Theo Witvliet

Theo Witvliet (* 1939 ) is a Dutch theologian , journalist and author .

Career

Witvliet studied Protestant theology at the universities of Amsterdam and Strasbourg . He then obtained a doctorate in theology. After working as a radio journalist for the ecumenical broadcaster IKON for a few years , he became a lecturer in 1977, later professor of ecumenical theology at the University of Amsterdam. He has now retired.

In his courses and academic publications, Witvliet specialized in topics such as black theology in the USA and the liberation theologies of the Third World . His thinking is - closely related to the Amsterdam School of Theology - influenced by Karl Barth and the structural Marxism of Louis Althusser .

Fonts (selection)

• Het onmogelijke narrow? Werkboek rond Puebla, de derde algemene vergadering van het latijns-amerikaanse episcopaat. Amersfoort 1979 (Workbook for the 3rd General Conference of CELAM in Puebla 1979).
• A plaats onder de zone. Bevrijdingstheologie in de derde wereld. Ten Have 1984.
  • Liberation Theology in the Third World. An introduction. From the Dutch by Hans-Jürgen Brandt. EB-Verlag Rissen, Hamburg 1986, ISBN 3-923002-23-8 .
• De weg van de Zwarte Messiah. De hermeneutische uitdaging van Zwarte theologie als een theologie van bevrijding. Ten Have 1984.

literature

• Dick Boer et al. a. (Ed.): “Freedom! Oh Freedom! ”Festschrift for Theo Witvliet. Zoetermeer 2000.

Individual evidence

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