{"id":15369,"date":"2025-04-08T09:58:46","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T07:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mission-21.org\/?post_type=veranstaltung&p=15369"},"modified":"2025-08-05T15:06:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T13:06:23","slug":"decolonizing-theology-decolonizing-theology","status":"publish","type":"veranstaltung","link":"https:\/\/www.mission-21.org\/en\/veranstaltung\/theologie-dekolonisieren-decolonising-theology\/","title":{"rendered":"Decolonizing Theology!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Moderation and concept: Christian Weber, Head of Studies Team Education;
Presentations and discussion in English with translation into German<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With Thandi Gamedze<\/strong>, Senior Researcher, Desmond Tutu Centre for Religion and Social Justice, South Africa and Scotty J. Williams<\/strong>, Lead Pastor, American Protestant Church of The Hague, Netherlands<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dr. Thandi Gamedze is a South African educator, theologian, cultural worker and poet, based at the University of the Western Cape\u2019s Desmond Tutu Centre for Religion and Social Justice as a Senior Researcher. Her doctoral research was transdisciplinary, bringing together the worlds of education and theology to better understand the role churches play in both upholding and challenging dominant power relations relating to race, gender and class. Thandi\u2019s interests include black theology, liberation theology, social justice, education and the arts \u2013 particularly poetry. She has broad experience working across multiple sites, including churches, universities, high schools and community organisations.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Rev. Dr. Scotty J. Williams<\/strong> Rev. Dr. Scotty J. Williams is a Presbyterian pastor-theologian from the Louisiana who currently serves as Lead Pastor of the American Protestant Church of Den Haag. Before moving to the Netherlands he served international congregations in his home country and Switzerland, and worked in the Evangelical Reformed Church of Canton St. Gallen. In addition to pastoring he has taught as a guest professor and lecturer at the Universities of Basel, St. Gallen and Z\u00fcrich. Scotty\u2019s interests range from Black American History and Theology to the folklore and art of his people. Yet, his greatest interest is the work of Ulrich Zwingli which inspired his doctoral dissertation: \u201cThe New Reformed Pastor: Zwinglian Wisdom for Modern Ministers\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Christian theology is increasingly criticized for privileging Western ideas and notions of whiteness, thus cementing power imbalances that date back to colonial times. How can the diverse voices that contribute to the church and global Christianity be made audible and visible? How can genuine intercultural exchange be promoted? How can we decolonize theology?<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":15364,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"%%sitetitle%%","_seopress_titles_desc":"Die christliche Theologie wird zunehmend daf\u00fcr kritisiert, dass sie eurozentrisches Gedankengut und Vorstellungen von Weiss-Sein privilegiert und so Machtungleichgewichte zementiert, die aus der Kolonialzeit stammen. Wie k\u00f6nnen die diversen Stimmen, die zum weltweiten Christentum und zur Kirche beitragen, bei uns sicht- und h\u00f6rbar gemacht werden? 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