Currents and Crosscurrents in South African Black Theology

This article investigates black theology as it concerns South Africa and the United States--both containing militant and politically dissident aspects. The ideology of James Cone, for instance, was one of the more extreme versions of African-American theology with its vocally political overtones and...

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Published in:Journal of religion in Africa 1974, Vol.6 (1), p.1-22
Main Author: Bosch, David J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
African American culture
African Americans
African Christianity
African religions
Black people
Black power
Black power movement
Black theology
Christianity
Churches
Comparative analysis
Cone, James H
Political ideologies
Religion
Religious influences
Religious leaders
South Africans
Spiritual love
Theology
White people
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Summary:This article investigates black theology as it concerns South Africa and the United States--both containing militant and politically dissident aspects. The ideology of James Cone, for instance, was one of the more extreme versions of African-American theology with its vocally political overtones and references to "sin" being only a white phenomenon. Cone's exhortation to become "black with God" were central to his ideas, it is argued. And, it was through Cone that black theology in its present form reached South Africa.
ISSN:0022-4200
1570-0666
0022-4200
DOI:10.1163/157006674X00130