Looks at Christianity in the megacity of JohannesburgPretoria - exploring how it has shaped the city and its society.
Recenzijos
'Stéphan de Beer has shown with this gallery of ten portraits of Christians in a South African megacity corridor between Johannesburg and Pretoria, that he is one of the most original and insightful urban theologians in the world today. This compelling work of local research on the dynamic convergence of African urban space and Christian faith deserves a global readership.' * William Storrar, Director of the Center of Theological Inquiry, USA * 'Conveyed by one of the worlds rapidly growing metropolitan regions and Christian faith populations, this textured and systematic examination of South African urban congregations pulsates with rich dynamisms. This is cutting-edge analysis, dispatched from a frontline context of urban and religious expansion and reconfiguration.' * R. Drew Smith, Professor at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and Co-Convenor of Transatlantic Roundtable on Religion and Race, USA *
Daugiau informacijos
Looks at Christianity in the megacity of JohannesburgPretoria - exploring how it has shaped the city and its society.
1. Becoming in an African megacity: tracing change
Part I: Johannesburg: city of rushing hearts
2. Contested space in inner city Johannesburg: where Africa arrives
3. Sandton Alexandra: life and death, divided by a highway
4. Soweto: the unmapped heart of urbanity
5. The new north: yearning, being, becoming
6. Holding on, letting go: Joburgs old eastern suburbs
7. Morphing cities: Midrand-Centurions un-urban urbanity
Part II: From Pretoria to Tshwane shedding its apartheid clothes
8. (Un)imaginative becoming: Tshwanes inner city and old east
9. Separated by the dead: the tales of Mamelodi and Eersterust
10. Facing each other: Woodlane Village, Woodhill Estate & Moreleta Church
11. An exploding north: from Sefako Makgatho to Soshanguve
12. All-pervasive urban tentacles: loving in a city that knows no end
Bibliography
Index
Stephan de Beer is Director of the Centre for Faith and Community at the University of Pretoria, South Africa.