Thesis (MPhil)--University of Stellenbosch, 2000. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The Church is facing a dilemma in how to apply and live out its message in
a postmodern world. For many in the Church an understanding and
application of morals and ethics has become bewildering. This assignment
attempts to develop a Christian vocabulary and conceptual framework for
morality.
This is done by firstly elucidating the milieu out of which postmodernism
arose. Modernism, through universal claims of reason and instrumental
rationality, believed in the ultimate mastery of the world. The failure of the
Enlightenment project to develop universal morality and law led to a new
perspective on reason and reality and new reflection on life, morality and
meaning. Thus, I reflect on' the parturition and value of postmodernism
through offering an evaluation and critique of the ideology of
postmodernism. Next, I propose the need for Christian ideology to be firstly
separated from cultural interpretations so as to avoid ethnocentrism and
cultural imperialism. After exploring the development and purpose of
worldviews I argue for the building of cultural bridges and for the Gospel
and Biblical worldview to be suitably encoded.
Finally, I posit an understanding of what postmodern ethics entails and how
then to define and respond to ethical issues. Through case studies I apply
the key principles identified in the study. These are that moderation is a
virtue; that many timeless truths are customary truths that arise in a specific
historical/cultural situations; that many problems are not ethical issues but
are rather a comprehension and/or a misinterpretation of the Scriptures
regarding what it means to be a Christian and how we are to live our
Christian profession to mention a few. I reason and plead for a Christian
ethical system of incarnational engaged compassion in a postmodern world. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: geen opsomming
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:sun/oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/51880 |
| Date | 12 1900 |
| Creators | Foshaugen, Edvard Kristian |
| Contributors | Hattingh, J. P., Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Philosophy. |
| Publisher | Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | en_ZA |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | 101 p. |
| Rights | Stellenbosch University |
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