Human dignity and moral renewal
Date
2007
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Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology
Abstract
The pathway adopted by South Africa to give serious attention to the challenge of moral transformation as a public responsibility that is affirming of life is explored in this article. In the first place, the historical journey on this moral road since it initiative by Nelson Mandela in the late nineties is summarised. In the second place, the resourcefulness of the churches and other faith communities for their moral import is probed. In the third place, attention to the possibility of an ethic of human solidarity for renewing the moral fibre of the nation, with special reference to insights from Karl Barth, is discussed. In the fourth and fifth places, the notion of transcendence as a potential cornerstone for affirming life and seeking moral renewal, drawing on insights from Paul Tillich and Reinhold Niebuhr, is proposed.
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CITATION: Le Bruyns, C. 2007. Human dignity and moral renewal. Scriptura, 95(0):202-212, doi:10.7833/95-0-1396.
The original publication is available at http://scriptura.journals.ac.za
The original publication is available at http://scriptura.journals.ac.za
Keywords
Human dignity, Dignity, Ethics, Tillich, Paul, 1886-1965, Barth, Karl, 1886-1968, Niebuhr, Reinhold, 1892-1971
Citation
Le Bruyns, C. 2007. Human dignity and moral renewal. Scriptura, 95(0):202-212, doi:10.7833/95-0-1396