The universal imperial power of the Christian Text and yet the vulnerability of its message

dc.contributor.authorMeylahn, Johann-Albrecht
dc.contributor.emailjohann.meylahn@up.ac.zaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-18T06:21:38Z
dc.date.available2017-08-18T06:21:38Z
dc.date.issued2017-04-21
dc.descriptionThis research is part of the project, ‘Towards a practical postfoundational theology as public theology in response to the challenges of lived religion in contemporary Southern Africa’, directed by Prof. Dr Johann Meylahn, Department Practical Theology, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, South Africa.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractIs there anything outside the Christian Text or is the Christian Text all there is? The article will argue that the Christian Text has formed and shaped Western thinking to such an extent that it is impossible to think in the global world, co-created by various Western texts, without Christianity. The fact that the West colonised the world, and that today the Western media dominates the language of the global village, makes it nearly impossible to think outside the Christian Text and thus the universal domination by the Text. This article will first argue that for the Western-influenced world, there is nothing beyond the Christian Texts, and then it will argue that although this Text has universal (global) dominance, there is an interpretation of its central message as a message of weakness and vulnerability, which challenges (deconstructs) its imperialism. This leads towards the question: what is a possible praxis of such a universal and ‘imperial’ Text with its message of vulnerable weakness, specifically from a post-colonial context like South Africa?en_ZA
dc.description.departmentPractical Theologyen_ZA
dc.description.librarianam2017en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorshipThe Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship for experienced researchers, 2014-2016.en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.hts.org.zaen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMeylahn, J.-A., 2017, ‘The universal imperial power of the Christian Text and yet the vulnerability of its message’, HTS Teologiese Studies/ Theological Studies 73(4), a3857. https://doi. org/10.4102/hts.v73i4.3857.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0259-9422 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2072-8050 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.4102/hts.v73i4.3857
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/61714
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherAOSIS Open Journalsen_ZA
dc.rights© 2017. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS OpenJournals. This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.en_ZA
dc.subjectChristian Texten_ZA
dc.subjectWestern thinkingen_ZA
dc.subjectChristianityen_ZA
dc.subjectPoweren_ZA
dc.subjectDecolonial thoughten_ZA
dc.subjectSouth Africa (SA)en_ZA
dc.titleThe universal imperial power of the Christian Text and yet the vulnerability of its messageen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

Files

Original bundle

Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Loading...
Thumbnail Image
Name:
Meylahn_Universal_2017.pdf
Size:
1.62 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Article

License bundle

Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Loading...
Thumbnail Image
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.75 KB
Format:
Item-specific license agreed upon to submission
Description: