Ubuntu is homeless: An urban theological reflection
This article is reading ubuntu in the light of homelessness in the cities and towns of South Africa. It suggests that ubuntu itself is homeless and displaced as a way of being human together. Instead of the mediation of dignity and justice through an ubuntu-solidarity, street homeless people and oth...
| Autres titres: | Ubuntu, sub-edited by Julian C. Müller and Wilhelm van Deventer |
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Univ.
[2015]
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Verbum et ecclesia
Année: 2015, Volume: 36, Numéro: 2, Pages: 1-12 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Ubuntu (Philosophie)
/ Afrique
/ Théologie
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| RelBib Classification: | CA Christianisme CH Christianisme et société KBN Afrique subsaharienne NBE Anthropologie VA Philosophie |
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| Résumé: | This article is reading ubuntu in the light of homelessness in the cities and towns of South Africa. It suggests that ubuntu itself is homeless and displaced as a way of being human together. Instead of the mediation of dignity and justice through an ubuntu-solidarity, street homeless people and others living vulnerably and in precarious circumstances are violated and excluded through a displacement of ubuntu-values. It also suggests a growing disconnect between the philosophy of ubuntu and its actual embodiment in the local urban political economy, local faith communities and local universities. Acknowledging the aspirational edge of ubuntu, the article then concludes to envision going beyond mere abstractions in the said spheres - the political economy, faith communities and local universities - in order to seek for concrete expressions of ubuntu-solidarity, asserting and mediating respect, dignity and justice. |
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| ISSN: | 2074-7705 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Verbum et ecclesia
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.4102/ve.v36i2.1471 |