher
Missionalia
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2312-878X
0256-9507
0256-9507