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Walking together : Christian thinking & public life in South Africa / Joel Carpenter, editor.

Contributor(s): Carpenter, Joel A
Material type: TextTextPublisher: 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.
Contents:
Introduction / Joel Carpenter -- 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 -- 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 -- 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.

"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.

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