- Title
- The end of essentialist gods and Ubuntu: a feminist critical investigation
- Creator
- Mzondi, A. M. M, Viviers, H
- Subject
- Feminist theology - Africa, Ubuntu (Philosophy)
- Date
- 2016
- Type
- Article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10210/92258
- Identifier
- uj:20207
- Identifier
- Citation: Mzondi, A.M.M & Viviers, H. 2016. The end of essentialist gods and Ubuntu : a feminist critical investigation.
- Description
- Abstract:The focus on god and Ubuntu constructs affirms the fact that people are natural social constructivists involved in a continuous process of conceptualising ideas that give meaning to their contexts. The juxtaposing of these two constructs extends what is known of new god ideas to that of Ubuntu or African ‘humanness.’ Whereas ideology criticism served as the broad overarching hermeneutical tool for this study, feminism was used as the specific interpretative framework to critically scrutinise mostly patriarchally biased conceptualisations of god and Ubuntu. In contrast to Western feminism, African womanism, with its emphasis on African Motherhood/Womanhood, contributed to a much needed contextual and culturally sensitive analysis of Ubuntu in particular. It was concluded that there are various god and Ubuntu constructs and that it is no longer tenable to claim a single (dogmatic/essentialist) god or a single (dogmatic) Ubuntu to structure reality meaningfully. ‘Truth’ lives only momentarily as history continues to unfold and people find new ways in their search for meaning.
- Language
- English
- Rights
- ©2016,Authors
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