African relational ontology, individual identity, and Christian theology : an African theological contribution towards an integrated relational ontological identity
Date
2010-08
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Sage
Abstract
African theology has a great deal to contribute to the theological discourse
on human identity. Relationships are central to the formation, expression
and understanding of who an individual person is. The African philosophy
of ubuntu, more accurately expressed as umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu
(a person is a person through other persons), affirms the critical under -
standing that identity arises out of intersubjective interactions between
persons. This paper discusses how concepts of identity in African
philosophy and religion can enhance our theological understanding of
individual identity. Hence this research presents an African theological
approach to identity that is systematized in relation to the doctrine of
God, the doctrine of Christian anthropology and the doctrine of salvation.
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CITATION: Forster, D. A. 2010. African relational ontology, individual identity, and Christian theology : an African theological contribution towards an integrated relational ontological identity. Theology, 113(874):243-253.
The original publication is available at https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/afr/journal/theology
The original publication is available at https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/afr/journal/theology
Keywords
Theology, Doctrinal -- Africa, Theology -- Africa
Citation
Forster, D. A. 2010. African relational ontology, individual identity, and Christian theology : an African theological contribution towards an integrated relational ontological identity. Theology, 113(874):243-253.