Towards a Kairos theology

Abstract

This article proposes that the theology of Moltmann – particularly his reflections on time, eschatology and the Trinity – offers profound resources for reimagining Kairos theology in the present. Moltmann’s theology enables us to think of time not only as a moment of rupture and crises, but as promise and hope, relationality and participation, rhythm and direction, fulfilment and discernment. Time is deeply theological. Read alongside the Kairos Document, Moltmann’s work helps us move from kairos as moment to kairos as grammar.
Contribution: Through a close reading of Moltmann’s major works, this article seeks to demonstrate how his timely theology may extend the legacy of kairos for a new generation of theological reflection and public witness in South Africa.