Abstract

KLAASEN, John. Narrative and personhood: The quest for triad community development. STJ [online]. 2020, vol.6, n.2, pp.295-312. ISSN 2413-9467.  http://dx.doi.org/10.17570/stj.2020.v6n2.a13.

This article sets out a Christian theological anthropology for community development. This critical engagement with traditional and doctrinal forms of Christian theological anthropology will analyse two contrasting perspectives of theological anthropology to construct a contemporary community development model that considers the responsibility of communities for community development. The theological model of community development considers narrative as an interlocutor of personhood and community development. This article further investigates conceptual linkages between personhood and community development through classification or categorisation of Catholic and Eastern Orthodox views of personhood. I will use the narrative as a lens to interpret the two perspectives and identify foundations for a triad community development model of personhood, narrative, and community development.

Keywords : Anthropology; personhood; community development; Eastern Orthodox; whole-making; relationship; narrative; history; agency.

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