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Who Is My Neighbour?

A Moral Reflection on Human Dignity and Xenophobia

  • Sarah Piketh EMAIL logo , Hendrik G. Stoker and Martha S. van der Walt

Abstract

Xenophobic attitudes towards migrants and refugees reflect a sentiment which rejects strangers as the Other. In response to Pope Francis’ appeal to educate conscience and using the normative and pragmatic tasks of Osmer’s framework of Practical Theology as a basis, this paper aims to outline the construct of human dignity as found in three dominant moral views in Africa, viz., Christianity, Islam and Ubuntu. Furthermore it investigates the use of the metacognitive strategy of critical reflection to effect a recognition of a shared core humanity and explores the translation of conscious awareness to praxis as envisaged by Paulo Freire in conscientisation.

Zusammenfassung

Dieser Aufsatz erörtert den Gedanken der Menschenwürde aus drei Perspektiven, die im afrikanischen Kontext dominant sind, namentlich Christentum, Islam und Ubuntu. Die Autor*innen setzen u. a. die praktisch-theologische Methodologie Richard Osmers ein, um diese unterschiedlichen Konzeptionen von Menschenwürde zu xenophoben Haltungen in Beziehung zu setzen und Wege zu deren Abbau bzw. Vorbeugung zu beschreiben.

Published Online: 2022-11-22
Published in Print: 2022-11-03

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