Diversity : negotiating difference in Christian communities

dc.contributor.authorNaidoo, Marilyn
dc.contributor.authorDe Beer, Stephanus Francois
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-19T07:23:47Z
dc.date.available2017-05-19T07:23:47Z
dc.date.issued2016-12-01
dc.descriptionThis research is part of the research project, ‘Social Justice and Reconciliation’, which is directed by Dr Stephan de Beer, Director of the Centre for Contextual Ministry and member of the Department of Practical Theology, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis article seeks to present challenges of negotiating difference and diversity in Christian communities in South Africa today. It reflects the intersectional nature of racial, gender, ethnic and economic difference, and ways in which land, capital and other power constructs continue to underpin and deepen exclusion. It then considers the status of diversity in Christian communities highlighting ways in which the fault lines in society are running through Christian communities, and how such communities almost spontaneously engage in ‘othering’ more naturally than in ‘embracing’. The article proposes the re-conceptualisation of diversity within the bigger South African project of socio-economic transformation, and that the conversation about difference and diversity in Christian communities should be brought into dialogue with critical diversity theory, which considers diversity in relation to equity, human rights and social justice. Finally, the article provides an overview of the contributions that form part of this collection of articles, tracing how a number of Christian communities seek to negotiate diversity and difference ecclesially and theologically.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentCentre for Contextual Ministryen_ZA
dc.description.departmentPhilosophyen_ZA
dc.description.departmentPractical Theologyen_ZA
dc.description.librarianam2017en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.hts.org.zaen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationNaidoo, M. & De Beer, S., 2016, ‘Diversity: Negotiating difference in Christian communities’, HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies 72(1), a3525. http://dx.DOI. org/ 10.4102/hts.v72i1.3525.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0259-9422 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2072-8050 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.4102/hts.v72i1.3525
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/60563
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherAOSIS Open Journalsen_ZA
dc.rights© 2016. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.en_ZA
dc.subjectChristian communitiesen_ZA
dc.subjectHuman rightsen_ZA
dc.subjectSocial justiceen_ZA
dc.subjectSouth Africa (SA)en_ZA
dc.subjectDiversityen_ZA
dc.subject.otherTheology articles SDG-04
dc.subject.otherSDG-04: Quality education
dc.subject.otherTheology articles SDG-05
dc.subject.otherSDG-05: Gender equality
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.titleDiversity : negotiating difference in Christian communitiesen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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