THEOQUILOMBISM: BLACK THEOLOGY BETWEEN POLITICAL THEOLOGY AND THEOLOGY OF INCULTURATION

Abstract

Critical black thought has long denounced colonialism as the greatest intersubjective fracture in modern history which proved to be the most effective and durable instrument of universal domination. This fracture required the hierarchical classification of humanity, that is, the division between humans and subhumans, between dominated and dominators. In this Manichaean world, people of African origin, their cultures and their spiritualities have been relegated to the primitive, inferior and diabolic. Black theology emerged as a radical protest against this genocidal drive of modernity and defense of the dignity of black life. However, we observe that colonialism persists as coloniality, with an unlimited capacity for updating. This also requires an update of the theoretical and conceptual tools to face contemporary racism. From the dialogue of theology with critical black thought arises theoquilombism, a theological reflection to think black liberation between black political theology and inculturation theology.