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This course continues to explore the various forms of liberation theology around the world. This instalment focuses on lesser-known forms of liberation theology from outside the Western and Latin American contexts.
Having taken Theologies of Liberation and/or Theologies of Liberation II will be helpful, but not necessary for this course.
Week 1
Naim Atik – Palestinian liberation Theology
Naim Atik is a Palestinian Anglican priest. We will be looking at his book, Justice, Only Justice (1989), which laid the foundation for Palestinian liberation theology.
Week 2
Arvind P Nirmal – Dalit liberation theology
Arvind PNirmal’s Dalit theology explores the meaning of the gospel when Christ is identified with Dalits: people viewed as outside the traditional caste structure of India. We will be looking at his Heuristic Explorations (1990).
Week 3
JS Pobee – African inculturation theology
The Ghanaian theologian, JS Pobee attempts to translate Christianity into African concepts, thereby redeeming African Christianity from its colonial origins. We will be looking at his Toward an African Theology (1979).
Week 4
The Kairos Document – South African Black Liberation Theology
Representing another stream within African theology, the Kairos Document (1985)draws together themes from Black and liberation theology to criticise Apartheid and the Church's complicity in it. Anonymously written by a group of theologians from Soweto, it represented a decisive moment in the struggle for a free South Africa.
Week 5
Chinese theology - CS Song
This week, we’ ll be looking at CS Song’s attempts to think through what Christianity means in a Chinese context, in which Christianity is not only an artefact of colonialism, but a minority religion. We will be looking at his Jesus the Crucified People (1999).
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Dr Nicolete Burbach is the Social and Environmental Justice Lead at the London Jesuit Centre. Her PhD thesis looked at Pope Francis’ hermeneutics of uncertainty, and her research focuses on resourcing Pope Francis to think through issues of alienation and disagreement, with a particular focus on navigating the difficulties around trans inclusion in the Church. Previously, she has taught modules on postmodern theology and Catholic Social Teaching, both at Durham University.
