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Virtualiteit in Dietrich Bonhoeffer se Sanctorum Communio
Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2016.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/53074 Virtualiteit in Dietrich Bonhoeffer se Sanctorum Communio Buitendag, Johan ddt@saol.com Du Toit, Deon Johannes UCTD Dietrich Bonhoeffer Faith Sanctorum Communio Technologies Theology Virtualiteit (Virtuality) Theology theses SDG-01 SDG-01: No poverty Theology theses SDG-04 SDG-04: Quality education Theology theses SDG-05 SDG-05: Gender equality Theology theses SDG-16 SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2016. Rapid technological development has flooded modern-day society with change and innovation. Virtual Reality, one of these technologies, is modifying conventional ideas of not only entertainment and communication, but also questions the concept of reality. The roots of the underlying concepts of Virtual Reality can be traced back to the past. Metaphysically, hermeneutically and anthropologically these traces indicate why Virtual Reality is more than just the mere simulation of reality and why this technology has such an immersive influence on society. This influence is also prevalent in theology, wherein virtuality is more than just a metaphor for understanding theology and expressing faith. This study explores the value of virtuality for theology by investigating Dietrich Bonhoeffer s doctoral dissertation Sanctorum Communio of 1927. Three tenets of virtuality, being actualisation, time-space irrelevancy and collectivity are elaborated on with the aim of providing a new reading of Sanctorum Communio. Deleuzian philosophy and the technology of hypertext are indicated as two main moments in die development of actuality. This study supports Gilles Deleuze s position that virtual reality is about the reality of the virtual which causes space and time to become irrelevant, however, based on a modernistic epistemology this notion can lead to individualism and disruption. The value of actualisation is found in community as depicted in collective intelligence and reciprocity, offering a new postfoundationalist epistemology for understanding virtuality and reality. Bonhoeffer s Sanctorum Communio is thus approached via the hermeneutical key of virtuality. By investigating the sociality of the church, Bonhoeffer arrives at a Christo-ecclesiology of the church as being Christus als Gemeinde existierend. This presents a church for all space and all time, but just as community is the key to unlocking the value of virtuality, it similarly is the key to unlocking the value of the actualisation of Christ in church. This is realised through the reciprocal community of the sanctorum communio. By re-reading Bonhoeffer through the hermeneutic of virtuality, a new understanding of reality and of church is formulated. tm2016 ae2025 Dogmatics and Christian Ethics PhD Unrestricted SDG-01: No poverty SDG-04: Quality education SDG-05: Gender equality SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions 2016-06-10T07:36:20Z 2016-06-10T07:36:20Z 2016-04-14 2016 Thesis Du Toit, DJ 2016, Virtualiteit in Dietrich Bonhoeffer se Sanctorum Communio, PhD Thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/53074> A2016 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/53074 en © 2016 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Dietrich Bonhoeffer Faith Sanctorum Communio Technologies Theology Virtualiteit (Virtuality) Theology theses SDG-01 SDG-01: No poverty Theology theses SDG-04 SDG-04: Quality education Theology theses SDG-05 SDG-05: Gender equality Theology theses SDG-16 SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions Virtualiteit in Dietrich Bonhoeffer se Sanctorum Communio |
| title | Virtualiteit in Dietrich Bonhoeffer se Sanctorum Communio |
| title_full | Virtualiteit in Dietrich Bonhoeffer se Sanctorum Communio |
| title_fullStr | Virtualiteit in Dietrich Bonhoeffer se Sanctorum Communio |
| title_full_unstemmed | Virtualiteit in Dietrich Bonhoeffer se Sanctorum Communio |
| title_short | Virtualiteit in Dietrich Bonhoeffer se Sanctorum Communio |
| title_sort | virtualiteit in dietrich bonhoeffer se sanctorum communio |
| topic | UCTD Dietrich Bonhoeffer Faith Sanctorum Communio Technologies Theology Virtualiteit (Virtuality) Theology theses SDG-01 SDG-01: No poverty Theology theses SDG-04 SDG-04: Quality education Theology theses SDG-05 SDG-05: Gender equality Theology theses SDG-16 SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/53074 |