Christological Foundations for Political Participation: Women in the Global South Building Agency as Risen Beings
This paper draws upon the theologies of Jon Sobrino and Engelbert Mveng to construct a social ethics of participation for those who have been marginalized by corrupt political and economic institutions, focusing on the agency of women in Sub-Sahara Africa. In light of the philosophy of political par...
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| Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
[2017]
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Political theology
Year: 2017, Volume: 18, Issue: 5, Pages: 399-422 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Sobrino, Jon 1938-
/ Mveng, Engelbert 1930-1995
/ Liberation theology
/ Africa
/ Political action
/ Woman
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| IxTheo Classification: | CG Christianity and Politics FD Contextual theology KBN Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Further subjects: | B
Political Participation
B women victims B risen beings B come down from the cross B anthropological poverty |
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| Summary: | This paper draws upon the theologies of Jon Sobrino and Engelbert Mveng to construct a social ethics of participation for those who have been marginalized by corrupt political and economic institutions, focusing on the agency of women in Sub-Sahara Africa. In light of the philosophy of political participation in developing countries, I examine Sobrino's insights that the victims of the evil of this world have to live as risen beings, I consider the African Theologian Engelbert Mveng's concept of anthropological pauperization, and argue that it makes a difference to consider historical events that influence the contexts in which we view the victims. I also argue that both Sobrino and Mveng provide foundations for political participation of the victims, but there is a need to reinforce the agency of the victims, and their own ability to come down from the cross and live as risen beings. Such agency suggests the need for reinforcing the political participation of the victims. Finally, I supplement Mveng's thoughts with the cultural features of the African philosophy of Ubuntu — related to African Humanism — to show that Ubuntu, as well as Mveng, reinforce Sobrino's claims. |
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| Item Description: | Das Heft ist als Doppelheft erschienen: "Volume 18 Numbers 5-6 August-September 2017" |
| ISSN: | 1462-317X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Political theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/1462317X.2016.1195592 |