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Faith-based agency towards the 'good city' in the Gauteng City-Region : a theological portraiture
Thesis (PhD (Practical Theology))--University of Pretoria, 2024.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/94934 Faith-based agency towards the 'good city' in the Gauteng City-Region : a theological portraiture De Beer, Stephan F u04937075@up.ac.za Ribbens, Michael Lee UCTD Faith-based organisations Community-based Theological animation Urban planning Servant leadership Thesis (PhD (Practical Theology))--University of Pretoria, 2024. Population and economic growth in and around Gauteng Province in South Africa gave rise to the Gauteng City-Region. Previous research within the Gauteng City-Region indicates positive correlation between perceived quality of life and participation in faith-based organisations, and yet little research goes on to describe faith-based organisations. This qualitative research employs a variant of portraiture known as theological portraiture through the interdisciplinary notion of the ‘good city’ in order to describe the character and culture of four faith-based organisations in the Gauteng City-Region. In what way, if any, do the selected faith-based organisations animate the ‘good city’ in the Gauteng City-Region? Whilst thousands of faith-based organisations dot the Gauteng City-Region, this research engages four Christian faith-based organisations within three different municipalities. The faith-based organisations are: Ebenezer Bible Church, the Tshwane Leadership Foundation, Institute for Urban Ministry, and Sandspruit Christian Fellowship. They are community-based within vulnerable people and contexts such as the inner city, townships, and informal settlements. To engage the main research question through theological portraiture, the researcher traces how four faith-based organisations understand goodness and observes the extent to which goodness is expressed by their lived faith. Integrating empirical study with art-form, the urban theological portraitist is a story-listener, story-weaver, and story-teller. Through six to eight weeks of immersion with each organisation and fifty-six interviews, the researcher crafts a theological portrait of each faith-based organisation and one group theological portrait which coheres the dissertation. What came to light through the research is that the four faith-based organisations are animating a good city within the Gauteng City-Region. Being activated by faith in Jesus Christ, the faith-based organisations are urban theological animators and servant leaders through inextricable solidarity with the urban poor. In concrete solidarity with the most vulnerable, the faith-based organisations participate in urban planning. Whilst this expression of their faith-based agency is considered good (enough), with opportunity for better engagement, the faith-based organisations identify four interventions to more actively participate in urban planning. A suggested recommendation is to deepen and expand the transdisciplinary Urban Studio within the Gauteng City-Region. Practical Theology PhD (Practical Theology) Unrestricted Faculty of Theology and Religion SDG-01:No poverty SDG-04:Quality Education SDG-11:Sustainable cities and communities SDG-16:Peace,justice and strong institutions SDG-17:Partnerships for the goals 2024-02-26T10:52:31Z 2024-02-26T10:52:31Z 2024-04-16 2023-10-06 Thesis * A2024 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/94934 10.25403/UPresearchdata.25273420 en © 2023 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 | UCTD Faith-based organisations Community-based Theological animation Urban planning Servant leadership Faith-based agency towards the 'good city' in the Gauteng City-Region : a theological portraiture |
| title | Faith-based agency towards the 'good city' in the Gauteng City-Region : a theological portraiture |
| title_full | Faith-based agency towards the 'good city' in the Gauteng City-Region : a theological portraiture |
| title_fullStr | Faith-based agency towards the 'good city' in the Gauteng City-Region : a theological portraiture |
| title_full_unstemmed | Faith-based agency towards the 'good city' in the Gauteng City-Region : a theological portraiture |
| title_short | Faith-based agency towards the 'good city' in the Gauteng City-Region : a theological portraiture |
| title_sort | faith based agency towards the good city in the gauteng city region a theological portraiture |
| topic | UCTD Faith-based organisations Community-based Theological animation Urban planning Servant leadership |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/94934 |