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DE BEER, Stephan F.. 'Where are the prophets?': How academic theology failed us. Herv. teol. stud. [online]. 2026, vol.82, n.1, pp.1-9. ISSN 2072-8050.  https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v82i1.10981.

Against the backdrop of precarious global and local politics - a threat to democracy, global wars, xenophobic violence, oppressions of sexual minorities and a permanent youth precariat in South Africa - do academic theologies foster prophetic responses or succumb to imperial co-option? Departing from the Kairos Document's threefold call to conversion, this article laments the lack of a Kairos consciousness today, with reference to five areas of concern. CONTRIBUTION: This study explores what theological formation for prophetic communities might look like, marked by Le Bruyns' three elements of criticality, contextuality and change; participating in concrete sites of struggle and sustained by a 'lived faith'. It imagines theological schools as 'schools of prophets, servants and healers', not only breaking the silence but also going beyond prophetic rhetoric through embodied theologising.

Palavras-chave : Kairos Document; Kairos consciousness; theological education; prophetic theology; prophetic communities.

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