dc.contributor.author |
Dube, Siphiwe Ignatius
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dc.date.accessioned |
2015-10-01T07:59:40Z |
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dc.date.available |
2015-10-01T07:59:40Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2015-07-01 |
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dc.description.abstract |
Drawing on key aspects of Muscular Christianity identified through this movement’s literature,
this article ventures that the major contemporary Evangelical Christian men’s movement in
South Africa, the Mighty Men Conference (MMC), draws on and harkens back to the concerns
of the Victorian era of Muscular Christianity. Moreover, the article argues that this reversion
should be of concern in the context of a post-apartheid and postcolonial South Africa where
both women’s rights and human rights (especially encompassing racial equality) now form
the core of the country’s identity. In other words, the MMC’s call to men to reclaim their top
position is problematic even while it comes from a place of concern regarding the changing
role of men in a transitional South African landscape. |
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dc.description.librarian |
am2015 |
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dc.description.sponsorship |
The University
of Pretoria |
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dc.description.uri |
http://www.hts.org.za |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Dube, S., 2015, 'Muscular Christianity in contemporary South Africa: The case of the Mighty Men Conference', HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies 71(3), Art. #2945, 9 pages. http://dx.DOI.org/ 10.4102/hts.v71i3.2945. |
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dc.identifier.issn |
0259-9422 (print) |
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dc.identifier.issn |
2078-8050 (online) |
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dc.identifier.other |
10.4102/hts.v71i3.2945 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2263/50127 |
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dc.language.iso |
en |
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dc.publisher |
OpenJournals Publishing |
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dc.rights |
© 2015. The Authors.
Licensee: AOSIS
OpenJournals. This work is
licensed under the Creative
Commons Attribution
License. |
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dc.subject |
Mighty Men Conference (MMC) |
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dc.subject |
Muscular Christianity |
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dc.subject |
South Africa (SA) |
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dc.subject |
Post-apartheid |
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dc.subject |
Postcolonial South Africa |
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dc.subject |
Women’s rights |
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dc.subject |
Human rights |
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dc.subject.other |
Theology articles SDG-05 |
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dc.subject.other |
SDG-05: Gender equality |
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dc.subject.other |
Theology articles SDG-10 |
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dc.subject.other |
SDG-10: Reduced inequalities |
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dc.subject.other |
Theology articles SDG-16 |
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dc.subject.other |
SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions |
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dc.title |
Muscular Christianity in contemporary South Africa : the case of the Mighty Men Conference |
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dc.type |
Article |
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