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Economic justice in Luke 19:1-10 : a post-apartheid imperial critical reading with reference to the land question in South Africa
Thesis (PhD (New Testament and Related Literature))--University of Pretoria, 2023.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/95028 Economic justice in Luke 19:1-10 : a post-apartheid imperial critical reading with reference to the land question in South Africa Van Eck, Ernest patson_motuku@yahoo.com Streett, Alan Motuku, Kenosi Patson UCTD Gospel of Luke Luke 19:1-10 Economic Justice Land Question South African History Land Dispossession Colonialism Inequality Roman Economy Theology theses SDG-01 SDG-01: No poverty Theology theses SDG-10 SDG-10: Reduced inequalities Theology theses SDG-16 SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions Thesis (PhD (New Testament and Related Literature))--University of Pretoria, 2023. The primary thesis of this study is that Zacchaeus’ words in Luke 19:1-10 micronarrative are a radical futuristic resolve responding to Luke’s radical message of ‘good news to the poor’ and ‘wealth renunciation’. Met squarely with the Saviour, Zacchaeus repents of his economically fraudulent ways, and reconciles himself with his estranged community by performing economic restitution and wealth divestiture to the victims of his unjust economic practices. This penitential commitment by Zacchaeus is radical when analysed within the imperial values of Roman-Palestine specifically, and the Graeco-Roman world generally. In a world where the ruling elites amassed wealth through oppression, tyranny, and exploitation of the poor, Zacchaeus’ heed Luke’s radical message of ‘care and concern’ for the poor, and restores illegitimate wealth stolen from the poor. The study deduces that Luke’s economic message is radical and counter-cultural to the dominant values of the Roman-Palestinian world of the Lukan text, and the Graeco-Roman social-world of its readers. Luke’s economic message is viewed as representing God’s economy in contradistinction to the unjust Graeco-Roman economy, with Zacchaeus understood as epitomising the radical response required in heeding Luke’s radical call. Thus, Luke challenges the Palestinian-Roman native collaborators like Zacchaeus who benefits economically by colluding with Roman oppressors in extracting wealth from the poor agrarian peasants, and the Graeco-Roman elites who amasses wealth through heavy taxation, and expropriation of land through oppressive systems and institutions designed to benefit the elites. This radical economic message of Luke, and the attendant radical response by Zacchaeus, is viewed as a necessary paradigm required in bringing about justice and genuine reconciliation between Blacks and Whites in post-apartheid South Africa. The thesis argues that the CODESA negotiations, the TRC nation-building efforts, and the post-apartheid economic policy trajectory have not been effective in addressing the colonial apartheid economic and spatial injustices, which informs the poor race-relations between Blacks and Whites in South Africa today. A ‘Zacchaeus moment’ is thus proposed as a probable theological paradigm in addressing economic inequality and the land question in post-apartheid South Africa today. Thus, the prophetic role of theology is signified by this study. National Research Foundation University of Pretoria New Testament Studies PhD (New Testament and Related Literature) Unrestricted Faculty of Theology and Religion SDG-01: No poverty SDG-10: Reduces inequalities SDG-16: Peace,justice and strong institutions 2024-03-01T11:16:14Z 2024-03-01T11:16:14Z 2024-04-30 2023-11-17 Thesis In his thesis, Economic justice in Luke 19:1-10: A post-apartheid imperial critical reading with reference to the land question in South Africa, the candidate explores economic justice in Luke 19:1-10, focusing on the first-century Roman-Palestinian world, and applying it to the post-apartheid democratic South African situation. The Lukan wealth-poverty themes and the Luke 19:1-10 micro-narrative are analysed through an imperial-critical optic lens, focusing on economic and land ownership patterns. The primary finding is that Luke's message of 'good news to the poor' and 'wealth renunciation' in favour of the poor is a radical counter-narrative that goes against the elite’s economic and spatial hegemony. Zacchaeus exemplifies this message. This message challenges the outcomes of the CODESA negotiated political settlement and the TRC work on nation-building, whilst presenting a theological paradigm for genuine justice and reconciliation between blacks and whites in post-apartheid South Africa. A2024 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/95028 Disclaimer letter 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 Gospel of Luke Luke 19:1-10 Economic Justice Land Question South African History Land Dispossession Colonialism Inequality Roman Economy Theology theses SDG-01 SDG-01: No poverty Theology theses SDG-10 SDG-10: Reduced inequalities Theology theses SDG-16 SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions Economic justice in Luke 19:1-10 : a post-apartheid imperial critical reading with reference to the land question in South Africa |
| title | Economic justice in Luke 19:1-10 : a post-apartheid imperial critical reading with reference to the land question in South Africa |
| title_full | Economic justice in Luke 19:1-10 : a post-apartheid imperial critical reading with reference to the land question in South Africa |
| title_fullStr | Economic justice in Luke 19:1-10 : a post-apartheid imperial critical reading with reference to the land question in South Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Economic justice in Luke 19:1-10 : a post-apartheid imperial critical reading with reference to the land question in South Africa |
| title_short | Economic justice in Luke 19:1-10 : a post-apartheid imperial critical reading with reference to the land question in South Africa |
| title_sort | economic justice in luke 19 1 10 a post apartheid imperial critical reading with reference to the land question in south africa |
| topic | UCTD Gospel of Luke Luke 19:1-10 Economic Justice Land Question South African History Land Dispossession Colonialism Inequality Roman Economy Theology theses SDG-01 SDG-01: No poverty Theology theses SDG-10 SDG-10: Reduced inequalities Theology theses SDG-16 SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions |
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