<i>Ubuntu</i> and the body: A perspective from theological anthropology as embodied sensing
<p>The author asks whether the notion of <em>ubuntu</em> truly exists within contemporary South African society and how the experiencing of South Africans� embodiment can be connected to <em>ubuntu</em> � especially amongst black people. The notion of <em>ubuntu&l...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Afrikaans |
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AOSIS
2015-06-01
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| Series: | Verbum et Ecclesia |
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| Online Access: | http://verbumetecclesia.org.za/index.php/VE/article/view/1423 |
| Summary: | <p>The author asks whether the notion of <em>ubuntu</em> truly exists within contemporary South African society and how the experiencing of South Africans� embodiment can be connected to <em>ubuntu</em> � especially amongst black people. The notion of <em>ubuntu</em> is briefly explored within law and theology. The author has recently proposed a model for a contemporary theological anthropology as �embodied sensing� which functions within the intimate relationship of the lived body, experiencing in a concrete life-world, language, and the �more than�. It is from this perspective that the notion of <em>ubuntu</em> is explored.</p> |
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| ISSN: | 1609-9982 2074-7705 |