Black Theology uses the Exodus episode as its locus classicus for
its view of God' s preferential option for the poor and the
oppressed. The purpose of the dissertation is to determine to
what extent Black Theology is scripturally justified in doing so.
The investigation concludes that -
i) the use of a praxis 'claimed to be Christian' in the
hermeneutic of Black Theology, becomes questionable and
unconvincing in that there is an illogical vacillation
between a self-determined praxis-horizon and a text-horizon
and that,
ii ) when some aspects of Black Theology are measured using
constraint criteria suggested by Kelsey, Black Theology
exceeds the limits of acceptability by taking the exodus
event as the locus classicus for the slogan that God is
always on the side of the poor and the oppressed.
While for some Black theology is indeed an important new stage
in theologizing it must however be remembered that liberation
theology, in Africa at least, is still in its infancy. / Biblical and Ancient Studies / Th.M. (Old Testament)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:unisa/oai:umkn-dsp01.int.unisa.ac.za:10500/17191 |
| Date | 06 1900 |
| Creators | Le Roux, Zacharias Petrus |
| Contributors | Loader, J. A. |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Detected Language | English |
| Format | 1 online resource (iii, 91 leaves) |
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