Theology and development: Taking personal responsibility for community development
This article is part of an international research group, CODE, to address the inadequacies of the dominant community development theories and models. This is an attempt to deal with personal responsibility for development from a theological perspective. The limitations of the modernisation theory an...
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doaj-37c9936abbb14b9c9bb4b21397c2c9462020-11-25T02:12:59ZafrAOSISHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies 0259-94222072-80502019-12-01752e1e710.4102/hts.v75i2.55004628Theology and development: Taking personal responsibility for community developmentJohn S. Klaasen0Department of Religion and Theology, Faculty of Arts, University of the Western Cape, Cape TownThis article is part of an international research group, CODE, to address the inadequacies of the dominant community development theories and models. This is an attempt to deal with personal responsibility for development from a theological perspective. The limitations of the modernisation theory and secular theories such as Sen’s expansion of choices are pointed out as hegemonic or amorphous. Personhood as the root of personal responsibility forms the point of convergence for perceived opposites such as being and doing, individual and community, and receiver and giver. Important themes such as reciprocity, perichoresis, creation and vocation as found in relational theology form the basis of a contribution by theology to community development.https://hts.org.za/index.php/hts/article/view/5500community developmentperichoresispersonhoodcreationtheologyrelational responsibility |
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This article is part of an international research group, CODE, to address the inadequacies of the dominant community development theories and models. This is an attempt to deal with personal responsibility for development from a theological perspective. The limitations of the modernisation theory and secular theories such as Sen’s expansion of choices are pointed out as hegemonic or amorphous. Personhood as the root of personal responsibility forms the point of convergence for perceived opposites such as being and doing, individual and community, and receiver and giver. Important themes such as reciprocity, perichoresis, creation and vocation as found in relational theology form the basis of a contribution by theology to community development. |
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