The Centre has various ongoing research projects and themes. Below are research reports of the projects and themes.
Preventing and Ending Homelessness in South Africa: Fusing Research, Policy, and Practices – Lessons from the City of Tshwane
By Stephan de Beer This chapter traces attempts in the city of Tshwane, South Africa’s administrative capital, to prevent and ...
FROM HOT SPOTS TO SAFE SPACES – SOCIO-SPATIAL INTERVENTIONS TO INTEGRATE HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS WELL
Since Covid-19, so-called ‘hot spots’ where there are concentrations of homeless persons, have increased in the City of Tshwane, South ...
Everyone counted, counts! The first homeless count in the City of Tshwane, October 2022 Research report
Every person counts. And everyone counted during the City of Tshwane’s first official homeless count, counts! This is a critical ...
The ‘good city’ or ‘post-colonial catch-basins of violent empire’? A contextual theological appraisal of South Africa’s Integrated Urban Development Framework
The Integrated Urban Development Framework (IUDF) was constructed as a ‘new deal’ for South African cities and towns. It outlines ...
‘Between life and death’: On land, silence and Liberation in the captal city
This article reflects on the unfinished task of liberation – as expressed in issues of land – and drawing from ...
Doing theology with children: Exploring emancipatory methodologies
This article serves as an introduction to a collection of articles that explores emancipatorymethodologies for doing theology and research with ...
RESEARCH REPORT 2: RELIGION & THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
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Research Report 2021 Homelessness And Covid 19 In The City Of Tshwane
During the Covid-19 lockdown in the City of Tshwane, homeless people and those caring for them experienced dramatic and large-scale ...
Inside a Pandemic: Vulnerability, Imagination, Innovation in the city of Tshwane – Report 2020
At the end of 2020, the Centre for Faith and Community also published its annual report calledHealing urban Fractures: this ...
2019 Report – Urban Studio: Healing Urban Fractures
This report describes the work of the Urban Studio, a collaborative project initiated between the Centre for Faith and Community ...
Spatial Justice and Reconciliation Conference – Report 2017
On 31 May 2017, the research groups Spatial Justice and Reconciliation and Ubuntu research project collaborated and hosted a one ...
“Rainbow: premise or promise?” Consultation on Social Cohesion and Reconciliation – Report 2013
From 22-23 August 2013, 59 people gathered in Cafe Burgundy’s at the University of Pretoria to consider the status of reconciliation ...
Faith in the City – Report 2017
The Centre for Contextual Ministry is hosted in the Faculty of Theology at the University of Pretoria. Since 2012 the ...
Pathways out of Homelessness Report – 2015
The Pathways out of Homelessness research report is a result of a transdisciplinary research project with more than 40 researchers ...