Beyond Anthropocentricity – Botho/Ubuntu and the Quest for Economic and Ecological Justice in Africa - مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Beyond Anthropocentricity – Botho/Ubuntu and the Quest for Economic and Ecological Justice in Africa "
Puleng LenkaBula

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1082800
Doc. No	:	LA126429
Call No	:	‭10.1163/157430108X376591‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Puleng LenkaBula
Title & Author	:	Beyond Anthropocentricity – Botho/Ubuntu and the Quest for Economic and Ecological Justice in Africa [Article]\ Puleng LenkaBula
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Religion and Theology
Date	:	2008
Volume/ Issue Number	:	15/3-4
Page No	:	375–394
Abstract	:	This essay suggests that the anthropocentric interpretations of the concept of botho/ubuntu in African intellectual scholarship, whether religious, theological and social sciences, limit the potential of botho/ ubuntu in the quest for the fullness of life, and the affirmation of the integrity of creation, wholeness and wellbeing. The essay suggests therefore that when the expanded and creative interpretation of botho which acknowledges its socio-economic, political, and ecological scope or horizon is utilised, it has the potential to become a resource, principle and norm for overcoming ecological degradation and economic injustices in the world today. The essay thus posits botho/ubuntu as a vibrant, vital and ecologically and economically viable principle and norm for the wellbeing of humanity and of the integrity of creation.
Descriptor	:	BOTHO
Descriptor	:	ECOLOGY
Descriptor	:	General
Descriptor	:	History of Religion
Descriptor	:	INTEGRITY OF CREATION
Descriptor	:	Religion Society
Descriptor	:	Religious Studies
Descriptor	:	Social Sciences
Descriptor	:	SOCIO-ECONOMIC JUSTICE
Descriptor	:	Theology and World Christianity
Descriptor	:	UBUNTU
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/157430108X376591‬