Abstract

VAN DER WATER, Desmond. Social Struggle and Faith-Based Activism in 'Black Empowerment' times. An agenda for postcolonial mission - sounding the horn on some African perspectives. Missionalia (Online) [online]. 2015, vol.43, n.1, pp.7-22. ISSN 2312-878X.  http://dx.doi.org/10.7832/43-1-79.

This paper identifies and outlines certain key issues in the discourse on postcolonial mission, recognizing that half-a-century after decolonization and independence, and after the shift in World Christianity's centre of gravity from Western Europe to the Global South, the legacies of colonialism are still very much with us. From a Two-Third's World perspective therefore, colonialism in its multi-faceted manifestations is still very much alive. Notwithstanding significant gains within the era of 'Black Empowerment', the struggle against racism, oppression, and exclusion, amongst others things, continues. The Christian faith has supplied its fair share of inspiration for social activism, with particular reference to the particular 'five marks/five faces' of mission theology and praxis, namely proclamation; nurture; loving service; social transformation; and care for creation.

Keywords : postcolonial; mission; holistic; voicelessness; contextualization; diaspora.

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