An IASH Work-in-Progress seminar, delivered by Dr CL Nash (CTPI Duncan Forrester Fellow 2021-22, University of Leeds)
The Decolonised God: Black Epistemic Challenges to White Jesus
From Nat Turner’s Slave Revolt (U.S.) to the “Mau Mau” Revolt of Kenya, Black radical religious movements have been used to facilitate social justice, often leveraging physical violence to achieve ultimate victory. At the heart of this work is the religious knowledge production (epistemology) of African descended people, both in terms of original concepts of God but also the epistemological response to the colonial rule exacted by Europeans. When the Christian God is a coloniser, then movements for equality and dignity will appear antithetical to Christian mores. This work identifies Black radical religious movements as a means toward a more inclusive religious epistemology.
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