Religious Peace-building in South Africa
From Potential to Practice
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12892139 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Janine Natalya Clark (0000-0002-4060-4082, Queen's University Belfast, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 3-4 |
| Pages | 345-365 |
| Publication date | 2011-09-16 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethnopolitics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1744-9057 • E-ISSN: 1744-9065 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17449057.2011.572639 |
| OpenAlex | W2149602397 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 38 |
While post-conflict peace-building is a much-researched topic, the potential of religious actors to contribute to the process remains underexplored. This article examines this neglected dimension of peace-building through a particular focus on South Africa and its Christian churches. Emphasizing the ‘ambivalence of the sacred’, it contrasts the negative role that many churches played during the apartheid years with some of the very valuable peace-building work that is taking place today—particularly the empowering of communities, the development of antiviolence strategies and psycho-social healing. Arguing, however, that much of this work is often undertaken in a very compartmentalized way, it advocates a more holistic approach to peace-building that reaches across racial and class divides. It also emphasizes that for religious peace-building to achieve its full potential, South African society must address pervasive structural violence; there can be no reconciliation in the face of massive economic injustice and inequality. This research is based on 6 weeks of fieldwork in South Africa and semistructured interviews with various religious actors
Ambivalence · Environmental ethics · Face (sociological concept · Inequality · Injustice · Peace and conflict studies · Peace economics · Political economy · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Work (physics · African cultural and philosophical studies · Gender Studies · Law · Psychology · Religion, Society, and Development · Social Psychology · South African History and Culture
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Unfinished Business
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The Roots of Evil
Genocide and Mass Killing
Overcoming apartheid
Religion as a Source of Social Change in the New South Africa
Facing the Truth
Gacaca
Towards an understanding of the Afrikanerisation of the South African state
Ritual healing and political acquiescence
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,25 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2022 (5) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |