The role of urban religion in seeking peace beyond the mere absence of community conflict: A reading of Ephesians 2:11–22, with the homeless in the City of Tshwane

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies

 
 
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Title The role of urban religion in seeking peace beyond the mere absence of community conflict: A reading of Ephesians 2:11–22, with the homeless in the City of Tshwane
 
Creator Nel, Reginald W.
 
Subject Theology, Urban Theology, Missiology Urban, City, Poor, Homeless, Peace, Preaching
Description Urban religion, often visible in the work of faith-based organisations which consciously aim at unshackling the debilitating realities of urban marginalised communities, needs to be consciously inclusive in all its endeavours. In particular, this is crucial for actions such as those of the Tshwane Leadership Foundation that consciously seeks the peace of the city beyond the mere absence of conflict. This inclusivity requires a sensitive, creative, but also mutually transformative dialogue. This article aims at bringing into dialogue what biblical scholar Gerald West, in his proposal for contextual Bible Study, calls ‘trained’ readers of the Bible with what he calls ‘ordinary’ readers, who are homeless in the City of Tshwane. This methodology leads to a mutually transformative encounter in the common search for peace but also to appreciating the calling of urban religious communities in South Africa. It aims to make a contribution towards an inclusive and mutually transformative dialogue in order to contribute to the quest of urban religious communities to unshackle the marginalisation, whether it be in their consciousness or their environment.
 
Publisher AOSIS
 
Contributor College of Human Sciences, Unisa
Date 2015-10-26
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — Literary Analysis; Participatory Action Research
Format text/html application/octet-stream text/xml application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/hts.v71i3.3128
 
Source HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies; Vol 71, No 3 (2015); 8 pages 2072-8050 0259-9422
 
Language eng
 
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Coverage South Africa, City of Tshwane 1990 - 2014. Post-Coloniaal Male and Female; Older than 20 years
Rights Copyright (c) 2015 Reginald W. Nel https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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