Doing theology in multi-world contexts

Doing theology in multi-world contexts

This article seeks to respond to the challenge of doing theology in multi-world contexts, by understanding how these multiple worlds appear. Understanding the role of power in the appearance of these different worlds helps in the deconstruction of dominant worlds, but it leaves one with relativism,...

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Main Author: Johann-Albrecht Meylahn
Format: Article
Language:Afrikaans
Published: AOSIS 2017-07-01
Series:HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies
Subjects:
Multicultural
Derrida
Laruelle
Christo-Fiction
Online Access:https://hts.org.za/index.php/hts/article/view/3839
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spelling doaj-f1ceaecba09b486da022d56515bbe7e72020-11-24T22:21:31ZafrAOSISHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies 0259-94222072-80502017-07-01732e1e1010.4102/hts.v73i2.38393858Doing theology in multi-world contextsJohann-Albrecht Meylahn0Department Practical Theology, Faculty of Theology, University of PretoriaThis article seeks to respond to the challenge of doing theology in multi-world contexts, by understanding how these multiple worlds appear. Understanding the role of power in the appearance of these different worlds helps in the deconstruction of dominant worlds, but it leaves one with relativism, and consequently apathy. The article presents a Christo-fiction as a praxis of doing theology in multi-worlds as a way beyond such relativism.https://hts.org.za/index.php/hts/article/view/3839MulticulturalDerridaLaruelleChristo-Fiction
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Multicultural
Derrida
Laruelle
Christo-Fiction
author_facet Johann-Albrecht Meylahn
author_sort Johann-Albrecht Meylahn
title Doing theology in multi-world contexts
title_short Doing theology in multi-world contexts
title_full Doing theology in multi-world contexts
title_fullStr Doing theology in multi-world contexts
title_full_unstemmed Doing theology in multi-world contexts
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publisher AOSIS
series HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies
issn 0259-9422
2072-8050
publishDate 2017-07-01
description This article seeks to respond to the challenge of doing theology in multi-world contexts, by understanding how these multiple worlds appear. Understanding the role of power in the appearance of these different worlds helps in the deconstruction of dominant worlds, but it leaves one with relativism, and consequently apathy. The article presents a Christo-fiction as a praxis of doing theology in multi-worlds as a way beyond such relativism.
topic Multicultural
Derrida
Laruelle
Christo-Fiction
url https://hts.org.za/index.php/hts/article/view/3839
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