Dialogus cum Filio soli: Tracing and examining Takatso Mofokeng’s footprints in Black Theology

Abstract

Takatso Mofokeng is a son of the soil and one of the fathers of Black Theology in South Africa. He is one of the towering figures who rub shoulders with the earliest generation of black theologians who had a lived experience of this theology soon after it arrived in South Africa from the USA in the early 1970s. He therefore wrote, spoke and breathed Black Theology throughout his academic journey and beyond. His contribution in this field is therefore momentous. Drawing on existing literature through a qualitative review method, this article therefore unearths and examines his contributions in the field of Black Theology in South Africa. The aim is to locate his legacy by tracing his footprints in Black Theology. The approach to be followed in the structure of this research will outline and examine his Black Theology location and assumptions, as well as unearthing and interrogating his legacy or footprints in the Black Theology of South Africa. Thereafter, the value of his Black Theology praxis in South African socio-political landscape will be reimagined with regard to the present and future implications. A conclusion would be drawn that Mofokeng has left a legacy in the field of Black Theology, which will have a lasting effect in shaping Black Theology debates going into the future.
Intradisciplinary and/or interdisciplinary implications: The study traces and examines the Black Theology footprints of Takatso Mofokeng to locate his legacy regarding current and future implications for this theology. Although located in Church history, his legacy also has interdisciplinary implications for missiology, anthropology, history, and sociology.