`And God Became Human': Conversations within the Humanities

Author: Vorster, Johannes N.

Source: Religion and Theology, Volume 12, Numbers 3-4, 2006 , pp. 239-261(23)

Publisher: BRILL

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Abstract:

Relocation implies recontextualisation. If the academic study of religion is to exploit its full potential, it needs to engage in conversation operating with similar terminologies. In this article it is argued that a critical awareness be developed for totalising terminologies; vestiges from a confessional or theological approach, that a sensitivity should be cultivated which could move away from a sui generis attitude. Guidelines for such a conversation are proposed.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/157430106776241196

Publication date: 2006-02-01