Abstract
South African black theology appeared in the end of the sixties of the twentieth century among young black theologians. It reflected the status of black Christians in South Africa.
This article shows the ways South African black theology interpreted the Bible in the time context. The author illustrates it by using several Old Testament examples.
South African black theologians emphasized the engagement, context and particular situation of black South Africans in the apartheid society, rejecting critique of mostly European colleagues. Allan Boesak, Manas Buthelezi, Desmond Tutu and Basel Moore as some of the most significant thinkers described essential ideas of this new theological current in their early essays.
They put stress on such theological approach where the word "liberation" becomes the universal hermeneutical keyword.