The Porous Self and the Buffered Self

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" The Porous Self and the Buffered Self "
Anthony Oswald Balcomb

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1083055
Doc. No	:	LA126684
Call No	:	‭10.1163/15743012-02603007‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Anthony Oswald Balcomb
Title & Author	:	The Porous Self and the Buffered Self [Article]\ Anthony Oswald Balcomb
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Religion and Theology
Date	:	2019
Volume/ Issue Number	:	26/3-4
Page No	:	233–254
Abstract	:	Taylor’s typology of the porous and the buffered self are central to his thesis on secularisation in the Western world. The porous self is a characteristic of the enchanted world and the buffered self of the disenchanted world. He differentiates between these characterisations in terms of particular themes such as meaning, agency, boundaries, vulnerability, individual vs. society, and belief. Applying these characterisations to the African context using particular case studies reveals that the porous self continues to feature in the contemporary African context. This raises the question of the kinds of theologies that are commensurate with them and how they are manifest in the African context. Taylor’s typology of the porous and the buffered self are central to his thesis on secularisation in the Western world. The porous self is a characteristic of the enchanted world and the buffered self of the disenchanted world. He differentiates between these characterisations in terms of particular themes such as meaning, agency, boundaries, vulnerability, individual vs. society, and belief. Applying these characterisations to the African context using particular case studies reveals that the porous self continues to feature in the contemporary African context. This raises the question of the kinds of theologies that are commensurate with them and how they are manifest in the African context.
Descriptor	:	buffered self
Descriptor	:	disenchanted world
Descriptor	:	enchanted world
Descriptor	:	porous self
Descriptor	:	theological manifestations
Descriptor	:	vulnerability
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/15743012-02603007‬