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dc.contributor.authorConradie, Ernst
dc.date.accessioned2017-02-28T10:26:06Z
dc.date.available2017-02-28T10:26:06Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.citationConradie, E.M. (2016). Why cannot the term development just be dropped altogether? Some reflections on the concept of maturation as alternative to development discourse. HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 72(4): 1-11en_US
dc.identifier.issn2072-8050
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/2577
dc.identifier.urihttp://ref.scielo.org/hsvfcf
dc.description.abstractThis contribution is aimed at some provocation by questioning the basic assumptions of current development discourse (also in the context of religion and theology). It asks for conceptual clarification and differentiation on the meaning of various process terms. It needs to be recognised that the word development remains a metaphor than can indeed be extended but can also become over-extended and ossified. The concept of development is then contrasted with the process of maturation. It is argued that the concept of maturation is, (1) better able to indicate the final goal of the process than most other process terms, (2) recognises inherent limitations and (3) follows natural cycles better than exponential growth, sustained development or endless progress.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAOSISen_US
dc.rightsCopyright, The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.
dc.subjectDevelopmenten_US
dc.subjectTheologyen_US
dc.subjectDiscourseen_US
dc.subjectMaturationen_US
dc.titleWhy cannot the term development just be dropped altogether? Some reflections on the concept of maturation as alternative to development discourseen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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