Wilbert Gobbo

Critique of the Trinitarian Social Model of Leonardo Boff

Small Christian Communities of the Archdiocese of Tabora in Tanzania, a Case Study

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Produktbeschreibung

Our main critique is based on L. Boff's argument that the Holy Trinity should inspire and criticise human society. This research is a critique of this argument which is at the centre of Boff's Trinitarian Social Model. Can Boff's argument be considered as a mere hypothesis or rather a fundamental axiom, i.e. a verified and accepted argument? The original contribution of this work is not only in the critique of the Trinitarian Social Model (TSM) of Leonardo Boff, using the Small Christian Communities (SCCs) as a case study, but also in the proposition of the Social Trinitarian Model (STM) for Tanzanian society. This Social Trinitarian Model is based on SCCs in relationship to an inclusive Tanzanian spirit of unity and hope. It also includes the human values of 'syn-bios,' 'syn-pathos' and 'syn-hodos.' These human values are related to the Trinitarian life, koin_nia and perich_r_sis. In fact, in the Social Trinitarian Model, SCCs are like a 'foretaste' (prolepsis) of the Kingdom ofGod. Though this Social Trinitarian Model is based on the SCCs of Tabora in Tanzania, it is not exclusively for Tanzanian society. It can inspire other African societies and other parts of the world.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 148
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. April 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 239g
• ISBN-13: 9783659882661
• ISBN-10: 3659882666
• Artikelnr.: 44963227

Autorenporträt

Wilbert J. Gobbo is a Tanzanian belonging to the Society of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers). He is a former lecturer of systematic theology at the CFMA (Centre de Formation Missionnaire d¿Abidjan) and ISVR (Institute des Sciences de la Vie Religieuse) in Ivory Coast. He is currently doing a research at Heythrop College, University of London