Discovering and exploring ubuntu -language in the dialogue between the Dutch Reformed Church and the Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa
Discussions with members of the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) and the Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa (URCSA) in Ohrigstad illustrate the possibilities of ubuntu-language in overcoming racism and prejudice. After proposing a number of meanings and values related to ubuntu, this research exp...
| Subtitles: | Ubuntu, sub-edited by Julian C. Müller and Wilhelm van Deventer |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Univ.
[2015]
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Verbum et ecclesia
Year: 2015, Volume: 36, Issue: 2, Pages: 1-8 |
| RelBib Classification: | KBN Sub-Saharan Africa KDD Protestant Church NBE Anthropology VA Philosophy |
| Further subjects: | B
URCSA
B Ubuntu B Dialogue B Language B Dutch Reformed Church |
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| Summary: | Discussions with members of the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) and the Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa (URCSA) in Ohrigstad illustrate the possibilities of ubuntu-language in overcoming racism and prejudice. After proposing a number of meanings and values related to ubuntu, this research explores the role of ubuntu-language - and at times the lack thereof - in the concrete relationship between these two faith communities as an expression of recent South African history. Ubuntu-language seems to offer unique outcomes in this relationship in strengthening identity, unleashing vitality, celebrating diversity, awakening solidarity, revealing humanity, bolstering individualism and enhancing Christianity. |
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| ISSN: | 2074-7705 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Verbum et ecclesia
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.4102/ve.v36i2.1439 |