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Prophetic witness in weakness

In die Skriflig

 
 
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Title Prophetic witness in weakness
 
Creator Vosloo, Robert
 
Subject theology; ethics Prophetic witness; vulnerability; solidarity; imagination; performativity
Description This article addresses the possible link between prophetic witness and weakness (one can also speak of vulnerability), and expands on reasons why this connection holds much promise for a theological engagement with the question regarding the prophetic role of Christians and churches in the public sphere in South Africa today. With this in mind, the various sections underscore the need for a form of prophetic witness that emphasises respectively prophetic solidarity, prophetic imagination and prophetic performativity. In the process, the article puts forward three statements or theses as invitation for further reflection and conversation, drawing on, among others, the work of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Giorgio Agamben, Emmanuel Katongole and Judith Butler.
 
Publisher AOSIS
 
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Date 2019-02-13
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — textual analysis
Format text/html application/epub+zip application/xml application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/ids.v53i4.2400
 
Source In die Skriflig/In Luce Verbi; Vol 53, No 4 (2019); 6 pages 2305-0853 1018-6441
 
Language eng
 
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https://indieskriflig.org.za/index.php/skriflig/article/view/2400/5496 https://indieskriflig.org.za/index.php/skriflig/article/view/2400/5495 https://indieskriflig.org.za/index.php/skriflig/article/view/2400/5497 https://indieskriflig.org.za/index.php/skriflig/article/view/2400/5494
 
Coverage Southern Africa — —
Rights Copyright (c) 2019 Robert Vosloo https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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