Spirituality of liberation: A conversation with African religiosity
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Spirituality of liberation: A conversation with African religiosity | |
| Creator | Vellem, Vuyani S. | |
| Description | The arrival of a salvationist, authoritative religiosity through Western Christianity in South Africa, in the company of a capitalist modernity, did not only dismantle and subvert the African indigenous dispensation of religiosity. It also sought to destroy it completely and arguably continues to do so in subtle forms in the 21st century, by attacking the imagination and consciousness of black Africans. This article argues that African religiosity as expressed in African Initiated Churches (AICs) is the site of the spirituality of liberation. Employing the notion of mokhukhu – a shack – the article places the sanity of black Africans, the spirituality of liberation, black African agency and consciousness within the narrative of African religiosity. It concludes by offering African religiosity as a resource for an alternative civilisation and an important agenda in the current debates of the World Communion of Reformed Churches. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2014-11-20 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/hts.v70i1.2752 | |
| Source | HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies; Vol 70, No 1 (2014); 7 pages 2072-8050 0259-9422 | |
| Language | eng | |
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https://hts.org.za/index.php/hts/article/view/2752/5388
https://hts.org.za/index.php/hts/article/view/2752/5389
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https://hts.org.za/index.php/hts/article/view/2752/5234
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