From dependence to interdependence: Towards a practical theology of disability
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies
| Field | Value | |
| Title | From dependence to interdependence: Towards a practical theology of disability | |
| Creator | Leshota, Paul | |
| Description | Disability has remained on the fringes of research in Africa in general and Southern Africa in particular, especially in the field of theology. Its glaring absence constitutes an indictment against both church and society, revealing in the process both the church’s and society’s penchant for a dependence paradigm which has been the paradigm with respect to issues of disabilities and people with disabilities. Using the participatory method with its proclivity for bringing to the fore the voice of the ‘other’ and the marginalised, both the dependence and independence paradigms within the context of disability are put under scrutiny. In the process and through the voice of people with disabilities, the practical theological paradigm of interdependence emerges as the most appropriate and friendliest one, as it resonates with both the New Testament notion of koinonia through love and the African notion of botho through interconnection. The practical theology of holding each other in arms resonates with the theology of embrace that has been popularised by Volf within the context of much hatred and alienation. All these different dimensions of the theology of interdependence become the bedrock for inclusive and respectful treatment of each other irrespective of race, gender, | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2015-07-14 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/hts.v71i2.2680 | |
| Source | HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies; Vol 71, No 2 (2015); 7 pages 2072-8050 0259-9422 | |
| Language | eng | |
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https://hts.org.za/index.php/hts/article/view/2680/5986
https://hts.org.za/index.php/hts/article/view/2680/5987
https://hts.org.za/index.php/hts/article/view/2680/5988
https://hts.org.za/index.php/hts/article/view/2680/5818
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