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Ubuntu, Migration and Ministry : Being Human in a Johannesburg Church.

In Ubuntu, Migration and Ministry Elina Hankela engages with the socio-moral meanings of ubuntu (Nguni: humanness/humanity) in contemporary Johannesburg drawing on ethnographic fieldwork at the Central Methodist Mission, a Johannesburg inner-city church that has been re-shaped in the face of interna...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hankela, Elina
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden : BRILL, 2014.
Colección:Studies in Systematic Theology.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Ubuntu, Migration and Ministry; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; PART 1: Locating the Research Project; 2 Methodological Location; 3 Theoretical Location; 4 Social Location; 5 Introducing the Central Methodist Mission; PART 2: The Ubuntu Vision and Challenges in its Implementation; 6 Bishop Verryn's Theological Vision of Humanity; 7 The Impact of Power and Management Issues on the Actualization of Ubuntu; PART 3: Multiple Identities in the Construction of Boundaries and Bridges.
  • 8 The Role of Nationality, Ethnicity and Xenophobia in the (Re)construction of Exclusionary Identities9 Dirt and Disrespect in the Creation of Exclusionary Boundaries; 10 "Thinking Again": The Presence of the Refugee as an Opportunity; 11 Negotiating Limits to Ubuntu in the Relationship between Dwellers and Members; 12 Concluding Remarks on Ubuntu in the Context of Migration and Ministry; Appendix 1: Recorded Interviews and Sermons; Appendix 2: Cited WWW-Pages; Bibliography; Index.