Reading Isaiah 58 in conversation with I. J. Mosala: an African liberationist approach

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Date
2016
Authors
Mtshiselwa, N.
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Faculty of Theology, University of the Free State
Abstract
This paper sets out to draw on, and simultaneously depart from Mosala’s Black biblical hermeneutic of liberation in order to navigate liberating possibilities that Isaiah 58 could offer to the oppressed Black people in Southern Africa. First, the paper explores Mosala’s trajectory in biblical hermeneutics. Secondly, from both the liberative and the African philosophical – African liberationist – points of view, Isaiah 58 is re-read in light of the Southern African context. Finally, the author submits that, if read from an African liberationist perspective, the text of Isaiah 58 could contribute positively to socio-economic redress, particularly to poverty alleviation and, subsequently, to rebuilding relationships in Southern Africa.
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Trito-Isaiah, Postexilic Yehud, Itumeleng J. Mosala, African liberationist approach, Poverty
Citation
Mtshiselwa, N. (2016). Reading Isaiah 58 in conversation with I. J. Mosala: an African liberationist approach. Acta Theologica, 24, 131-156.