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dc.contributor.authorVorster, J.M. (Koos)
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-05T09:51:54Z
dc.date.available2016-02-05T09:51:54Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.identifier.citationVorster, J.M. 2013. Dealing with violence in South Africa: the ethical responsibility of churches. Scriptura: international journal of bible, religion and theology in Southern Africa, 112(1):1-15. [http://scriptura.journals.ac.za/pub]en_US
dc.identifier.issn0254-1807
dc.identifier.issn2305-445X (Online)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10394/16184
dc.description.abstractThis article investigates the phenomenon of violence in South Africa. The statistics of the excessive violence are presented and the possible reasons for this violence are examined. In this respect the influence of the historic social stratification, the inception of Apartheid, the one-dimensional system of the past and poverty are highlighted. The central theoretical argument of this study is that churches and Christians can play an important role in the struggle against violent behaviour. This role can be fulfilled by nurturing a culture of respect for the concept of human dignity, human rights, and the rule of law and nation building. Furthermore, churches and Christians can set signs of hope in the society by being actively engaged in the alleviation of poverty, the recovery of family values and life, the nurturing of social cohesion and the setting of examples of non-violent solutions to conflictsen_US
dc.description.urihttp://scriptura.journals.ac.za/pub]
dc.description.urihttp://scriptura.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/56
dc.description.uriDOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7833/112-0-56
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherStellenbosch Universityen_US
dc.subjectViolenceen_US
dc.subjectchurchesen_US
dc.subjectsocial stratificationen_US
dc.subjecthuman dignityen_US
dc.subjecthuman rightsen_US
dc.subjectnation-buildingen_US
dc.titleDealing with violence in South Africa: the ethical responsibility of churchesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.contributor.researchID10177582 - Vorster, Jakobus Marthinus


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