An African biblical interpretation of Matthew 20:1–15 in relation to social justice for workers in Cameroon

dc.contributor.authorNtem, Godlove Sevidzem
dc.contributor.authorVan Eck, Ernest
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-07T11:25:28Z
dc.date.available2022-10-07T11:25:28Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractAfter the colonial era in the early sixties, the practice of employing and paying workers in Cameroon both in the civil service and in the private sector became very crucial, considering the fact that the situation of unemployment is so endemic to Cameroon as a paradigm for Africa’s unemployment. From an economic perspective, Cameroon has a booming labour force, but this robust manpower has been underutilized due to the provocative unemployment that is experienced in all sectors in the country. As an agrarian economy, the weakness of industrialisation in Cameroon does not offer mass employment alternatives. Those who have the privilege to be employed are not satisfied with their remunerations to the extent that they try to use unorthodox means to add to their pay through corruption. This article highlights the desperate nature of Cameroonian workers through the lenses of Matthew 20:1–15. It is a society of unfair distribution of resources and this creates an imbalanced society between the privileged and non-privileged peasantry.en_US
dc.description.departmentNew Testament Studiesen_US
dc.description.librariandm2022en_US
dc.description.urihttps://ojs.reformedjournals.co.za/stj/indexen_US
dc.identifier.citationNtem, Godlove Sevidzem and Van Eck, Ernest. An African Biblical interpretation of Matthew 20:1-15 in relation to social justice for workers in Cameroon. Stellenbosch Theological Journal 2021, vol. 7, no.1, pp.1-20. http://dx.doi.org/10.17570/stj.2021.v7n1.a12.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2413-9467 (online)
dc.identifier.issn2413-9459 (print)
dc.identifier.other10.17570/stj.2021.v7n1.a12
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/87587
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Stellenboschen_US
dc.rights© 2021 Pieter de Waal Neethling Trust, Stellenbosch. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.en_US
dc.subjectSocial justiceen_US
dc.subjectWorkersen_US
dc.subjectMatthew 20:1–15en_US
dc.subjectParable of the Workers in the Vineyarden_US
dc.subjectAfrican biblical interpretationen_US
dc.subjectCameroonen_US
dc.titleAn African biblical interpretation of Matthew 20:1–15 in relation to social justice for workers in Cameroonen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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