Keywords:
Spirituality, Koinonia, Sin, I John, South African labour
relations, Spiritualiteit, Sonde, 1 Johannes, Suid Afrikaanse
arbeidsverhoudings
Abstract
Spirituality is a way of living. It is described as that which
touches the core of human existence, namely “our relationship to the Absolute”,
whatever the definition of the latter may be. In this paper, we deal with the
importance of our relationship with the Trinitarian God as revealed in Scripture and
determined by Christ. The world experiences a revolution in secular spirituality,
rejecting a dualistic supernaturalism. This paper will not try to cover the whole
debate and spectrum of spirituality, but will focus mainly on the most obvious
spiritualities in the South African society, namely Biblical, post-modern and
African spirituality. It is the argument of this paper that transforming and
liberating spirituality will have to take the influence of sin on our koinonia with
God and with our neighbour seriously. The importance of the different dimensions of
koinonia as inner dynamics of the process of transformation and liberation will help
dispel the myth that Christian spirituality has no relevance in a socio-political
situation.
