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Book Launch - Living Black Theology: Decolonizing Knowledge
Join us as we welcome Professor Anthony G. Reddie for a special presentation of his thought-provoking new book, Living Black Theology: Decolonizing Knowledge. Professor Reddie will take us on a journey through the liberationist and postcolonial articulation of Black theology, addressing the historic legacies of slavery and colonialism while confronting the realities of systemic racism today. This event offers a unique opportunity to engage with one of the leading voices in Black theology, ending with an interactive Q&A.
Book Description:
Living Black Theology is a constructive theological appraisal for a radical mode of socio-political engagement that both acknowledges and speaks to the current cultural and intellectual contestations with which many societies are wrestling. This book offers a liberationist and postcolonial articulation of Black theology that addresses the historic legacy of slavery and colonialism. It creates a dynamic, interdisciplinary critique of the underlying constructs and social forces that have led to a world of endemic, systemic racism. It provides a unique and innovative approach to these contested legacies, by means of historical research, theological reflection, and cultural analysis. Drawing on James Cone’s outstanding final memoir, Said I Wasn’t Gonna Tell Nobody, which states that all scholarly theological work is some form of autobiography, this text argues for a process of decolonising intellectual knowledge, based on contextual narratives. In this text, the author demonstrates how the development of a Participative approach to Black theology is that one that can offer us creative ways of impacting on the lived experience and intellectual and emotional formation of students and scholars alike. This text is a sequel to the author’s landmark book Theologising Brexit. Like it, this book offers a Black liberation theology approach to interpreting the past, in order that we rethink the present and ultimately create a better future for all those who are presently crucified on contemporary crosses shaped by systemic racism. This is the first book written for Oxford University press by the first Professor of Black Theology in the history of the University of Oxford.
About the Author:
Professor Anthony Reddie’s scholarship in Black theology has been informed by his doctorate in Education and Practical Theology, undertaken at the University of Birmingham with Professor John Hull. His consistent research interest has been the interface between Black Theology and decolonial/transformative education as a means of conscientization and empowerment. He is the author of numerous books, articles, and book chapters. His more recent books include Theologising Brexit: A Liberationist and Postcolonial Critique (Routledge, 2010), the republished Is God Colour-Blind? Insights from Black Theology for Christian Faith and Ministry (SPCK, 2020) and Intercultural Preaching [co-edited with Seidel Abel Boargenes and Pamela Searle], (Regent’s Park College, 2021). Professor Reddie is an A rated, Leading International Researcher with the South African National Research Foundation (NRF), who is also a recipient of the Archbishop of Canterbury’s 2020 Lanfranc Award for ‘exceptional and sustained contribution to Black theology In Britain and beyond.’
Date:
7 November 2025, 13:00
Venue:
Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, Seminar Room 00.063, Ground Floor
Speaker:
Professor Anthony Reddie (University of Oxford)
Organising department:
The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH)
Organiser:
Marielle Masolo (University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address:
raceandresistance@torch.ox.ac.uk
Part of:
Race & Resistance
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Members of the University only
Editor:
Marielle Masolo
