Document Type

Article

Language

eng

Publication Date

2016

Publisher

AOSIS Publishing

Source Publication

HTS Teologiese Studies

Source ISSN

2072-8050

Abstract

The invention of development as public discourse began with US President Truman’s 1949 speech that trumped up an illusion of global material prosperity based on a total restructuring of the ‘developing’ world on the model of development and material achievement of the West. Truman argued that this painful process was the only recipe for world prosperity. After decades of serious engagement on development discourse and multiple implementations of successive theories, the situation of the developing countries has not improved as rapidly as expected. At the same time, the developed countries are experiencing various forms of financial crises. This article acknowledges the professionalisation of development discourse, and proposes humanising development discourse in Africa in the light of Christian anthropology. This vision of integral development promotes the common good on the basis of God’s love and respect for the uniqueness of the human person.

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Published version. HTS Teologiese Studies, Vol. 72, No. 4 (2016). DOI. © 2016 AOSIS Publishing. Used with permission.

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