Interrupting separateness, disrupting comfort: An autoethnographic account of lived religion, <i>ubuntu</i> and spatial justice

Interrupting separateness, disrupting comfort: An autoethnographic account of lived religion, <i>ubuntu</i> and spatial justice

This article uses a fictionalised encounter as the basis for an autoethnographic exploration of the intersections between the South African social value of ubuntu and the notion of spatial justice. Ubuntu describes the interconnectedness of human lives. It asserts that a person is only a person thro...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	John Eliastam
Format:	Article
Language:	Afrikaans
Published:	AOSIS 2016-11-01
Series:	HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies
Subjects:	Autoethnography lived religion ubuntu spatial turn spatial justice
Online Access:	https://hts.org.za/index.php/hts/article/view/3488

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