Walking together : Christian thinking & public life in South Africa / Joel Carpenter, editor.
Contributor(s): Carpenter, Joel A
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TextPublisher: Abilene, Tex. : Abilene Christian University Press, [2012]Copyright date: ©2012Description: 321 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780891123156 (pbk.); 0891123156 (pbk.)Other title: Christian thinking and public life in South AfricaSubject(s): Christianity and politics -- South Africa | Christianity and culture -- South Africa | Church and social problems -- South Africa | Democracy -- Religious aspects -- Christianity | Democracy -- South Africa | Christians -- Political activity -- South AfricaDDC classification: 261/.10968 LOC classification: BR115.P7 | W25 2012Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.| Item type | Current library | Shelving location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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"This book bears the fruit of an international faculty development seminar held in South Africa during June 2009. It was sponsored by the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU)."--Acknowledgments.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / Joel Carpenter -- Part I: Identity and culture -- Bearing witness to hope : personal identity and public memorials / Sarah Shady -- Divisive symbols in a post-conflicts setting / Scott Moeschberger -- From hip hop to hip hope : art and public theology / Rhonda Collier -- A stranger in my own country : alienation and public theology / Godwin Iornenge Akper -- Part II: Churches and social problems -- Of penguins and immigrants / Bernard Boyo -- In search of a sanctuary : Zimbabwean migrants in South Africa / Sophia Chirongoma -- Giving hope : church-based social capital / Charles Awasu -- The perfect storm of 2008 : Afrophobia in present day South Africa / Rothney Tshaka -- Part III: Christianity and politics -- Power and public policy / James Nkansah-Obrempong -- Negotiating a plural politics : South Africa's constitutional court / Paul Brink -- The political voice of churches in democratic South Africa / Tracy Kuperus -- Beyond speaking : a challenge to public theology / Stephen W. Martin -- Afterword : What is South Africa to me? : confessions of an amateur tour guide / Tinyiko Maluleke.