Abstract:
This article explores the concept of hybrid epistemology in relation with the author’s
theological teaching of his neighbours from the northern townships of Pretoria and the
students of the University of Pretoria. It is written from the perspective of a black African
mission practitioner who values with equal footing the diverse ways human beings can acquire
knowledge. He longs to see a symbiotic relationship between different epistemologies and be
prioritised in the theological training of Africans. He stresses that the value in authenticity
would allow the diversity of epistemologies to weave together in a symbiotic way. This article
is a case study that reflects on the symbiotic relationship between different epistemologies
using the five human senses as a multi-sensory approach to knowing. It discusses the
experiences with students from InnerCHANGE and the University of Pretoria.
Description:
This research is part of the
research project, ‘Ecodomy:
The church and sustainable
communities’, directed by
Dr Attie van Niekerk,
Department of Science of
Religion and Missiology,
Faculty of Theology and
Religion, University of
Pretoria.
