Ubuntu, migration, and ministry : being human in a Johannesburg church /

Ubuntu, Migration and Ministry invites the reader to rethink ubuntu (Nguni: humanness/humanity) as a moral notion in the context of local communities. The socio-moral patterns that emerge at the crossroads between ethnography and social ethics offer a fresh perspective to what it means to be human i...

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Main Author: Hankela, Elina.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Boston : Brill, 2014.

Series: Studies in Systematic Theology 15.
Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2014, ISBN: 9789004262492.

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Call Number: BV2695.E4 H36 2014

Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Introduction
  • Methodological Location
  • Theoretical Location
  • Social Location
  • Introducing the Central Methodist Mission
  • Bishop Verryn's Theological Vision of Humanity
  • The Impact of Power and Management Issues on the Actualization of Ubuntu
  • The Role of Nationality, Ethnicity and Xenophobia in the (Re)construction of Exclusionary Identities
  • Dirt and Disrespect in the Creation of Exclusionary Boundaries
  • "Thinking Again": The Presence of the Refugee as an Opportunity
  • Negotiating Limits to Ubuntu in the Relationship between Dwellers and Members
  • Concluding Remarks on Ubuntu in the Context of Migration and Ministry
  • Recorded Interviews and Sermons
  • Cited WWW-Pages
  • Bibliography
  • Index.