VIRTUOUS LIVING - Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University

TABLE OF CONTENTSTABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................................1SUMMARY ..................................................................................................................4INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................6Moral Formation and the Shaping of a Theological MindThe formative influence of my parents..................................................................6The political situation in Uganda...........................................................................8Exposure to different theological paradigms .......................................................11Western scholastic theology ................................................................................11Charismatic movements.......................................................................................12Liberation theology..............................................................................................13African traditional religions and philosophy .......................................................15The potential of Scripture ....................................................................................16The structure of this study....................................................................................22CHAPTER 1...............................................................................................................25A Contextual Analysis: the European and African Renaissance1.1 Historical review of the Italian Renaissance................................................261.1.1 Selected aspects of the Renaissance period .............................................311.1.1.1 Classical learning.............................................................................311.1.1.2 The rise of humanism.......................................................................331.1.1.2.1 Christian humanism...................................................................361.1.1.2.2 Secular humanism .....................................................................391.1.1.3 Works of art .....................................................................................421.1.1.4 Political organization .......................................................................451.1.2 Aspects that hampered and contradicted the Italian Renaissance spirit. .471.1.2.1 Wars .................................................................................................471.1.2.2 Diseases and famine as natural calamities.......................................491.1.2.3 Christianity and the rise of moral crisis ...........................................521.1.3 From an Italian to a European Renaissance.............................................571.1.4 The European Renaissance and its effect on Africa ................................621.2 Historical review of the African Renaissance..............................................641.2.1 Pan-African Movement, 1900..................................................................651.2.2 The Harlem Renaissance..........................................................................671.2.3 The striving for political self-determination............................................691.2.4 Objectives of the African Renaissance ....................................................701.2.5 African unity ............................................................................................711.2.5.1 Economic integration.......................................................................731.2.5.2 The role of the intellectuals in Africa’s rebirth................................761.2.5.3 Revival of African identity and culture ...........................................791.2.6 Aspects inhibiting the development of an African Renaissance..............841.2.6.1 HIV/AIDS as complex moral challenge .........................................851.2.6.4 Poverty .............................................................................................951.2.6.5 Diseases............................................................................................991.2.6.7 Armed political conflict .................................................................1071.2.6.8 Natural disasters in Africa .............................................................1081.2.7 A summary of the development of an African Renaissance..................1101