Vital force as a triangulated concept of nature and s(S)pirit
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Nalwamba, Kuzipa M.B.
Buitendag, Johan
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AOSIS Open Journals
Abstract
This article explores and seeks to appropriate theologically the African notion of vital force as a
relational, non-reductionist ecological concept that would enrich the Christian doctrine of
pneumatheology. The understanding that relational and pneumatological categories are viable
within the theology–science dialogue is the broader framework within which this article is
conceived. The relationship between natural theology and revelation provides an epistemological
standpoint that does not divorce Spirit and reality.
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Dr Kuzipa M.B. Nalwamba is
participating in the research
project, ‘Theology of Nature’,
directed by Prof. Dr Johan
Buitendag, Department
Dogmatics and Christian
Ethics, Faculty of Theology,
University of Pretoria.
This article is a reworked version of aspects from the PhD thesis of Kuzipa M.B. Nalwamba, titled ‘Vital Force as a Triangulated Concept of Nature and s(S)pirit’, in the Department of Dogmatics and Christian Ethics, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria with Prof Johan Buitendag as supervisor. (http://hdl.handle.net/2263/61197)
This article is a reworked version of aspects from the PhD thesis of Kuzipa M.B. Nalwamba, titled ‘Vital Force as a Triangulated Concept of Nature and s(S)pirit’, in the Department of Dogmatics and Christian Ethics, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria with Prof Johan Buitendag as supervisor. (http://hdl.handle.net/2263/61197)
Keywords
Christian doctrine, Pneumatheology, Spirit, Reality, Cosmic Spirit, Force-fields, Pneuma-theology, Triangulation, Vital force
Sustainable Development Goals
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Nalwamba, K.M.B. & Buitendag, J., 2017, ‘Vital force as a triangulated concept of nature and s(S)pirit’, HTS
Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies 73(3), 4506. https://DOI.org/ 10.4102/hts.v73i3.4506.