The wilderness wanderings: a theo-liminal pedagogy for mind decolonisation in African Christianity
This article argues that the current economic and political underdevelopment in the majority of African countries is a symptom of a profound metaphysical and intellectual crisis in the African person’s imagination and consciousness, a consequence of conceptual alienation wrought about mind colonial...
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2016-06-01
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This article argues that the current economic and political underdevelopment in the majority of African countries is a symptom of a profound metaphysical and intellectual crisis in the African person’s imagination and consciousness, a consequence of conceptual alienation wrought about mind colonialism. The process of decolonisation did not end with geopolitical liberation, but continues as liberation of the African mind and subjectivity. Reading this reality in light of the Exodus wilderness wanderings as theo-decolonial paradigm, the article suggests a theo-liminal pedagogy for engaging in the process of mind decolonisation.
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| spelling | doaj-art-36cd725cbbdb46c8afe4d46f56e2acad2025-02-11T09:52:53ZengUniversity of the Free StateActa Theologica1015-87582309-90892016-06-0136110.38140/at.v36i1.2736The wilderness wanderings: a theo-liminal pedagogy for mind decolonisation in African ChristianityC. J. Kaunda0University of South Africa, South Africa This article argues that the current economic and political underdevelopment in the majority of African countries is a symptom of a profound metaphysical and intellectual crisis in the African person’s imagination and consciousness, a consequence of conceptual alienation wrought about mind colonialism. The process of decolonisation did not end with geopolitical liberation, but continues as liberation of the African mind and subjectivity. Reading this reality in light of the Exodus wilderness wanderings as theo-decolonial paradigm, the article suggests a theo-liminal pedagogy for engaging in the process of mind decolonisation. https://journals.ufs.ac.za/index.php/at/article/view/2736 |
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| title_short | The wilderness wanderings: a theo-liminal pedagogy for mind decolonisation in African Christianity |
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