Black and Reformed: Apartheid, Liberation, and the Calvinist Tradition

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Black and Reformed: Apartheid, Liberation, and the Calvinist Tradition is a theological and political work by South African cleric and activist Allan Boesak that critiques apartheid and articulates a Black liberation perspective within the Reformed/Calvinist Christian tradition.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
political work ⓘ
theological work ⓘ
addresses identity of Black Reformed Christians ⓘ
relationship between doctrine and social ethics ⓘ
role of the church in liberation ⓘ
aimsTo challenge white supremacy in theology ⓘ
reclaim Reformed tradition for the oppressed ⓘ
arguesFor centrality of justice in Christian faith ⓘ
compatibility of Black liberation theology with Reformed tradition ⓘ
associatedWith South African Council of Churches ⓘ
anti-apartheid movement ⓘ
author Allan Boesak ⓘ
context South African apartheid era ⓘ
countryOfOrigin South Africa ⓘ
critiques complicity of Reformed churches in apartheid ⓘ
racism in church and society ⓘ
theological justification of apartheid ⓘ
emphasizes God’s preferential option for the oppressed ⓘ
liberation as integral to salvation ⓘ
social and political dimensions of the gospel ⓘ
field African theology ⓘ
political theology ⓘ
systematic theology ⓘ
focusesOn Black Christian experience in South Africa ⓘ
critique of apartheid ⓘ
relationship between faith and political liberation ⓘ
genre Christian theology ⓘ
liberation theology ⓘ
political theology ⓘ
influencedBy Black theology in the United States ⓘ
Reformed confessions ⓘ
anti-apartheid struggle ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject Black liberation theology ⓘ
Calvinism ⓘ
Reformed theology ⓘ
apartheid ⓘ
movement Black theology ⓘ
proposes a contextual Reformed theology for South Africa ⓘ
a re-reading of Calvinist doctrines from the perspective of the oppressed ⓘ
religiousTradition Calvinist tradition ⓘ
Reformed Christianity ⓘ
linked to: Reformed churches
targetAudience Christian activists ⓘ
clergy ⓘ
theologians ⓘ
theologicalPerspective Black liberation perspective ⓘ
Reformed perspective ⓘ

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