Tradition as a key to the Christian faith

Abspoel, Peter

doi:10.1080/21692327.2017.1389654

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“…It also seems to align well with the metaphysical preoccupations expressed in many African views of reality. However, Blondel entertains some notions which I find questionable, like the idea that human beings are driven by a desire to make everything they feel to be meaningful a possession, and also the idea that every form of transcendence found in life must somehow correspond, in a way we cannot fathom, to the absolute (see Abspoel 2018).…”

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Echoes from the Great Divide: On the Faltering Philosophical Dialogue between Africa and the West

Abspoel¹

2021

Comp. Philos.

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Even in the field of comparative or cross-cultural philosophy, distinctive contributions by African philosophers are often side-lined -that is, relegated to niche publications. Why is it so hard for African philosophers to draw their Western colleagues (other than specialists in African philosophy) into a real dialogue? An attempt is made to describe the field of tension; it is shown that some of the reflexes that manifest themselves in it reveal not just the attachment to specific perspectives or frames of reference, but also implicit ideas about the nature of the "philosophical game". On the Western side, motives constitutive of practical or traditional life are either ignored or tacitly equated with attempts to realize goals that can be best understood from a reflexive point of view. In this way, the concrete conditions of any human activity, including intellectual activity, are lost from view. This critical lesson has been spelt out by a number of philosophers (Maurice Blondel being one of them), but is seldom taken to heart. As a result, it becomes difficult to penetrate beyond conceptual differences. It will also be maintained that while many African philosophers question intellectualist attitudes, they do not always do so in a way that invites discussion on the central, or basic, issues.

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Echoes from the Great Divide: On the Faltering Philosophical Dialogue between Africa and the West

Abspoel¹

2021

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“…Gereja Katolik memiliki kekuatan yang khas untuk menyesuai kan diri dengan tradisi budaya. Penyesuaian diri tersebut dilakukan dengan proses inkulturasi (Abspoel, 2018). Konstitusi Liturgi Vatikan II telah membuka kemungkinan untuk adaptasi budaya dengan proses inkulturasi.…”

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This research is motivated by the phenomenon of a blend of Dayak Kayan Mendalam customs and the rites of the Catholic Church in the dange tradition. Dange is a form of fusion of the Catholic Church's sacraments with local culture on the island of Borneo. Dange experienced development together with the Catholic Dayak Kayan Mendalam people. This research was conducted with interviews and field observations about the Dange tradition in the Catholic Church in the Mendalam parish in the middle of Dayak Kayan Mendalam, West Kalimantan. The synchronization between Dayak Kayan Madalam culture and the Rite of the Catholic Church was encouraged by Father Aloysius Ding, SMM as a native of Dayak Kayan Mendalam. Synchronization is done through the translation of the rites of the Catholic Church into the Dayak Kayan Mendalam.

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Tradition as a key to the Christian faith

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Echoes from the Great Divide: On the Faltering Philosophical Dialogue between Africa and the West

Echoes from the Great Divide: On the Faltering Philosophical Dialogue between Africa and the West

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