South African fantasy : identity and spirituality

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Apostolides, Anastasia

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OpenJournals Publishing

Abstract

South African society is grappling with the challenges of post-apartheid expectations within a ‘rainbow nation’. As a result of this rainbow nation, many people have to deal with fragmented identities and spiritualities. This can be particularly true for adolescents who are living out their lives in multicultural schools with multiple discourses. In this article, it will be argued that fantasy narratives, especially those written by South African writers from a South African context, may help heal the fragmented identities and spiritualities of school-going adolescents.

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This article was written while Anastasia Apostolides was a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Pretoria, South Africa.
Dr Apostolides is participating in the research project ‘Towards a practical postfoundational theology as public theology in response to the challenges of lived religion in contemporary Southern Africa’, directed by Prof. Dr Johann-Albrecht Meylahn, Department of Practical Theology, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, South Africa.

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Adolescents, Multicultural schools, South African society, Post-apartheid expectations, Rainbow nation, Fragmented identities, Spiritualities, School-going adolescents

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Apostolides, A., 2016, ‘South African fantasy: Identity and spirituality’, HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies 72(3), a3255. http://dx.DOI. org/10.4102/hts.v72i3.3255.