Thesis (MPhil)--University of Stellenbosch, 2008. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: South Africa is a country in transition, and continues to develop new systems
expected to positively shift the social and economic lives of 48 million people.
Every sector of society is focussed on people’s upliftment. Corporations in South
Africa have Corporate Social Investment (CSI) programmes as their contribution
toward this goal.
The Pentecostal/Charismatic Church is the fastest growing Christian
denomination in the world, certainly even in Africa. Churches’ also have a
responsibility to society’s upliftment, and since the Pentecostal/Charismatic
church aspires to corporate principles this thesis explores the response of the
Indian Pentecostal/Charismatic Church to social, economic and environmental
issues of local and global magnitude. The theoretical framework proposes that a
theology for social change in South Africa must be traced from the foundation of
a theology of liberation from racial oppression, which is found in the Kairos
Document; and combines this with CSI principles to present a composite
framework for analysis.
The study uses qualitative methodologies of loosely structured interviews and a
focus group discussion with Pentecostal/Charismatic pastors from the Phoenix
community, north of Durban. The findings suggest that the Indian
Pentecostal/Charismatic Church i) has divergent viewpoints on what constitutes
social responsibility, ii) does not have a set of guiding principles for funding social
programmes, and iii) does not have a discernable liberation theology, which is a
real challenge facing the Church as this study argues that is a core reason for the
Churches’ inability to deal with social justice or sustainability issues effectively. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Suid-Afrika is ‘n land in ‘n oorgangsfase, en is in die proses om nuwe sisteme te
ontwikkel wat benodig word om ‘n positiewe verandering te bewerkstellig in die
sosiale en ekonomiese lewensfasette van 48 miljoen mense. Bykans elke sektor
van die samelewing is dan ook tans gefokus op die opheffing van mense. Om
hierdie doelwit te bereik, en om by te dra tot sodanige opheffing, het korporasies
in Suid-Afrika Korporatiewe Sosiale Beleggings (KSB) Programme.
Die Pinkster / Charismatiese Kerk is die denominasie wat wêreldwyd, veral ook in
Afrika, die meeste veld wen. Kerke het ook ‘n verantwoordelikheid ten opsigte van
sosiale opheffing, en aangesien die Pinkster / Charismatiese Kerk daarna strewe om
korporatiewe beginsels toe te pas, ondersoek hierdie tesis die reaksie van die Indiese
Pinkster / Charismatiese Kerk teenoor wêreldwye sosiale-, ekonomiese en
omgewingsfaktore. Die teoretiese raamwerk suggereer dat ‘n teologie vir sosiale
verandering in Suid-Afrika gebaseer moet word op ‘n teologie van bevryding van
rasgebaseerde onderdrukking, wat te vinde is in die Kairos Dokument; en kombineer
dit met Korporatiewe Sosiale Beleggings (KSB) beginsels om ‘n saamgestelde
analiserings-raamwerk voor te hou.
Die studie maak gebruik van kwalitatiewe metodes, naamlik los-gestruktureerde
onderhoude asook die besprekings van ‘n fokusgroep wat gehou is tussen Pinkster /
Charismatiese pastore / predikante in die Phoenix gemeenskap, noord van Durban. Die
bevindinge suggereer dat die Indiese Pinkster / Charismatiese Kerk:
i) uiteenlopende menings het oor wat presies sosiale opheffing is;
ii) nie ‘n stel grondbeginsels rakende die befondsing van sosiale
opheffingsprogramme het nie; en
iii) nie ‘n duidelike bevrydingsteologie aanhang nie, welke feit ‘n groot uitdaging aan
die Kerk bied, aangesien hierdie studie die standpunt inneem dat dit ‘n
fundamentele rede is waarom die Kerk nie in staat is om aangeleenthede van
sosiale geregtigheid en volhoubaarheid effektief aan te spreek nie.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:sun/oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/21622 |
| Date | 03 1900 |
| Creators | Francis, Virginia |
| Contributors | Nadar, Sarojini, Swilling, M., Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences. School of Public Management and Planning. |
| Publisher | Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | en_ZA |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | xii, 103 leaves |
| Rights | Stellenbosch University |
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