Contemplating Allan Boesak's fascination with preaching "truth to power"

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dc.contributor.authorWessels, W.
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-05T11:30:05Z
dc.date.available2018-09-05T11:30:05Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractPreaching can rightly be called “foolishness”, an outdated form of communication and a feeble form of art. In democratic South Africa, preaching is certainly not assigned a place among the ranks of professions conveying “development”. Allan Boesak, however, has not been swayed by the excommunication of preaching since the dawn of democracy. In this article, I will contemplate Boesak’s fascination with preaching “Truth to power”. Boesak, as a son of liberation and Black theology, is known for aspiring to a new world through the biblical witness. In essence, preaching the biblical truths to power. Therefore, when academics contemplate the state of preaching and express concern with regards to how power operates in our society and faith communities, Boesak certainly has a contribution to make. I briefly examine how power operates in the South African society. Boesak’s publications and sermons are contemplated in the hope of uncovering his fascination with preaching truth to power. I conclude with some thoughts on how Boesak preaches truth to power for both the dismal state of preaching and how power operates in South Africa.en_ZA
dc.description.versionPublisher's versionen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationWessels, W. (2017). Contemplating Allan Boesak's fascination with preaching "truth to power". Acta Theologica, 37(2), 188-206.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn1015-8758 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2309-9089 (online)
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18820/23099089/actat.v37i2.11
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11660/9235
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherFaculty of Theology, University of the Free Stateen_ZA
dc.rights.holderFaculty of Theology, University of the Free Stateen_ZA
dc.subjectAllan Boesaken_ZA
dc.subjectPreaching in South Africa todayen_ZA
dc.subjectPreaching truth to poweren_ZA
dc.subjectPublic theologyen_ZA
dc.titleContemplating Allan Boesak's fascination with preaching "truth to power"en_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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