Redefining love: Engaging the Johannine and Akan concepts of love through dialogic hermeneutics

Both the Johannine and Akan cultures are described in scholarly literature as collectivistic communities that value love as a communal value. Nonetheless, a scholarly analysis of the Akan concept reveals that Akan proverbial tradition promotes love motivated by the expectation of reciprocation. Thus...

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Published in:	Hervormde teologiese studies Vol. 79; no. 4; pp. 1 - 6
Main Authors:	Gharbin, Godibert K., van Eck, Ernest
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Pretoria AOSIS (Pty) Ltd 2023 University of Pretoria AOSIS
Subjects:	Culture dialogic hermeneutics Epistemology Exegesis & hermeneutics inculturation love love command reciprocal love Religion sacrificial love love sacrificial love inculturation dialogic hermeneutics love command reciprocal love
ISSN:	0259-9422, 2072-8050, 2072-8050
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