Ukubuyisana

Ukubuyisana
Author: Mark Hay
Publisher:
Total Pages: 180
Release: 1998
Genre: Social Science
ISBN:

From Fast to Feast

From Fast to Feast
Author: Cas Wepener
Publisher:
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2009
Genre: History
ISBN:

Today, some years after the first democratic elections in South Africa as well as the final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), it is clear that reconciliation is still needed on all terrains of South African society. More and more people are becoming aware of unchanneled emotions such as guilt, fury, revenge and grief which are still alive in South Africa and which come to fore in different ways. It seems as if reconciliation is a process that will in fact take years, if not generations. The task of the TRC has been completed, but the task of reconciliation on all levels in South African society and the debate surrounding it are far from complete. Very little research has been conducted to understand both the process and the kinds of reconciliation rituals that are needed. And this is exactly the aim of the research described in this book. The research described here aims at making a contribution towards the process of reconciliation in South Africa by specifically looking at one small but important element in that process, namely ritual. To this end several ritual probes were conducted, including an ethnographic probe describing research by means of participatory observation in local South African communities, as well as a cultural-anthropological, biblical, historical and descriptive probe. From these probes ritual qualities were distilled which can be used for the liturgical inculturation of rituals of reconciliation in South Africa.

Reconciliation

Reconciliation
Author: John W. De Gruchy
Publisher: Fortress Press
Total Pages: 272
Release:
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781451411614

Whether born in the Mideast, Africa, Asia, or brought home to the streets of America, violent hatreds often threaten to swamp the minimal cooperation needed to foster life and health. Does Christianity have anything besides warmed-over pieties to offer a world torn by estrangement, alienation, and violently opposed worldviews? In this signal contribution to public theology, John de Gruchy, an internationally esteemed political theologian, emphatically affirms the possibility and necessity of reconciliation. For Christians, he says, reconciliation is the center and perennial test of their faith. De Gruchy expands reconciliation's relevance beyond personal piety and ecclesial harmony to encompass group relations, politics, and even the environment. In all cases, he argues, it involves the restoration of justice. Forged in the recent experience of South Africa, his work delineates the political and ecclesial significance of reconciliation and shows its importance for interreligious relations, addressing victimization, and international peace. Reconciliation will be welcomed by all whose faith leads them to help alleviate the world's mounting agonies.

Child Soldiers and Restorative Justice

Child Soldiers and Restorative Justice
Author: Jean Chrysostome K. Kiyala
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 538
Release: 2018-07-18
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 3319900714

This book investigates how, while children used as soldiers are primarily perceived as victims of offences against international law, they also commit war atrocities. In the aftermath of armed conflict, the mainstream justice system targets warlords internationally, armed groups and militias’ commanders who abduct and enrol children as combatants, leaving child perpetrators not being held accountable for their alleged gross human rights violations. Attempts to prosecute child soldiers through the mainstream justice system have resulted in child rights abuses. Where no accountability measures have been taken, demobilised young soldiers have experienced rejection, and eventually, some have returned to soldiering. This research provides evidence of the potential of restorative justice peacemaking circles and locally-based jurisprudence – specifically the Baraza - to hold former child soldiers accountable and facilitate their reintegration into society.

Reconciliation

Reconciliation
Author: Ernst M Conradie
Publisher: AFRICAN SUN MeDIA
Total Pages: 118
Release: 2013-11-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1920689095

This volume is the first in a series of publications on the interface between ecumenical theology and social transformation in the (South) African context. It focuses on the significance but also the contested nature of reconciliation as one expression of a guiding moral vision for South Africa. It includes a leading essay by Ernst Conradie and responses to the theme by Mary Burton, Fanie du Toit, Sarah St Leger Hills, Demaine Solomons and Vuyani Vellem.

Religion and Peacebuilding

Religion and Peacebuilding
Author: Harold Coward
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Total Pages: 332
Release: 2012-02-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0791485854

In the wake of September 11, 2001 religion is often seen as the motivating force behind terrorism and other acts of violence. Religion and Peacebuilding looks beyond headlines concerning violence perpetrated in the name of religion to examine how world religions have also inspired social welfare and peacemaking activism. Leading scholars from the Aboriginal, Hindu, Buddhist, Confucian, Jewish, Muslim, and Christian traditions provide detailed analyses of the spiritual resources for fostering peace within their respective religions. The contributors discuss the formidable obstacles to nonviolent conflict transformation found within sacred texts and living traditions. Case studies of Northern Ireland, Bosnia, Cambodia, and South Africa are also examined as practical applications of spiritual resources for peace.

Reconciliation Discourse

Reconciliation Discourse
Author: Annelies Verdoolaege
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2008
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9789027227188

This volume is a research monograph analysing the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) from an ethnographic/linguistic point of view. The central proposition of this book is that the TRC can be regarded as a mechanism that leads to the hegemony of specific discourses, thus excercising power. The analysis illustrates how, through a certain type of reconciliation discourse constructed at the TRC hearings, a reconciliation-oriented reality took shape in post-TRC South Africa. Basically, the study points to the long-term implications a truth commission can exert on a traumatised post-conflict society. The book is unique on several levels: TRC discourse is explored in-depth on the basis of personal stories from TRC testifiers; a combination of Poststructuralist and Critical Discourse Analysis approaches form the theoretical foundations; and an extensive bibliography provides an impressive database of TRC publications.