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- Title
The Emmaus narrative and contemporary Christian followership -- An empirical case study.
- Authors
Engelbrecht, Pierre B.; Schoeman, Willem J.
- Abstract
This article aims to explore a 'lived discipleship' by determining whether and how contemporary communities of faith could implement the norms and principles reflected in the Emmaus narrative of Luke 24:13--35 within a plausible epistemological framework that might facilitate a fresh understanding of Christian followership as discipleship. This was done through an empirical case study using two focus groups as co-researchers, in order to actively listen to their respective understandings of lived theology in their unique South African contexts. The two focus groups consisted of (1) a contemporary Christian grouping of Afrikaans-speaking, active churchgoers situated in Hazeldean, a suburb in Pretoria East, Tshwane, Gauteng and (2) a contemporary Christian grouping of African, active churchgoers situated in Ivory Park, a suburb in Tembisa, Ekurhuleni, Gauteng. This article concluded that Luke 24:13--35 nudged the co-researchers to re-evaluate their contemporary understanding of discipleship and moved them to additional and new perspectives in terms of practical expressions thereof that can be best described as 'lived followership'. A shift from perceiving Jesus in terms of an 'act to follow' by gaining the correct knowledge, to following Jesus as 'a performative act', a shift from 'theoretical knowledge' to 'heart knowledge'.
- Subjects
CHRISTIAN life; FOLLOWERSHIP; THEORY of knowledge; THEOLOGY; CHURCH buildings
- Publication
Hervormde Teologiese Studies, 2021, Vol 77, Issue 4, p1
- ISSN
0259-9422
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4102/hts.v77i4.6440