Khōra table : an attempt at a vulnerable Time-Play-Space for a local practical theological voice seeking global harmonies and offering prophetic discord

dc.contributor.authorMeylahn, Johann-Albrecht
dc.date.accessioned2011-08-19T06:56:35Z
dc.date.available2011-08-19T06:56:35Z
dc.date.issued2011-08
dc.description.abstractThis paper sought to investigate a possible grammar for a practical theological voice. The paper begins by reflecting on the different grammars currently dominating the voice of theology in South Africa and seeking a way beyond such dominating grammars towards a more playful grammar that is acutely aware of the incompletion and thus vulnerability of the play as there are unheard voices still to join it. In an attempt to interpret such a space I have made use of Derrida’s understanding and use of Khōra and brought to this interpretation a specifically Second Testament and kingdom image of the table. The ‘table’ is a place of invitation, celebration, sharing, hospitality and expectation. By bringing these two together, Khōra and table, I sought to describe the space of practical theology, as an open vulnerable grammar, that gives voice to a local theology, which seeks global harmonies and offers prophetic discord in the global dialogue.en
dc.description.urihttp://www.ve.org.zaen_US
dc.identifier.citationMeylahn, J-A., 2011, ‘Khōra table: An attempt at a vulnerable Time-Play- Space for a local practical theological voice seeking global harmonies and offering prophetic discord’, Verbum et Ecclesia 32(1), Art. #499, 4 pages. doi:10.4102/ ve.v32i1.499en
dc.identifier.issn1609-9982
dc.identifier.other10.4102/ ve.v32i1.499
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/17077
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherOpenJournals Publishingen_US
dc.rights© 2011. The Authors. Licensee: OpenJournals Publishing. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.en_US
dc.subjectKhōra tableen
dc.subjectTheological voiceen
dc.subject.lcshGrammar, Comparative and general -- Function wordsen
dc.subject.lcshTheology, Practical -- South Africaen
dc.subject.lcshCommunication -- Religious aspectsen
dc.titleKhōra table : an attempt at a vulnerable Time-Play-Space for a local practical theological voice seeking global harmonies and offering prophetic discorden
dc.typeArticleen

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