Ecumenical ecclesiology in the African context: towards a view of the church as Ubuntu

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dc.contributor.authorSakupapa, Teddy C.
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-29T09:42:19Z
dc.date.available2019-10-29T09:42:19Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractThis purpose of this essay is to provide an overview of approaches to ecclesiology in the African context with specific reference to various institutional expressions of the ecumenical movement. While wider ecumenical ecclesiological debates have pondered on the distinctive nature of the church, African contributions have focused on the embeddedness of the church in the African context with its evolving cultures and social context. Decrying the split between what the church is (read: ecclesiology) and what it does (read: ethics) as a false dichotomy within the African context, I will argue for a critical appropriation of the sub-Saharan African nondualistic notion of ubuntu as apposite for articulating an ecumenical ecclesiology within the African context. This is buttressed by the connotations of communality, communion and interrelatedness that ubuntu carries in addition to its resonance with other concepts in African thought, such as vital participation and vital force.en_US
dc.identifier.citationSakupapa, Teddy C. (2018). Ecumenical ecclesiology in the African context: towards a view of the church as Ubuntu. Scriptura, 117, 1-15. https://dx.doi.org/10.7833/117-1-1384en_US
dc.identifier.issn2305-445X
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.7833/117-1-1384
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10566/5067
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherStellenbosch Universityen_US
dc.subjectDiakoniaen_US
dc.subjectAfrican theologyen_US
dc.subjectAfrican ecclesiologyen_US
dc.subjectUbuntuen_US
dc.subjectTrinityen_US
dc.titleEcumenical ecclesiology in the African context: towards a view of the church as Ubuntuen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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