@article {LenkaBula:November 2008:1023-0807:375,
	author = "LenkaBula, Puleng",
	title = "Beyond Anthropocentricity Botho/Ubuntu and the Quest for Economic and Ecological Justice in Africa",
	journal = "Religion and Theology",
	volume = "15",
	year = "November 2008",
	abstract = "This essay suggests that the anthropocentric interpretations of the concept of <I>botho/ubuntu</I> in African intellectual scholarship, whether religious, theological and social sciences, limit the potential of <I>botho/ ubuntu</I> in the quest for the fullness of life, and the affirmation of the integrity of creation, wholeness and wellbeing. The essay suggests therefore that when the expanded and creative interpretation of <I>botho</I> which acknowledges its socio-economic, political, and ecological scope or horizon is utilised, it has the potential to become a resource, principle and norm for overcoming ecological degradation and economic injustices in the world today. The essay thus posits <I>botho/ubuntu</I> as a vibrant, vital and ecologically and economically viable principle and norm for the wellbeing of humanity and of the integrity of creation.",
	pages = "375-394(20)",
	url = "http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/brill/rat/2008/00000015/F0020003/art00010"
	doi = "doi:10.1163/157430108X376591"
}