Reading Judges 12:2 in dialogue with Maimela
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Authors
Bookholane, Lehlohonolo
Issue Date
2010
Type
Article
Language
en
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Judges 12:2
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Abstract
The affirmation that human beings are created in the image of
God was once regarded as the inspiration for the struggle
against racial oppression, social class exploitation and gender
domination; but it has since become a most abused theological
statement, devoid of any practical significance. Theoretically, it
is used to give credence to the notion that South Africa is a
Christian country; but in practice the theological spokespersons
of the oppressors appropriate the affirmation exclusively to the
members of their groups; on the other hand, the theological
spokespersons of the oppressed continue to believe in it for as
long as they remain at the receiving end of oppression. So we
are desperately in need of a common anthropology, in which
we celebrate the unity in diversity of the equal human worth of
all human beings.
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Peer reviewed
Citation
Bookholoane, L. 2010,'Reading Judges 12:2 in dialogue with Maimela', Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae, vol. XXXVI, pp. 115-125.
Publisher
Church History Society of Southern Africa
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1017-0499