Please be advised that the site will be down for maintenance on Sunday, September 1, 2024, from 08:00 to 18:00, and again on Monday, September 2, 2024, from 08:00 to 09:00. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
dc.contributor.author | Kabongo, Kasebwe Timothee Luc![]() |
|
dc.contributor.author | Stork, Juliane![]() |
|
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-03-10T11:50:14Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-03-10T11:50:14Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2022-12-14 | |
dc.description.abstract | Climate change in South Africa is increasingly threatening the most vulnerable populations in rural areas of the country, such as the Limpopo province. Religious communities could be important actors in South Africa, and their role in sustainable development could be critical. Research on the capacities of religious communities for climate change adaptation is vital for reaching the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 13, 14 and 15. This article drew on empirical research focusing on adaptive practices to climate change. It asked the following question: how do African Independent and Pentecostal churches located in the province of Limpopo relate to climate change in their communal and individual activities? To answer this question, qualitative semistructured individual interviews, group interviews and results from focus groups were used for data collection. The research learned that eco-theology is not the most prominent topic in the majority of the participants' congregations and their communal activities. However, all the participants had noticed the effects of climate change in their immediate surroundings. As a consequence, these individuals took care of their surrounding environments. Focus groups were formed with the hope of consolidating individual efforts into a collective toolkit. This article concluded that the majority of the research participants are not knowledgeable about climate change as a concept. However, they are cognisant of the impact climate change has on them. INTRADISCIPLINARY AND/OR INTERDISCIPLINARY IMPLICATIONS : This article was practical theology research. It was strengthened by research findings from agricultural sciences, ecology, development sciences, missiology and intercultural theology to propose an eco-theology from below based on individual adaptive measures to climate change. | en_US |
dc.description.department | Dogmatics and Christian Ethics | en_US |
dc.description.department | Science of Religion and Missiology | en_US |
dc.description.librarian | am2023 | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | The Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation as administered by the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute with support from the University of Basel in the funding line ‘Leading House Region Africa Seed Funding 2020'. | en_US |
dc.description.uri | http://www.ve.org.za | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Kabongo, K.T.L. & Stork, J., 2022, ‘African-initiated churches and environmental care in Limpopo, South Africa: A missional enquiry’, Verbum et Ecclesia 43(1), a2636. https://DOI.org/10.4102/ve.v43i1.2636. | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1609-9982 (print) | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2074-7705 (online) | |
dc.identifier.other | 10.4102/ve.v43i1.2636 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/90076 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | AOSIS | en_US |
dc.rights | © 2022. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License. | en_US |
dc.subject | Adaptive practices | en_US |
dc.subject | Climate change | en_US |
dc.subject | Eco-theology | en_US |
dc.subject | Collective toolkit | en_US |
dc.subject | Religious communities | en_US |
dc.subject | African-initiated churches (AICs) | en_US |
dc.subject | SDG-13: Climate action | en_US |
dc.subject | SDG-14: Life below water | en_US |
dc.subject | SDG-15: Life on land | en_US |
dc.subject | Sustainable development goals (SDGs) | en_US |
dc.title | African-initiated churches and environmental care in Limpopo, South Africa : a missional enquiry | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |