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Open AccessPublished: 26 September 2025

Ubuntu as a Normative Ethic of Empowerment: A Philosophical Critique of Faith-Based Vocational Training in a Pentecostal Church

Revi  Zhakata, Rodwell Kumbirai Wuta

Philosophy and Realistic Reflection · 178–190 · 10.55121/prr.v2i1.620

This paper explores Ubuntu as a normative ethic to critically assess empowerment claims in a Pentecostal vocational training program in Chitungwiza, Zimbabwe. As Pentecostalism influences socio-economic development across Africa, it raises ethical questions about alignment with indigenous African values. Ubuntu, rooted in relati

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Open AccessPublished: 23 June 2026

From Saying to Showing: Action, the Economy of Silence, and the Limits of Development Discourse

Viateur Nkurunziza

Philosophy and Realistic Reflection · 62–76 · 10.55121/prr.v3i2.102513

Contemporary discourses on inclusive and just development emphasise ambitions of empowerment and capacity-building without producing genuine socio-economic transformation. This article develops the concept of the Economy of Silence to explain why the smallest and most constrained actors are often those who generate social change

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