01/08/2025
Join us for the Womandla Campaign in August Womandla: Power, Not Pampering. Power, Not Platitudes. Womandla is a powerful word that brings together the words woman […]
19/05/2025
Professor Nadar, a renowned scholar and activist, continues her bold work at the intersections of religion, gender, and justice. Drawing powerful connections between the ancient story of Esther and contemporary crises such as the ongoing violence in Gaza, Professor Nadar challenges readers to critically engage with sacred texts and their modern-day political ramifications.
09/05/2025
2025 marks the 40th anniversary of the publishing of the first edition of the South African Kairos Document – a key part of the South African church’s liberation history.
01/10/2024
A QUEER KAIROS DOCUMENT: A CALL TO JUSTICE, TRANSFORMATION, AND LOVE IN SOUTHERN AFRICAN CHURCHES AND BEYOND Background: A Moment of Truth in the Face of […]
30/08/2022
Recognising the multiple factors which shape access to justice such as gender, religion, race and class, the Desmond Tutu Centre for Religion and Social Justice annually convenes a public lecture on the theme of Economies of Violence.
01/10/2021
GATVOL YET HOPEFUL! WOMEN CALL THE ANGLICAN CHURCH OF SOUTHERN AFRICA TO ACTION Preamble Women are gatvol yet hopeful! Southern African, ordained and lay Anglican women […]
30/10/2019
Dr Evelyn L. Parker discussed Research Methodological Concerns about the project, “The Role of Religious Leaders in Preventing and Intervening in Youth Partner Violence”
20/09/2019
As part of the centre’s commitment to interrogating the ways in which religion is involved and implicated in a variety of uneven power relations in society, we consciously work to bridge the gap between academia and civil society in productive and thoughtful ways. To that end, Dr Scharnick-Udemans penned a response to the debate about noise complaints against Zeenatul Islam mosque in Cape Town.
12/08/2019
Conversations and lectures by Dr Nokuzola Mndende, African Traditional Religion expert and practitioner
4-6 August 2019, Cape Town, South Africa