The parables of Jesus as critique on food security systems for vulnerable households in urban townships

dc.contributor.authorVan Eck, Ernest
dc.contributor.authorMashinini, Meshack Mandla
dc.contributor.emailernest.vaneck@up.ac.zaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2016-11-07T12:55:17Z
dc.date.available2016-11-07T12:55:17Z
dc.date.issued2016-08-23
dc.descriptionThis research is part of the project, ‘Socio-Cultural Readings’, directed by Prof. Dr Ernest van Eck, Department of New Testament Studies, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria.en_ZA
dc.descriptionThis article represents a reworked version of aspects from the PhD dissertation of Meshack Mandla Mashinini, titled The parables of Jesus as critique on food security systems for vulnerable households in urban townships, in the Department of New Testament Studies, University of Pretoria, with Prof. Dr Ernest van Eck as supervisor.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractA recent empirical study on food shortage in South African urban townships indicates that food shortage embodies multi-faceted aspects with broader social implications, such as the sense of personal dignity, the ability to openly associate with others and a loss of self-identity. It is argued that the parables of Jesus, when read as symbols of social transformation, provide a critique on food insecurity systems in urban townships. It is proposed that the parables of Jesus serve as the conduits for a societal and perhaps ecclesial reorientation with regard to the conditions of hunger, in the light of the vision and values of the kingdom of God.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentNew Testament Studiesen_ZA
dc.description.librarianam2016en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.hts.org.zaen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationVan Eck, E. & Mashinini, M.M., 2016, ‘The parables of Jesus as critique on food security systems for vulnerable households in urban townships’, HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies 72(3), a3252. http://dx.DOI. org/ 10.4102/hts.v72i3.3252.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0259-9422 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2072-8050 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.4102/hts.v72i3.3252
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/57711
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherOpenJournals Publishingen_ZA
dc.rights© 2016. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.en_ZA
dc.subjectKingdom of Goden_ZA
dc.subjectSouth African urban townshipsen_ZA
dc.subjectParables of Jesusen_ZA
dc.subjectFood insecurity systemsen_ZA
dc.subject.otherTheology articles SDG-01
dc.subject.otherSDG-01: No poverty
dc.subject.otherTheology articles SDG-02
dc.subject.otherSDG-02: Zero hunger
dc.subject.otherTheology articles SDG-03
dc.subject.otherSDG-03: Good health and well-being
dc.subject.otherTheology articles SDG-10
dc.subject.otherSDG-10: Reduced inequalities
dc.subject.otherTheology articles SDG-16
dc.subject.otherSDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions
dc.titleThe parables of Jesus as critique on food security systems for vulnerable households in urban townshipsen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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