The Bride of Christ with a hellish existence on earth: Insights from Eboni Turman, the black church and black liberation theology
This research is based on the reading of Eboni Turman’s work that focuses on body politics, especially through a theological paradigm. The study confirms that the body is a theological problem, and the extent of the problem stretches to the annals of Christian theology to the present, especially in...
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| description | This research is based on the reading of Eboni Turman’s work that focuses on body politics, especially through a theological paradigm. The study confirms that the body is a theological problem, and the extent of the problem stretches to the annals of Christian theology to the present, especially in light of racism, sexism and capitalism. The study will engage black womanist eschatology to draw from the rich well of seeing how the experience of black women gives new meaning to understanding the presence and coming of God through wrestling and struggle. The study will use the black church, especially in the United States of America (USA), to dialogue with. The researcher has previously done work on the black church in the USA and South Africa, as well as work on the contribution of African womanist theologians. Thus, the study uses the USA purely because of Eboni Turman’s discussion on the body as a theological problem.
Contribution: The study seeks to invite men and the black church to remember the black sacred dance from old, which has remained with black women as they continue to dance, thus critiquing those who are out of rhythm and need it now more than ever. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-436359c0772d486a9f9233de4c17a06a2023-03-02T11:47:33ZafrAOSISHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies0259-94222072-80502023-02-01791e1e810.4102/hts.v79i1.75955607The Bride of Christ with a hellish existence on earth: Insights from Eboni Turman, the black church and black liberation theologyHlulani M. Mdingi0Department of Systematic and Historical Theology, Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of Pretoria, PretoriaThis research is based on the reading of Eboni Turman’s work that focuses on body politics, especially through a theological paradigm. The study confirms that the body is a theological problem, and the extent of the problem stretches to the annals of Christian theology to the present, especially in light of racism, sexism and capitalism. The study will engage black womanist eschatology to draw from the rich well of seeing how the experience of black women gives new meaning to understanding the presence and coming of God through wrestling and struggle. The study will use the black church, especially in the United States of America (USA), to dialogue with. The researcher has previously done work on the black church in the USA and South Africa, as well as work on the contribution of African womanist theologians. Thus, the study uses the USA purely because of Eboni Turman’s discussion on the body as a theological problem. Contribution: The study seeks to invite men and the black church to remember the black sacred dance from old, which has remained with black women as they continue to dance, thus critiquing those who are out of rhythm and need it now more than ever.https://hts.org.za/index.php/hts/article/view/7595danceblack womanistbodyeschatologyblack church. |
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| title | The Bride of Christ with a hellish existence on earth: Insights from Eboni Turman, the black church and black liberation theology |
| title_full | The Bride of Christ with a hellish existence on earth: Insights from Eboni Turman, the black church and black liberation theology |
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| title_short | The Bride of Christ with a hellish existence on earth: Insights from Eboni Turman, the black church and black liberation theology |
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