Redefining love: Engaging the Johannine and Akan concepts of love through dialogic hermeneutics

Both the Johannine and Akan cultures are described in scholarly literature as collectivistic communities that value love as a communal value. Nonetheless, a scholarly analysis of the Akan concept reveals that Akan proverbial tradition promotes love motivated by the expectation of reciprocation. Thus...

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Main Authors: Godibert K. Gharbin, Ernest Van Eck
Format: Article
Language:Afrikaans
Published: AOSIS 2023-12-01
Series:HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies
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Online Access:https://hts.org.za/index.php/hts/article/view/9275