Race, whiteness and transformation in the promise keepers America and the mighty men conference : a comparative analysis

dc.contributor.authorDube, Siphiwe Ignatius
dc.contributor.emailsiphiwe.dube@up.ac.zaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-22T11:30:59Z
dc.date.available2017-06-22T11:30:59Z
dc.date.issued2016-11-18
dc.description.abstractThis article takes cue from Sarojini Nadar’s article analysing the Mighty Men Conference (MMC) in South Africa as a case study of masculinism, where the author makes some passing comparison between Promise Keepers in America (PKA) and the MMC in South Africa. This article investigates the specific ways in which PKA and MMC are ideologically similar, while also evaluating how their differences accrue dissimilar results with respect to their missions on race reconciliation. The article argues that despite their shared religious similarities as evangelical Christian men’s organisations and perceptions regarding the ‘crisis in/of masculinity’, race discourse plays different roles in the ministries of PKA and MMC. The key observation arising from addressing this discourse is that in the context of PKA, the organisation’s institutional focus on race translates itself into discussions and debates about race reconciliation amongst the various racialised men of the movement as part of the organisation’s work of self-transformation. However, such talk, although present at the individual level to some extent in the MMC, is absent at the institutional level. The absence of such discourse is especially problematic given the visibility of race in public discourse in South Africa, in general, and also points to a masked refusal to give up white male privilege in the post-apartheid public sphere.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentPractical Theologyen_ZA
dc.description.librarianam2017en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.hts.org.zaen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationDube, S., 2016, ‘Race, whiteness and transformation in the Promise Keepers America and the Mighty Men Conference: A comparative analysis’, HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies 72(1), a3476. http://dx.DOI. org/ 10.4102/hts.v72i1.3476.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0259-9422 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2072-8050 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.4102/hts.v72i1.3476
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/61074
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.subjectRaceen_ZA
dc.subjectMighty Men Conference (MMC)en_ZA
dc.subjectPromise Keepers in America (PKA)en_ZA
dc.subjectSouth Africa (SA)en_ZA
dc.subjectWhiteness
dc.subjectTransformation
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.titleRace, whiteness and transformation in the promise keepers America and the mighty men conference : a comparative analysisen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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