A Contextual Bible Study on Xenophobia
Following yet another spate of xenophobic attacks targeting mostly foreign nationals of African descent living in some parts of South Africa in August this year, debates emerged towards finding […]
Gerald West
Telling the Ujamaa Centre’s Story
Introduction by Rev Sithembiso Zwane, Deputy Director, Ujamaa Centre and Rev Prof Simangaliso Kumalo, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Co-Editor, The CIHA Blog: The Ujamaa Centre celebrated its 30th anniversary this year […]
“Supermarket Religion”
By: Professor Gerald West (Ujamaa Centre, University of KwaZulu-Natal)
Following allegations of abuse of their members by some churches, the Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, […]
The Lord’s Prayer: A Systemic Theology of Poverty and Unemployment
By Professor Gerald West, Ujamaa Centre – University of KwaZulu-Natal
In a previous Ujamaa Centre newsletter available on CIHA Blog, we provided a link to the “Poverty Trends in South Africa.” […]
Deploying Genesis 2:18-24 as a resource for an expanded ethics of sexuality
By Gerald O. West, School of Religion, Philosophy, and Classics & Ujamaa Centre – University of KwaZulu-Natal
Introduction
Working from within queer theory (as charted by scholars such as Marcella Althaus-Reid), […]
Inaugural Isaiah Shembe Public Lecture: The contribution of Prophet Isaiah Shembe to African Biblical Theology
How does African biblical theology connect to nationalism and challenge colonialism? Professor Gerald West (UKZN) superbly addresses this question in his lecture titled, “The contribution of Prophet Isaiah Shembe to African Biblical […]