Allan Boesak

Allan Boesak was a South African politician, writer and theologian (born 1946). He was born at Kakamas.

Also recorded as Allan Aubrey Boesak.

Allan Boesak in brief

Born
1946
Known for
politician, writer and theologian
Place of birth
Kakamas
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Identity and origins

The authorities additionally record the heading Allan Aubrey Boesak. His recorded language was English. His recorded confession was Protestantism.

Catalogued works

10 works under this name are catalogued by Open Library and Wellcome Collection.

Ein Fingerzeig Gottes. Black theology, black power. The tenderness of conscience. Globalisation. Festschrift in honour of Allan Boesak. Children of the waters of Meribah. Prophet from the South. Selfless revolutionaries. Dare we speak of hope? Papers re Council of the Baptist Union of Great Britain and Ireland policy on South Africa and apartheid, including booklet ‘Never the Chameleon’ about Allan Boesak, published by The Good News Press Ltd., dated 1985, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

11 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Boesak, Allan, African American Studies Center, 2011. Allan Boesak, Letters to a Young Theologian, 2022. Revisiting democracy “after” Allan Boesak?, Acta Theologica, 2025. Allan Boesak, Third World Quarterly, 1985. Die Schwarze Theologie von Allan Boesak – mit besonderem Hinweis auf seine Anthropologie, HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2003. The Making of Allan Aubrey Boesak: Theologian and Political Activist, Missionalia: Southern African Journal of Missiology, 2017. The Life and Work of the anti-apartheid movement within the Church of Scotland from 1975 to 1985, HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2018. P. Dibeela, P. Lenka-Bula & V. Vellem (Eds.), Prophet from the South: Essays in honour of Allan Aubrey Boesak, Acta Theologica, 2015. Allan Boesak: innocence and the struggle for humanity, Acta Theologica, 2016. CHRISTIANITY AND SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION IN POST-APARTHEID SOUTH AFRICA:, Acta Theologica, 2019. CONTEMPLATING ALLAN BOESAK’S FASCINATION WITH PREACHING “TRUTH TO POWER”, Acta Theologica, 2017.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 14 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 15 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1946Allan Boesak born at Kakamas.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Allan Boesak, Letters to a Young Theologian, 2022

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    Allan Boesak, Third World Quarterly, 1985

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    Boesak, Allan, African American Studies Center, 2011

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  4. 4.

    Open Library author record for Allan Boesak (Internet Archive), 9 catalogued works.

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    Directory of Open Access Journals lists 9 articles naming Allan Boesak.

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    Semantic Scholar corpus, 8 publications naming Allan Boesak.

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    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 1 work naming Allan Boesak.

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  8. 8.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q726349: Allan Boesak

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  9. 9.

    “Allan Boesak”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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