Rampela mamphela biography of albert einstein
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Subject: Re: [gadangme] Re: QUO VADIS (3) Dr. Mamphela Ramphele - Ataa Ade
Ataa Nii Amu,
This is wisdom indeed, hanks for sharing. wd
On 14 Sep , at , Nii Amu Darko <niidarko@> wrote:
Alfred,
''Education is what remains when one has forgotten whatever he learned in school''. Albert Einstein. Real education is outside the classroom, that is what the great mind seems to suggest. We in Africa in general think otherwise. You see the way we hop around with titles. ABCDE. Lawyer this, engineer that. Who really cares but the I tell you it is part of the problem. For me medicine is my profession, my vocation is something else. Medicine is what I learned in school and my real education is what remains outside what I learned in school.
Thank you.
Nii Amu
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Original Research
Abstract
The classical definition of theology is faith-seeking understanding (fides quaerens intellectum). The focus is on the understanding/interpretation of the object of Christian faith: God. There is another root for the quest for understanding, namely the praxis situation of faith. People live in particular historical contexts that have their own distinctive problems and possibilities; thus, the focus on place and space in a theology of home. A praxis approach is to learn life and the gospel from below, thus the emphasis on a grassroots ecclesiology that is structured like an oikos, a familial dwelling place. This understanding of the dynamics of the fellowship of believers as oikodomein is captured by the Zulu notion for the yearning for home (home sickness): Ekhaya. It is argued that Ekhaya thinking is an alternative route for an operative ecclesiology that caters for the need of marginalised, oppressed, displaced and homeless people. Pra
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