Towards an African Biblical Virtue Ethics?: Reflections on the Letter to Titus Through a Progressive-negotiated-ethics
African conceptions of virtue, in comparison with the virtue-ethical perspectives of the letter to Titus, have foundational and narrative tensions, yet they are in tandem in some important respects. Consequently, appropriating a virtue ethic that is relevant to African contexts and simultaneously ac...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2019]
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Acta theologica
Year: 2019, Volume: 39, Issue: 2, Pages: 114-129 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Ethics
/ Virtue
/ Titus
/ Africa
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| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament KBN Sub-Saharan Africa NCA Ethics |
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| Summary: | African conceptions of virtue, in comparison with the virtue-ethical perspectives of the letter to Titus, have foundational and narrative tensions, yet they are in tandem in some important respects. Consequently, appropriating a virtue ethic that is relevant to African contexts and simultaneously accountable to the virtue-ethical perspectives of Titus requires the application of a synthetic methodology. Hence, this article newly develops and describes such a methodology as "progressive-negotiated-ethics". In applying this methodology, the article negotiates, imagines and emerges a virtue-ethical horizon that is simultaneously African and biblical, described as "African biblical virtue ethics". Such a third virtue-ethical space, negotiated from the two distinct virtue concepts of African ethics and biblical ethics, takes both the intricacies of biblical ethics and the complexities of African ethics seriously. |
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| ISSN: | 2309-9089 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Acta theologica
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.18820/23099089/actat.v39i2.7 |