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  • Essay / The Colorline Essay Outline - 1288

    Yes, unequivocally, there are limits, as there are limits to all things. Xolani Kacela discusses such a limitation in her article Towards a More Liberating Black Liberation Theology. What he proposes is that black liberation theology's inability to name anger constitutes a limitation. He recognizes that anger is present, but it is more “displayed” than actually named. By not actually naming the anger, he argues that it prevents the angry community from being able to "develop appropriate responses for the Black Church." Failure to name anger misses the opportunity to propose viable solutions, it only succeeds in “removing the anger.” Kacela clearly sees the need for black liberation theology, but he thinks it sells itself short by not naming anger and also makes it dangerous. He