Overcoming modernity’s individualism : becoming a community of peace in the face of violence

dc.contributor.authorSuderman, Andrew G.
dc.date.accessioned2012-01-30T06:59:01Z
dc.date.available2012-01-30T06:59:01Z
dc.date.issued2011-11-16
dc.descriptionThis article was prepared for the ‘Violence in the Democratic South Africa: A Challenge to Theology and the Churches’ Conference, held by the Centre for Public Theology, University of Pretoria, South Africa. Andrew Suderman is a research associate in the Department Dogmatics and Christian Ethics at the University of Pretoria, South Africa.en_US
dc.description.abstractModernity’s understanding of the primacy of the individual represents a significant challenge to a holistic understanding of the vocation of the church. Furthermore, individualism, that is the understanding of oneself as separate and apart from others, is often the foundation for violence against the other as the interconnectivity, and therefore the dependence and vulnerability inherent within a relationship, is lost. When the church is relegated to serve individuals as private and individualised belief systems, it is banished to a cold, dark cell of isolation. In order to respond to violence, the church needs to create communities that restore and reconcile relationships, thus embodying peace.en
dc.description.librariannf2012en
dc.description.urihttp://www.ve.org.zaen_US
dc.identifier.citationSuderman, A.G., 2011, ‘Overcoming modernity’s individualism: Becoming a community of peace in the face of violence’, Verbum et Ecclesia 32(2), Art. #507, 7 pages. http://dx.DOI. org/10.4102/ve.v32i2.507en
dc.identifier.issn1609-9982
dc.identifier.other10.4102/ve.v32i2.507
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/17921
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherOpenJournals Publishingen_US
dc.rights© 2011. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS OpenJournals. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.en
dc.subject.lcshIndividualism -- Religious aspectsen
dc.subject.lcshViolence -- Religious aspectsen
dc.subject.lcshCivilization, Modern -- 21st centuryen
dc.subject.lcshMission of the churchen
dc.subject.lcshChurch and the worlden
dc.subject.lcshPeace -- Religious aspectsen
dc.titleOvercoming modernity’s individualism : becoming a community of peace in the face of violenceen
dc.typeArticleen

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