Urban social movements in South Africa today : its meaning for theological education and the church

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dc.contributor.author De Beer, Stephanus Francois
dc.date.accessioned 2018-08-16T05:39:15Z
dc.date.available 2018-08-16T05:39:15Z
dc.date.issued 2017-11-27
dc.description The collection entitled ‘Spirit rising: tracing movements of justice’, forms part of the ‘Faith in the City’ research project, hosted by the Centre for Contextual Ministry in the Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria. Some of the articles were papers presented at the Biennial Consultation on Urban Ministry, hosted by the Institute for Urban Ministry, in collaboration with other organizations, from 17-20 August 2016. The theme of this Consultation was ‘#We must rise: healers - dreamers – jesters’. en_ZA
dc.description.abstract In the past decade, significant social movements emerged in South Africa, in response to specific urban challenges of injustice or exclusion. This article will interrogate the meaning of such urban social movements for theological education and the church. Departing from a firm conviction that such movements are irruptions of the poor, in the way described by Gustavo Gutierrez and others, and that movements of liberation residing with, or in a commitment to, the poor, should be the locus of our theological reflection, this article suggests that there is much to be gained from the praxis of urban social movements, in disrupting, informing and shaping the praxis of both theological education and the church. I will give special consideration to Ndifuna Ukwazi and the Reclaim the City campaign in Cape Town, the Social Justice Coalition in Cape Town, and Abahlali baseMjondolo based in Durban, considering these as some of the most important and exciting examples of liberatory praxes in South Africa today. I argue that theological education and educators, and a church committed to the Jesus who came ‘to liberate the oppressed’, ignore these irruptions of the Spirit at our own peril. en_ZA
dc.description.department Centre for Contextual Ministry en_ZA
dc.description.department Practical Theology en_ZA
dc.description.librarian am2018 en_ZA
dc.description.uri http://www.hts.org.za en_ZA
dc.identifier.citation De Beer, S.F., 2017, ‘Urban social movements in South Africa today: Its meaning for theological education and the church’, HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies 73(3), a4770. https://DOI.org/10.4102/hts.v73i3.4770. en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn 0259-9422 (print)
dc.identifier.issn 2072-8050 (online)
dc.identifier.other 10.4102/hts.v73i3.4770
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/66152
dc.language.iso en en_ZA
dc.publisher AOSIS Open Journals en_ZA
dc.rights © 2017. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License. en_ZA
dc.subject Social movements en_ZA
dc.subject Urban challenges en_ZA
dc.subject Theological education en_ZA
dc.subject Church en_ZA
dc.subject Injustice en_ZA
dc.subject Exclusion en_ZA
dc.subject.other Theology articles SDG-01
dc.subject.other SDG-01: No poverty
dc.subject.other Theology articles SDG-04
dc.subject.other SDG-04: Quality education
dc.subject.other Theology articles SDG-10
dc.subject.other SDG-10: Reduced inequalities
dc.subject.other Theology articles SDG-11
dc.subject.other SDG-11: Sustainable cities and communities
dc.subject.other Theology articles SDG-16
dc.subject.other SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions
dc.title Urban social movements in South Africa today : its meaning for theological education and the church en_ZA
dc.type Article en_ZA


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