Who Is My Neighbour?: A Moral Reflection on Human Dignity and Xenophobia
Xenophobic attitudes towards migrants and refugees reflect a sentiment which rejects strangers as the Other. In response to Pope Francis' appeal to educate conscience and using the normative and pragmatic tasks of Osmer's framework of Practical Theology as a basis, this paper aims to outli...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
2022
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International journal of practical theology
Year: 2022, Volume: 26, Issue: 2, Pages: 240-257 |
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Human Dignity
B Sensibilisierung B kritische Vernunft B Metacognition B Critical Reflection B Human dignity B Conscientisation B Xenophobia |
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| Summary: | Xenophobic attitudes towards migrants and refugees reflect a sentiment which rejects strangers as the Other. In response to Pope Francis' appeal to educate conscience and using the normative and pragmatic tasks of Osmer's framework of Practical Theology as a basis, this paper aims to outline the construct of human dignity as found in three dominant moral views in Africa, viz., Christianity, Islam and Ubuntu. Furthermore it investigates the use of the metacognitive strategy of critical reflection to effect a recognition of a shared core humanity and explores the translation of conscious awareness to praxis as envisaged by Paulo Freire in conscientisation. Dieser Aufsatz erörtert den Gedanken der Menschenwürde aus drei Perspektiven, die im afrikanischen Kontext dominant sind, namentlich Christentum, Islam und Ubuntu. Die Autor*innen setzen u. a. die praktisch-theologische Methodologie Richard Osmers ein, um diese unterschiedlichen Konzeptionen von Menschenwürde zu xenophoben Haltungen in Beziehung zu setzen und Wege zu deren Abbau bzw. Vorbeugung zu beschreiben. |
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| ISSN: | 1612-9768 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: International journal of practical theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/ijpt-2021-0050 |