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Boesak, Allan Aubrey was born on February 23, 1946 in Kakamas, Northwest Cape, Republic of South Africa. Son of Willem Andreas and Sarah Helena (Mannel) Boesak.
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While we acknowledge that all expressions of liberation theology are not identical, we must protest very strongly against the false divisions that some make: between black theology in South Africa and black theology in the United States, between black theology and African theology, and between black theology and Latin American liberation theology. But moving away from the illusioned universality of western theology to the contextuality of liberation theology is a risky business; one that cannot be done innocently. In the search for theological and human authenticity in its own situation, black theology does not stand alone. It is but one expression of this search going on within many different contexts. Until now, the Christian church had chosen to move through history with a bland kind of innocence, hiding the painful truths of oppression behind a facade of myths and real or imagined anxieties. This is no longer possible. The oppressed who believe in God, the Father of Jesus Christ, no longer want to believe in the myths created to subjugate them. It is no longer possible to innocently accept history "as it happens" silently hoping that God would take the responsibility for human failure. The theology of liberation spells out this realization. For the Christian church it constitutes, in no uncertain terms, farewell to innocence.
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These essays represent a forceful, relentless engagement with the political, social, economic, and theological pillars upon which South African apartheid rested. In the renewed struggles against global apartheid, Boesak's writings, in their theological grounding and with their social and political challenge, come across as alive, relevant, and powerful as they were in the struggle against South African apartheid, offering valuable insights and lessons for ongoing justice struggles today.
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By the time Comfort and Protest was completed, South Africa was in a declared state of emergency. Within the context of the ongoing struggle in his country, Allan Boesak has written a powerful and urgent commentary on the Book of Revelation. He provides scriptural and historical interpretations, emphasizing that the drama which unfolds in the Apocalypse is played out in history whenever a political ruler claims the allegiance that belongs to God alone. Amid persecution and temptations to despair, Boesak provides a message of hope. He sees that, in the Apocalypse, "John longs passionately for another day, another world. He feels it so keenly that he writes: "That day has come. The church shares this longing, for the tent of God to be among the people. This is what the church has lived and died for, worked and struggled for: justice and humanity and peace and fullness of life"
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Boesak, Allan Aubrey was born on February 23, 1946 in Kakamas, Northwest Cape, Republic of South Africa. Son of Willem Andreas and Sarah Helena (Mannel) Boesak.
Diploma in theology, Theological Seminary University West Cape, Bellville, 1967. Master of Theology, Theological Seminary Reformed Churches, Kampen, The Netherlands, 1974. Doctor of Theology, Theological Seminary Reformed Churches, Kampen, The Netherlands, 1976.
Doctor of Divinity (honorary), Victoria University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1983. Doctor of Divinity (honorary), Yale University, 1984. Doctor of Theology, Geneva University, 1986.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Warwick, Coventry, England, 1989.
Pastor National Guard Sendingkerk Immanuel, Paarl, Republic of South Africa, 1968-1970. Campus minister University Western Cape, Bellville, Republic of South Africa, 1976-1985. Senior pastor National Guard Sendingkerk Bellville, since 1986.
Assessor synod National Guard Sendingkerk (Dutch Reformed Mission Church), 1982-1986, moderator synod, 1986-1990. President World Alliance Reformed Churches, 1982-1989, Association Christian Students in South Africa, 1984-1990, South Africa Council Churches, 1984-1987. Leader African National Congress Western Cape, since 1991.
Founder Foundation for Peace and Justice, Bellville, since 1986.
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(These essays represent a forceful, relentless engagement ...)
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(The Finger of God. Sermons on Faith and Responsibility. F...)
Patron, co-founder United Democratic Front, Republic of South Africa, since 1983. Member Association Christian Students in Southern Africa (president since 1984).
Married Dorothy Rose Martin, June 21, 1969 (divorced). Children: Lieneke, Belèn, Pulane, Allan Junior. Married Elna Botha, 1991.