ABSTRACT
This chapter offers fruits of two important pieces of work by two individuals, whose profiles at the time of writing remain remarkably 'low key'. John Wilkinson and Valentina Alexander are, in many respects, the 'forgotten voices' in the developmental narrative of Black theology in Britain. This chapter explores the reality and nature of liberation within the Churches by assessing the manifested identity against the criteria. These are that for a theology to be defined as liberational it must be contextual; be holistic; engage in social analysis; engage in critical reflection on liberational praxis; and be expressed at popular, pastoral and professional levels of the Church. Liberation Theology uses the terms historical and social analysis interchangeably. The chapter also offers Black students a Black Christian Studies course with the aim of providing opportunity to study theology and prepare for ministry on the explicit basis of Black identities, work collaboratively towards a British Black theology and find mutual support.
