Prophetic Theology in Black Theology, with special reference to the Kairos document

Abstract

The ‘Protest’ and ‘Confessing’ Models in the streams of Black Theology of liberation provide a creative link between the Prophetic Theology in the Kairos document (KD) and the Black Theology of liberation. Launched in a distinct moment of history – an ‘opportune moment’ – the KD propagated the best responses among some and the worst among others as a rapturous critique of State and Church theologies. In this article, I argued that the KD, which remains a version of liberation theology par excellence, offers a methodology that is still appropriate to our democratisation processes in South Africa. The KD is the product of a theology that did not only expand the contours of traditional theology, but also understood confession as a political praxis. Thus, the interest of the poor should still mitigate forth-telling in our democratic vision in dialogue inspired by the alluring prophetic vision of an alternative community based on the principles of the reign of God.

How to cite this article: Vellem, V.S., 2010, ‘Prophetic Theology in Black Theology, with special reference to the Kairos document’, HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies 66(1), Art. #800, 6 pages. DOI: 10.4102/hts.v66i1.800