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Joachim Kügler, The Bible and Africa : Eight Points of Attention in Allyship
Chitando, Ezra (2024): Joachim Kügler, The Bible and Africa : Eight Points of Attention in Allyship, in: Masiiwa Ragies Gunda, Kathrin Gies, Ezra Chitando, u. a. (Hrsg.), Going the Extra Mile : Reflections on Biblical Studies in Africa and the Contributions of Joachim Kügler, Bamberg: University of Bamberg Press, S. 21–41, doi: 10.20378/irb-96587.
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Going the Extra Mile : Reflections on Biblical Studies in Africa and the Contributions of Joachim Kügler
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2024
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978-3-98989-012-1
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English
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Joachim Kügler has emerged as a reliable, consistent, sensitive, and trusted ally to generations of African scholars, students and citizens, as well as other citizens of the Global South more generally. In his actions and proclamations, he has embodied the qualities of an effective ally. This chapter seeks to utilize Kügler’s personality and commitment, as well as a selected passage from the Bible (and the author’s considerable experience in activism), to distil some key principles that can inform effective allyship. These can serve as the Eight Points of Attention to those who seek to become effective allies in their chosen areas of activism. While the chapter acknowledges the contradictions and challenges associated with allyship, it contends that activists for diverse causes can partner with allies in order to achieve better outcomes. It also encourages those who seek to be effective allies to follow the examples set in the biblical passage and by Kügler, while recognising the complexities of allyship.
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Subsaharisches Afrika
Kontextuelle Theologie
Kügler, Joachim
Interkulturalität
Grundsatz
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Joachim Kügler
Africa
African scholars
Allyship
Bible
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Contribution to an Articlecollection
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August 20, 2024
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