The Porous Self and the Buffered Self: The Relevance of Charles Taylor's Characterisations for the African Context
Taylor's typology of the porous and the buffered self are central to his thesis on secularisation in the Western world. The porous self is a characteristic of the enchanted world and the buffered self of the disenchanted world. He differentiates between these characterisations in terms of parti...
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| Τύπος μέσου: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Άρθρο |
| Γλώσσα: | Αγγλικά |
| Έλεγχος διαθεσιμότητας: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Έκδοση: |
[2019]
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| Στο/Στη: |
Religion & theology
Έτος: 2019, Τόμος: 26, Τεύχος: 3/4, Σελίδες: 233-254 |
| Τυποποιημένες (ακολουθίες) λέξεων-κλειδιών: | B
Taylor, Charles 1931-, A secular age
/ Εκκοσμίκευση (μοτίβο)
/ Άτομο (μοτίβο)
/ Ernüchterung
/ Αφρικανική θεολογία
/ Μαγική σκέψη
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| Σημειογραφίες IxTheo: | AB Φιλοσοφία της θρησκείας, Κριτική της θρησκείας, Αθεϊσμός AD Κοινωνιολογία της θρησκείας, Πολιτική της θρησκείας ΚΒΝ Υποσαχάρια Αφρική |
| Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά: | B
disenchanted world
B theological manifestations B porous self B enchanted world B Vulnerability B buffered self |
| Διαθέσιμο Online: |
Volltext (Resolving-System) Volltext (doi) |
| Σύνοψη: | Taylor's typology of the porous and the buffered self are central to his thesis on secularisation in the Western world. The porous self is a characteristic of the enchanted world and the buffered self of the disenchanted world. He differentiates between these characterisations in terms of particular themes such as meaning, agency, boundaries, vulnerability, individual vs. society, and belief. Applying these characterisations to the African context using particular case studies reveals that the porous self continues to feature in the contemporary African context. This raises the question of the kinds of theologies that are commensurate with them and how they are manifest in the African context. |
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| ISSN: | 1574-3012 |
| Περιλαμβάνει: | Enthalten in: Religion & theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15743012-02603007 |
