Liberation Theology in South Africa
The Magnificast
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What's the Difference Between Liberation Theology and Christianity?
Dean: The book says a lot about the ways that a knowledge is produced within christian organizations, and what types of knowledges are legitimate. Marti asks should african christianity dissociate itself from western christianity, which has long been used as an instrument of enslavement, domination and oppression of africans? Dean: If you're going to be a liberation theologian and a christian, you ought to understand that you'd be advocating for the liberation of mostly non christian people. What does it mean to also be doing theology in a context where christianity is the religion of the oppressor, the imperialist and the neo colonialist?, he asked.
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