Abstract:
The author asks whether the notion of ubuntu truly exists within contemporary South
African society and how the experiencing of South Africans’ embodiment can be connected
to ubuntu – especially amongst black people. The notion of ubuntu is briefly explored within
law and theology. The author has recently proposed a model for a contemporary theological
anthropology as ‘embodied sensing’ which functions within the intimate relationship of the
lived body, experiencing in a concrete life-world, language, and the ‘more than’. It is from this
perspective that the notion of ubuntu is explored.
Description:
This article resulted from
research done for my PhD
thesis, ‘Theology in the flesh:
Exploring the corporeal turn
from a southern African
perspective’. This joint
degree was awarded by
the University of Pretoria
and the Vrije Universiteit,
Amsterdam, with
Prof. Dr J.C. Müller and
Prof. Dr E.A.J.G. van der
Borght as supervisors.
