Just Faith : Glocal Responses to Planetary Urbanisation / / edited by Stéphan De Beer |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Durbanville, South Africa : , : AOSIS, , 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (398 pages) |
Disciplina | 261.1 |
Soggetto topico |
Sociology, Rural - Religious aspects
Urbanization Church work with minorities |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | Just Faith |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910477075503321 |
Durbanville, South Africa : , : AOSIS, , 2018 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Just faith : glocal responses to planetary urbanisation / / editor: Stephan de Beer |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cape Town, South Africa : , : AOSIS, , 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxiii, 364 pages) |
Disciplina | 261/.1 |
Collana | HTS religion & society series |
Soggetto topico |
City churches
Sociology, Rural - Religious aspects Urbanization |
ISBN |
9781928396666
1-928396-66-6 9781928396642 9781928396659 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910765881803321 |
Cape Town, South Africa : , : AOSIS, , 2018 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Justice-based ethics : Challenging South African perspectives |
Autore | Jones Chris |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Durbanville, : AOSIS, 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 electronic resource (332 p.) |
Soggetto topico |
Ethics & moral philosophy
Religious ethics |
Soggetto non controllato |
Calvanism
church Christology Christianity economic ethics economic inequality enlightenment globalisation |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | Justice-based ethics |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910563073203321 |
Jones Chris | ||
Durbanville, : AOSIS, 2018 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Justice-based ethics |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Durbanville, : AOSIS, 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (332) |
Soggetto topico |
Ethics & moral philosophy
Religious ethics |
ISBN | 9781928396710 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910346037903321 |
Durbanville, : AOSIS, 2018 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Justice-based ethics |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Durbanville, : AOSIS, 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (332) |
Soggetto topico |
Ethics & moral philosophy
Religious ethics |
ISBN | 9781928396710 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910765848603321 |
Durbanville, : AOSIS, 2018 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The language of faith in southern Africa : spirit world, power, community, holism / / Hermen Kroesbergen |
Autore | Kroesbergen Hermen |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cape Town, South Africa : , : AOSIS, , 2019 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xv, 359 pages) |
Disciplina | 230 |
Soggetto topico | Christianity |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | List of abbreviations appearing in the text xi -- Biographical note xiii -- Acknowledgements xv -- Chapter 1: The language of faith in Southern Africa 1 -- Introduction 1 -- Two common approaches to the language of faith in Africa 4 -- The language of faith in Southern Africa 9 -- African theology 13 -- Methodology 14 -- Part One 19 -- Chapter 2: The spirit world: Its reality 21 -- Introduction 21 -- One world 24 -- Adding a thousand qualifications? 27 -- A different direction 32 -- Prayer 36 -- My own context in the Netherlands 38 -- The African context 41 -- Not explanation, control and prediction 47 -- No explanation 47 -- No control 50 -- No prediction 53 -- Chance everywhere 55 -- Response to the world 59 -- A response to the uncertainty of what happens 59 -- A response to uncertainty about which way to go 60 -- A response to harmful things 63 -- The Southern African context 66 -- Two questions 70 -- Is the spirit world real? 71 -- Do people really believe like this? 73 -- Conclusion 77 -- Chapter 3: The spirit world: Its diversity 79 -- Introduction 79 -- Spirits that can be coerced to help 81 -- Looking for a middle ground 84 -- Suspending our scepticism 84 -- What is wrong with this quest? 89 -- A different-from-the-ordinary role 94 -- I give in order that you give? 95 -- The spirit world is not used as a practical tool 97 -- Truth and responses to the world 104 -- Living with a diversity of responses 111 -- The belief in the spirit world responds to the -- same one world 113 -- No need for mediation between different responses 117 -- Conclusion 120 -- Chapter 4: Power: In things and words 123 -- Introduction 123 -- The symbolic quality of things 126 -- The power of anointing oil and anointed pens 128 -- Things as part of a symbolic context 134 -- Symbolic things are treated differently 140 -- Enchantment 146 -- The material quality of words 152 -- Positive confession and speaking into someone's life 155 -- Performative or perlocutionary language? 158 -- The material quality of words 164 -- Conclusion 167 -- Part Two 171 -- Chapter 5: Community: In society 173 -- Introduction 173 -- Social harmony as greatest good 175 -- Inclusiveness 176 -- Harmony of the community as a moral principle 182 -- Hiding behind the community 184 -- Giving in to power 185 -- Looking for the best policy 186 -- Avoiding punishment 187 -- Avoiding shame and dishonour 188 -- The concrete community 190 -- Vulnerable individuals 196 -- Exposed individuals 197 -- Group pressure 203 -- A community of strangers 209 -- Relationships over freedom 216 -- Conclusion 221 -- Chapter 6: Community: In Christianity 223 -- Introduction 223 -- The purpose of religious meetings: From shared -- worship to obtaining a service 225 -- 'Not really communities' 225 -- No worship groups 228 -- Focus on needs 231 -- The role of the pastor: From facilitator to big man 237 -- Authoritarian big man 237 -- And egalitarianism? 240 -- Anointed man of God 243 -- The meaning of ecumenism: From unreachable -- goal to assumed fact 248 -- International community 248 -- We are all Christians 250 -- Choosing one's dependency 256 -- The government adapting to the shift in type -- of religious community 259 -- Unity and dialogue in the church as theological ideal 263 -- A community of pilgrims 264 -- Faith dialogue 269 -- Conclusion 275 -- Chapter 7: Holism: In blessings and salvation 279 -- Introduction 279 -- The quest for holistic salvation 281 -- Causal or conceptual connections? 285 -- The prosperity gospel 293 -- What does it mean to be blessed? 297 -- A different kind of life 307 -- Not a bit of both 317 -- Conclusion 320 -- Chapter 8: Wrong questions 323 -- Introduction 323 -- Understanding the language of faith 324 -- The picture theory of language 324 -- The meaning of language is in the use 325 -- Wrong questions 327 -- One church? 331 -- References 335 -- Index 349. |
Altri titoli varianti | Language of Faith in Southern Africa |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910477059703321 |
Kroesbergen Hermen | ||
Cape Town, South Africa : , : AOSIS, , 2019 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Language of Faith in Southern Africa |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | AOSIS |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910404143603321 |
AOSIS | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Language of Faith in Southern Africa |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | AOSIS |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910765826403321 |
AOSIS | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Language of Faith in Southern Africa : Spirit World, Power, Community, Holism |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Durbanville, : AOSIS |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | Language of Faith in Southern Africa |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910773089603321 |
Durbanville, : AOSIS | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Leadership Approaches to Negotiate Challenges in a Changing Education Landscape / / Leentjie Van Jaarsveld [and nine others] |
Autore | Jaarsveld Leentjie Van |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cape Town, South Africa : , : AOSIS, , 2020 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxiv, 375 pages) |
Disciplina | 371.2 |
Soggetto topico | Educational leadership |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910774701203321 |
Jaarsveld Leentjie Van | ||
Cape Town, South Africa : , : AOSIS, , 2020 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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