Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: This article offers a concise overview of the eras of the three modernities, namely modernity, postmodernity, and metamodernity, tracing developments from roughly 1500 CE to the present day. Each of these eras includes the term “modernity”, reflecting the continued influence of ideas first shaped in the 16th century, which still persist in the metamodern world. This article invites church historians – particularly those focusing on the African continent – to engage with and apply the diverse tools and insights offered by these historiographical periods. In doing so, they can contribute to the transformation, decolonisation, and Africanisation of the disciplines of Church History and Theology.
Source: Acta Theologica
Author: E. Oliver
Institution: University of South Africa
Language: English
Subfield: History
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $162
OpenAlex ID: W4417278798
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