One of the points which Prof. D. Manti, stressed upon while trying to explain to us the concept of Participatory Action Research (PAR), was that the reseacher ought to identify the weakest in the group and take sides with him/her. This is an essential move for PAR. One cannot truly carry out PAR being an outsider or one above or below. One has to participate - willing to undergo the same process as he or she wishes others to follow.
He stated that Jesus Himself showed the way. He did not come for all people. He came for a specific group of people, was born among them, lived and died among them. He did not take a global pass and traverse all across the globe. He chose a particular set of people as his own. It is from amidst them that he reached out to all. Prof. Manti challenged us, "If He dared to do it why are we frightened to follow him?"
He stated that Jesus Himself showed the way. He did not come for all people. He came for a specific group of people, was born among them, lived and died among them. He did not take a global pass and traverse all across the globe. He chose a particular set of people as his own. It is from amidst them that he reached out to all. Prof. Manti challenged us, "If He dared to do it why are we frightened to follow him?"
Makes one rethink the whole notion of "all things to all people". Whatever the theological or rational interpretation of that phrase, the above fact too cannot be denied.
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