“We’re not liberated yet in South Africa”

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" “We’re not liberated yet in South Africa” "
Elina Hankela

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1082951
Doc. No	:	LA126580
Call No	:	‭10.1163/15743012-02101005‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Elina Hankela
Title & Author	:	“We’re not liberated yet in South Africa” [Article]\ Elina Hankela
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Religion and Theology
Date	:	2014
Volume/ Issue Number	:	21/1-2
Page No	:	173–206
Abstract	:	This article makes a case for employing the concept of humanity as the core category in the struggle(s) for liberation in the context of the Central Methodist Mission (CMM) in inner-city Johannesburg. It does so through engaging with the praxis of the leader of the CMM and, in particular, analysing his theological reflection. The concept of humanity offers a flexible framework for an on-going liberationist ministry in a changing society; it also allows the ministry to retain a liberationist edge while it addresses the complex manifestations of inhumanity in actual communities. Moreover, the case of the CMM shows that the content and method of grassroots liberationist ministry overlap: as much as the concept of humanity defines the content, it also has methodological implications for reading the signs of the times. This article makes a case for employing the concept of humanity as the core category in the struggle(s) for liberation in the context of the Central Methodist Mission (CMM) in inner-city Johannesburg. It does so through engaging with the praxis of the leader of the CMM and, in particular, analysing his theological reflection. The concept of humanity offers a flexible framework for an on-going liberationist ministry in a changing society; it also allows the ministry to retain a liberationist edge while it addresses the complex manifestations of inhumanity in actual communities. Moreover, the case of the CMM shows that the content and method of grassroots liberationist ministry overlap: as much as the concept of humanity defines the content, it also has methodological implications for reading the signs of the times.
Descriptor	:	Central Methodist Mission Johannesburg
Descriptor	:	humanity
Descriptor	:	liberation theologies
Descriptor	:	Paul Verryn
Descriptor	:	South Africa
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/15743012-02101005‬