Abstract
This article investigates the keyword of ‘holiness’. It will analyse how holiness names and frames the field of spirituality in a specific manner. In this analysis, a phenomenological and dialogical approach will be compared and weighed, followed by a discussion of the paradigmatic method that will focus on themes from five biblical texts, namely the revelation of Jahwe’s name, the holiness of Jahwe’s people, the holiness of creation, the holy order of justice and peace and holiness as a mystagogical process. Some reflections will be offered in conclusion.
Highlights
Every scientific discipline uses language to define its field of interest and its approach
It chooses keywords or root metaphors to point at the core of its field of interest
The Other has already touched me in my heart, in my selfness and has already provoked in me the responsibility which defines the core of my self. This responsibility is the source of holiness, ‘an unmeasured responsibility, because it increases in the measure – or in the unmeasurableness – that a response is made’ (Levinas 1996:143)
Summary
Author: Kees Waaijman Affiliations: 1Research Fellow, Faculty of Theology, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa. Read online: Scan this QR code with your smart phone or mobile device to read online. This article investigates the keyword of ‘holiness’. It will analyse how holiness names and frames the field of spirituality in a specific manner. In this analysis, a phenomenological and dialogical approach will be compared and weighed, followed by a discussion of the paradigmatic method that will focus on themes from five biblical texts, namely the revelation of Jahwe’s name, the holiness of Jahwe’s people, the holiness of creation, the holy order of justice and peace and holiness as a mystagogical process.
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