Appreciating the image of God in all humanity: Towards a pastoral response to skin lightening as image enhancement to exit dark skin
In die Skriflig
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Appreciating the image of God in all humanity: Towards a pastoral response to skin lightening as image enhancement to exit dark skin | |
| Creator | Tenai, Noah K. | |
| Description | The practice of skin lightening is prevalent amongst dark-skinned people globally. Various current studies that map this practice and that seek motivations behind the practice are examined. It is observed that through shrewd marketing, dark-skinned people are offered a promise of a better quality of life, obtained by a lighter skin, through the use of skin lighteners. In spite of the severe health risks involved, the promise is ostensibly irresistible to some dark-skinned persons. A pastoral response is offered that affirms the full personhood and complete humanity of dark-skinned people as fully human and whole in their dark skins.Keywords: Skin lightening, Dark skin, Image of God | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2016-05-09 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/ids.v50i1.1989 | |
| Source | In die Skriflig/In Luce Verbi; Vol 50, No 1 (2016); 8 pages 2305-0853 1018-6441 | |
| Language | eng | |
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https://indieskriflig.org.za/index.php/skriflig/article/view/1989/3676
https://indieskriflig.org.za/index.php/skriflig/article/view/1989/3677
https://indieskriflig.org.za/index.php/skriflig/article/view/1989/3612
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