Faith Race And Inequality Amongst Young Adults In South Africa

Author : Nadine Bowers Du Toit
Publisher : African Sun Media
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781991201775

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For many young South African adults (often called ‘born frees’), who were born just before or just after the demise of political apartheid, the ongoing realities of poverty and inequality bring to light the question of whether they truly are ‘free’ in contemporary South Africa? Their lived experiences of poverty and inequality seem to be in conflict with theologically laden concepts that remain prominent in social and political life, such as reconciliation, forgiveness, justice and restitution. This leads to a bi‑directional process of contesting, and being contested, by such notions and discourses. Furthermore, in light of the double legacy of both the church and youth as resisting injustice, this publication seeks to explore the many perspectives from which the Christian faith, race and inequality amongst youth can be brought to light.

Author : Nadine Bowers Du Toit
Publisher : African Sun Media
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2022-07-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781991201768

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Faith, Race and Inequality amongst Young Adults in South Africa by Nadine Bowers Du Toit Pdf

For many young South African adults (often called ‘born frees’), who were born just before or just after the demise of political apartheid, the ongoing realities of poverty and inequality bring to light the question of whether they truly are ‘free’ in contemporary South Africa? Their lived experiences of poverty and inequality seem to be in conflict with theologically laden concepts that remain prominent in social and political life, such as reconciliation, forgiveness, justice and restitution. This leads to a bi‑directional process of contesting, and being contested, by such notions and discourses. Furthermore, in light of the double legacy of both the church and youth as resisting injustice, this publication seeks to explore the many perspectives from which the Christian faith, race and inequality amongst youth can be brought to light.

Author : Ibrahim Abraham
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2021-08-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000426809

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Race, Class and Christianity in South Africa by Ibrahim Abraham Pdf

This book explores the relationship between race and class among middle-class Christians in South Africa. The book provides a theoretically sophisticated and empirically rich study of middle-class Christians in contemporary South Africa, as they seek to live good lives and build a good society. Focused on the city of Cape Town, drawing upon ethnographic research in conservative and progressive multiracial Protestant churches, furnished with critical analysis of South African literature and popular culture, this timely study explores expressions of ambition and anxiety that are both spiritual and material. Building upon debates over middle-class identity and morality from sociology, anthropology, and cultural studies, this book analyses congregational attempts at social unity through worship music and creative youth ministry, discussions on white privilege and shame, and the impact of middle-class black activism in South African churches and society. This book will be of interest to researchers of South African culture and society, religion, anthropology, and sociology.

Author : Annika Björnsdotter Teppo
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2021-09-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000441635

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Afrikaners and the Boundaries of Faith in Post-Apartheid South Africa by Annika Björnsdotter Teppo Pdf

This book examines the shifting moral and spiritual lives of white Afrikaners in South Africa after apartheid. The end of South Africa’s apartheid system of racial and spatial segregation sparked wide-reaching social change as social, cultural, spatial and racial boundaries were transgressed and transformed. This book investigates how Afrikaners have mediated the country’s shifting boundaries within the realm of religion. For instance, one in every three Afrikaners used these new freedoms to leave the traditional Dutch Reformed Church (NGK), often for an entirely new religious affiliation within the Pentecostal or Charismatic churches, or New Religious Movements such as Wiccan neopaganism. Based on long-term ethnographic fieldwork in the Western Cape area, the book investigates what spiritual life after racial totalitarianism means for the members of the ethnic group that constructed and maintained that very totalitarianism. Ultimately, the book asks how these new Afrikaner religious practices contribute to social solidarity and integration in a persistently segregated society, and what they can tell us about racial relations in the country today. This book will be of interest to scholars of religious studies, social and cultural anthropology and African studies.

Author : J.M. Vorster,Nico Vorster,Jan A. du Rand,Riaan Rheeder,Dirk van der Merwe,Theuns Eloff,Ferdi P. Kruger,Reginald W. Nel
Publisher : AOSIS
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2017-11-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781928396239

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Togetherness in South Africa by J.M. Vorster,Nico Vorster,Jan A. du Rand,Riaan Rheeder,Dirk van der Merwe,Theuns Eloff,Ferdi P. Kruger,Reginald W. Nel Pdf

Race and inequality have always been sensitive topics in South African society due to its colonial past, diverse social composition and apartheid legacy of legal discrimination against people on the basis of their skin colour. Racial tensions seem to be escalating in South African society and disturbing racialised rhetoric and slogans are re-entering the political and social landscape. Another disturbing phenomenon has been violent incidents of xenophobia against African immigrants. The question probed by this book is: What perspectives can theology offer in addressing the roots of racism, inequality and xenophobia in South Africa and how can it and the church contribute to reconciliation and a sense of togetherness among South African citizens? Various methodologies and approaches are used to address this question. In chapter 1, Theuns Eloff employs a historical and socio-analytical approach to describe the social context that has given rise, and is still giving impetus to racism and other forms of intolerance in South African society. Nico Vorster approaches the issue of distorted racial identity constructions from a theological-anthropological perspective. Utilising various empirical studies, he attempts to provide conceptual clarity to the concepts of racism, nationalism, ethnocentrism and xenophobia, and maps the various racisms that we find in South Africa. His contribution concludes with a theological-anthropological discussion on ways in which theology can deconstruct distorted identities and contribute to the development of authentic identities. Koos Vorster provides a theological-ethical perspective on social stratification in South Africa. He identifies the patterns inherent to the institutionalisation of racist social structures and argues that many of these patterns are still present, albeit in a new disguise, in the South African social order. Jan du Rand provides in chapter 4 a semantic discussion of the notions of race and xenophobia. He argues that racist ideologies are not constructed on a factual basis, but that racial ideologies use semantic notions to construct social myths that enable them to attain power and justify the exploitation and oppression of the other. Du Rand’s second contribution in chapter 5 provides Reformed exegetical and hermeneutic perspectives on various passages and themes in the Bible that relate to anthropology, xenophobia and the imperative to xenophilia [love of the stranger]. Dirk Van der Merwe’s contribution analyses, evaluates, and compares both contemporary literature and ancient texts of the Bible to develop a model that can enable churches to promote reconciliation in society, while Ferdi Kruger investigates the various ways in which language can be used as a tool to disseminate hate speech. He offers an analytical description of hate language, provides normative perspectives on the duty to counter hate speech through truth speaking and phronesis (wisdom) and concludes with practical-theological perspectives that might enable us to address problematic praxis. Reggie Nel explores the Confessions of Belhar and the Declaration of Accra as theological lenses to provide markers for public witness in a postcolonial South African setting. The volume concludes with Riaan Rheeder’s Christian bioethical perspective on inequality in the health sector of sub-Sahara Africa. This book contains original research. No part was plagiarised or published elsewhere. The target audience are theologians, ministers and the Christian community, but social activists, social scientists, politicians, political theorists, sociologists and psychologists might also find the book applicable to their fields.

Author : Ezra Chitando,Loreen Maseno,Joram Tarusarira
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2023-01-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781350307391

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Religion and Inequality in Africa by Ezra Chitando,Loreen Maseno,Joram Tarusarira Pdf

This volume reveals how religion interfaces with inequality in different African contexts. Some contributors undertake detailed analyses of how religion creates (and justifies) different forms of inequality that holds back individuals, groups and communities across the continent from flourishing, while others show how religion can also mitigate inequality in Africa. Topics addressed include gender inequality, economic inequality, disability, ageism and religious homophobia. Specifically focusing on the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goal 10 to reduce inequality within and among countries, this book highlights the extent to which Africa's 'notoriously religious' identity needs to be taken into account in discourses on development.

Author : Marthe Hesselmans
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2018-11-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004385016

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Racial Integration in the Church of Apartheid by Marthe Hesselmans Pdf

Racial Integration in the Church of Apartheid relates the struggle of South Africa’s Reformed churches to overcome their apartheid past and merge into one multiracial church. It uncovers the potential of faith communities and their limits in untangling religious-nationalist affiliations.

Author : Ignatius Swart,Auli Vähäkangas,Marlize Rabe,Annette Leis-Peters
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3666568556

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Stuck in the Margins? by Ignatius Swart,Auli Vähäkangas,Marlize Rabe,Annette Leis-Peters Pdf

Author : R. Drew Smith,William Ackah,Anthony G. Reddie,Rothney S. Tshaka
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2015-03-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781626745087

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Contesting Post-Racialism by R. Drew Smith,William Ackah,Anthony G. Reddie,Rothney S. Tshaka Pdf

Contributions by William Ackah, Allan Boesak, Ebony Joy Fitchue, Leah Gaskin Fitchue, Walter Earl Fluker, Forrest E. Harris Sr., Nico Koopman, AnneMarie Mingo, Reggie Nel, Chabo Freddy Pilusa, Anthony G. Reddie, Boitumelo Senokoane, Rothney S. Tshaka, Luci Vaden, Vuyani Vellem, and Cobus van Wyngaard After the 2008 election and 2012 reelection of Barack Obama as US president and the 1994 election of Nelson Mandela as the first of several blacks to serve as South Africa's president, many within the two countries have declared race to be irrelevant. For contributors to this volume, the presumed demise of race may be premature. Given continued racial disparities in income, education, and employment, as well as in perceptions of problems and promise within the two countries, much healing remains unfinished. Nevertheless, despite persistently pronounced disparities between black and white realities, it has become more difficult to articulate racial issues. Some deem "race" an increasingly unnecessary identity in these more self-consciously "post-racial" times. The volume engages post-racial ideas in both their limitations and promise. Contributors look specifically at the extent to which a church's contemporary response to race consciousness and post-racial consciousness enables it to give an accurate public account of race.

Author : Alan Paton
Publisher : New Africa Books
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Engelse letterkunde
ISBN : 0864860439

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Diepkloof by Alan Paton Pdf

Author : Martin Prozesky
Publisher : Springer
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1990-03-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781349205271

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Christianity Amidst Apartheid by Martin Prozesky Pdf

This book contains chapters by 14 prominent figures offering information on key issues concerning the Christian faith in South Africa. Three quarters of South Africans regard themselves as Christians. The story of the gospel of love and its interplay with politics is the theme pursued here.

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Health and Medicine Division,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice,Committee on Community-Based Solutions to Promote Health Equity in the United States
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 583 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2017-04-27
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309452960

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Communities in Action by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Health and Medicine Division,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice,Committee on Community-Based Solutions to Promote Health Equity in the United States Pdf

In the United States, some populations suffer from far greater disparities in health than others. Those disparities are caused not only by fundamental differences in health status across segments of the population, but also because of inequities in factors that impact health status, so-called determinants of health. Only part of an individual's health status depends on his or her behavior and choice; community-wide problems like poverty, unemployment, poor education, inadequate housing, poor public transportation, interpersonal violence, and decaying neighborhoods also contribute to health inequities, as well as the historic and ongoing interplay of structures, policies, and norms that shape lives. When these factors are not optimal in a community, it does not mean they are intractable: such inequities can be mitigated by social policies that can shape health in powerful ways. Communities in Action: Pathways to Health Equity seeks to delineate the causes of and the solutions to health inequities in the United States. This report focuses on what communities can do to promote health equity, what actions are needed by the many and varied stakeholders that are part of communities or support them, as well as the root causes and structural barriers that need to be overcome.

Author : National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of South Africa
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Race relations
ISBN : UCAL:B4141281

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Overcoming Racial Prejudice by National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of South Africa Pdf

Author : Jeremy Seekings,Nicoli Nattrass
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2008-10-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780300128758

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Class, Race, and Inequality in South Africa by Jeremy Seekings,Nicoli Nattrass Pdf

The distribution of incomes in South Africa in 2004, ten years after the transition to democracy, was probably more unequal than it had been under apartheid. In this book, Jeremy Seekings and Nicoli Nattrass explain why this is so, offering a detailed and comprehensive analysis of inequality in South Africa from the midtwentieth century to the early twenty-first century. They show that the basis of inequality shifted in the last decades of the twentieth century from race to class. Formal deracialization of public policy did not reduce the actual disadvantages experienced by the poor nor the advantages of the rich. The fundamental continuity in patterns of advantage and disadvantage resulted from underlying continuities in public policy, or what Seekings and Nattrass call the “distributional regime.” The post-apartheid distributional regime continues to divide South Africans into insiders and outsiders. The insiders, now increasingly multiracial, enjoy good access to well-paid, skilled jobs; the outsiders lack skills and employment.

Author : HSRC Investigation into Intergroup Relations. Work Committee: Religion,Gerhardus Cornelis Oosthuizen
Publisher : Human Sciences Research
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Church and social problems
ISBN : UVA:X001225779

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Religion, Intergroup Relations, and Social Change in South Africa by HSRC Investigation into Intergroup Relations. Work Committee: Religion,Gerhardus Cornelis Oosthuizen Pdf