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Ndebele and Shona Ethnic Cohesion : a Dialogue with Paul's Ethics of Reconciliation
Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2018.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/64229 Ndebele and Shona Ethnic Cohesion : a Dialogue with Paul's Ethics of Reconciliation Dube, Zorodzai ishegusha2@gmail.com Gusha, Isheanesu Sextus New Testament Social Cohesion Ndebele Shona Paul's Ethics UCTD Theology theses SDG-10 SDG-10: Reduced inequalities Theology theses SDG-16 SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2018. The tension between the Ndebele and Shona people dates back to the precolonial era and this has been one of the major threats to Zimbabwe’s peace. Ethnic tensions have resulted in the loss of thousands of lives since the country’s independence, especially during the Entumbane clashes and Gukurahundi massacres. The government has in several ways, tried to bring social cohesion between the two with limited success. Four examples are: the initiatives done through the 1980 reconciliation pronouncement by Prime Minster Robert Mugabe, 1987 Unity Accord between PF ZAPU and ZANU PF, the Government of National Unity, and the Commission on National Healing and Reconciliation of 2008. The failure may be attributed to amnesia and the unwillingness to repent from past evils by the perpetrators. Seemingly, the major problem may be attributed to the fact that interested parties often played the mediatory role; and one cannot objectively be both player and referee. In addition, over the years, the church through her ecumenical bodies has tried to build bridges between the two but the efforts were also fruitless due to the unwillingness by the government to take recommendations from the church and civic organisations. The thesis proposes Pauline ethics regarding reconciliation in the Corinthian correspondence as inspiration for social cohesion between the Ndebele and Shona tribes. As hermeneutical tools, Paul’s key symbols such as Christ, the Cross of Christ, Ambassador, New Creation, and Baptism shall be deployed as epistemological lenses in promoting identity tags that go beyond ethnicity. I propose that, for these symbols to be effective, the following recommendations should be taken seriously; setting up of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), refraining from using ethnic offensive language, introduction of Ndebele and Shona languages in primary and secondary schools in the provinces dominated by these two ethnic groups, substituting ethnic provincial names with neutral ones, substituting ethnic registration system of people with a neutral one, and the devolution of power. ae2025 Biblical and Religious Studies PhD Unrestricted SDG-10: Reduced inequalities SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions 2018-03-13T09:31:15Z 2018-03-13T09:31:15Z 2018-04-20 2018-02 Thesis Gusha, IS 2018, Ndebele and Shona Ethnic Cohesion : a Dialogue with Paul's Ethics of Reconciliation, PhD Thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/64229> A2018 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/64229 en © 2018 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | New Testament Social Cohesion Ndebele Shona Paul's Ethics UCTD Theology theses SDG-10 SDG-10: Reduced inequalities Theology theses SDG-16 SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions Ndebele and Shona Ethnic Cohesion : a Dialogue with Paul's Ethics of Reconciliation |
| title | Ndebele and Shona Ethnic Cohesion : a Dialogue with Paul's Ethics of Reconciliation |
| title_full | Ndebele and Shona Ethnic Cohesion : a Dialogue with Paul's Ethics of Reconciliation |
| title_fullStr | Ndebele and Shona Ethnic Cohesion : a Dialogue with Paul's Ethics of Reconciliation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ndebele and Shona Ethnic Cohesion : a Dialogue with Paul's Ethics of Reconciliation |
| title_short | Ndebele and Shona Ethnic Cohesion : a Dialogue with Paul's Ethics of Reconciliation |
| title_sort | ndebele and shona ethnic cohesion a dialogue with paul s ethics of reconciliation |
| topic | New Testament Social Cohesion Ndebele Shona Paul's Ethics UCTD Theology theses SDG-10 SDG-10: Reduced inequalities Theology theses SDG-16 SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/64229 |