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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Main Author: Manomi, D. I. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: [publisher not identified] [2019]
In: Acta theologica
Year: 2019, Volume: 39, Issue: 2, Pages: 114-129
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Ethics / Virtue / Titus / Africa
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.
ISSN:2309-9089
Contains:Enthalten in: Acta theologica
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.18820/23099089/actat.v39i2.7