Resource theme: Theology 101
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Black Theology 101
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Black Theology can be broadly understood as the self-conscious attempt to enter into rational and disciplined conversation about God and God’s relationship to Black people in the world throughout history. The God that is at the centre of Black Theology is the one who is largely, although not exclusively, understood in terms of God’s revelation…
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Queer Theology 101
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After spending nearly 20 years in churches that preached a Bible message which insisted I must become straight and masculine in order to please God, I had to take matters into my own hands and discover for myself meaning from the scriptures. I consider Queer Theology as falling into two distinct types— defensive theology and…
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Understanding Christian Anarchism
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Anarchism is a way of understanding the dynamics of power and how they relate to justice; it is an enlightenment response to an enlightenment problem – the nation state. Anarchism gives greater importance to social organisation than state-promoting theories like democratic liberalism, or Marxism. The literal meaning of the word anarchy is ‘without ruler’. Most…
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Christian Eco-Theology: First Steps
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The global ecological crisis is first and foremost a spiritual crisis. We will not see the deep long-term transformations which are necessary unless we see spirituality as foundational. Spirituality is the essence of every expression of life- giving shape and significance to each relationship. It is expressed in love, justice, beauty, and all other life-giving…
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Womanist Theology 101
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In the mid 1980’s, three African American scholars – Katie Cannon, Jacquelyn Grant, and Delores Williams – realised there was a need for a more inclusive theological and ethical framework concerning black liberation theology. Prior to the construction of a womanist ethic and reflection, there was no such construct in place to encourage black women to reclaim their identity, love their…
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Feminist Theology 101
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Feminist theology (or more properly, theologies) has emerged in modern times as a challenge to the male bias in religion and society as a whole. Although feminist theology has many significant roots in pre-modern history, it has only emerged as a fully conscious movement with its own literature, spokespersons, principles and methods in the past three or four decades. Influenced and…
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An Introduction to Mimetic Theory
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‘Let the same mind be in you as was in Christ Jesus’ (Philippians 2:5) The notion of imitation is not new to us, nor was it new to Paul. Yet when we normally talk about imitation it is a surface thing, copying the accent and bodily tics of a celebrity. The kind of imitation that…