Church and Civil Society German and South African Perspectives.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Walker, Michael
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stellenbosch : African Sun Media, 2017.
Temas:
Public theology.
Théologie publique.
Public theology
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Acknowledgements
  • Table of Contents
  • Introduction: Church and civil society
  • German and South African perspectives
  • 1. Religion and civil societies
  • Civil societies in general
  • Empirical example
  • civil society and religion in Germany
  • Theological and normative depth-structures relating church and diacony
  • their formative impact on the civil society in Germany and in other contexts
  • References
  • Notes
  • 2. Kingdom, church and civil society
  • a theological paradigm for civil action
  • Introduction
  • The characteristics of the kingdom of God
  • The people of the kingdom of God
  • The kingdom and civil society
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Notes
  • 3. Fragile values, shared convictions and group agency
  • civil society through the lens of inferentialism
  • Civil society deferred
  • Three strategies
  • How values work
  • Christianity and values
  • An alternative definition of values
  • Three issues with civil society
  • Proto-ethical implications
  • Proto-political epistemological dynamics
  • Empirical realities and universal claims
  • Complex interrelations
  • Voluntary motivation, social identity and the salience of values
  • The nature of group intentions
  • The fragile relationship between shared conviction and collective action
  • Inferentialism and responsibility in civil society
  • Taking-true and making-true
  • The fragility and deictic potential of Christian values
  • References
  • Notes
  • 4. Religion and civil society in "South Africa"? Searching for a grammar for life together
  • A frame of reference for discussion?
  • Religion and civil society
  • serving the nation?
  • Religion and civil society
  • promoting democracy?
  • Religion and civil society
  • and alternative imaginaries?
  • Religion and civil society
  • depending on our grammar for life together?
  • Notes
  • 5. Religious communities, churches and civil society
  • Introduction
  • Church as ekklesia
  • Churches and religious communities as pillars of civil society
  • The doctrine of the priesthood of all believers and believers as actors in civil societies
  • Increasing risks facing civil societies
  • The communicative potential of religious communities
  • Exclusion and Pentecostal movement
  • An illusory form of self-recommendation?
  • Developments in Russia and the danger of nationalism
  • References
  • Notes
  • 6. Assessing the role of the South African Council of Churches in democratic South Africa (1994-2014)
  • Introduction
  • Historical background
  • Nature and structure of the organisation
  • Structures
  • Key programme areas
  • Main discourses in the SACC since 1994
  • Church-state political discourse
  • Economic policy discourse
  • The social justice discourse
  • HIV/AIDS health discourse
  • Re-inventing its identity
  • Evaluating the role and contribution of the SACC to South African society (1994-2014)
  • The way forward
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Notes
  • 7. The role of churches and NGOs in civil society
  • a South African case study

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