Walking together Christian thinking and public life in South Africa / [electronic resource] :
Christian thinking and public life in South Africa
Joel Carpenter, editor.
- Abilene, Tex. : ACU Press, 2012
- 1 online resource (321 p.)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / Joel Carpenter -- Identity and culture. Bearing witness to hope : personal identity and public memorials / Sarah Shady -- Divisive symbols in a post-conflicts setting / Scott Moeschberger -- From hip hop to hip hope : art and public theology / Rhonda Collier -- A stranger in my own country : alienation and public theology / Godwin Iornenge Akper -- Churches and social problems. In search of a sanctuary : Zimbabwean migrants in South Africa / Sophia Chirongoma -- Of penguins and immigrants / Bernard Boyo -- Giving hope : church-based social capital / Charles Awasu -- The perfect storm of 2008 : why we cannot ignore Afrophobia / Rothney Tshaka -- Christianity and politics. Power and public policy / James Nkansah-Obrempong -- Negotiating a plural politics : South Africa's constitutional court / Paul Brink -- The political voice of churches in democratic South Africa / Tracy Kuperus -- Beyond speaking : a challenge to public theology / Stephen W. Martin -- Afterword / Tinyiko Maluleke.
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