Black Theology in the Context of Empire and the Masses as the Bewildered Herd?

Black Theology is a refreshing theological enterprise that seeks to challenge the explicit approval of Apartheid and Colonialism in South Africa. Since its arrival on the South African shores, it has wrestled with a dominant theology that saw no contradictions in suppressing one race over another. This theological enterprise went beyond personalising sin and challenged the structural sins that insisted that Blacks must accept an inferior role in society. Yet, Black theology was not without its challenges; it failed to percolate the Black communities it intended to empower. This paper seeks to highlight some of these challenges but speaks poignantly to a process of hire out the leadership of the masses, which contributed to the de-radicalization of this theological enterprise and prevented it from permeating the very Black communities it was meant to serve.