This theme explores issues of our collective woundedness as a South African people; spatial justice, land and restitution; peace-building and restoration; and the ways in which reconciliation and justice relate to each other.
‘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 ...
Restorative justice can help us deal with the aftermath of the looting: Is an amnesty appropriate?
Photo: Residents and taxi drivers held a peaceful protest against looting and taxi violence on 19 July 2021 in Vrygond, ...
A reflection on Vuyani Vellem’s longing for liberation: A spirituality of life and freedom
Vuyani Vellem was insistent on fostering a spirituality that could ground and sustain resistance of death as expressed in multiple ...
Discerning a theological agenda for spatial justice in South Africa: An imperative for sustained reconciliation – Stephan de Beer
A spatial turn has occurred in various disciplines over the past decades. This article holds that it has not occurred in ...
Leibniz, Lefebvre and the spatial turn in law – Isolde de Villiers
This contribution takes as its point of departure the spatial turn in law and the notion of spatial justice. It ...
Spaces of alienation: Dispossession and justice in South Africa – Petrus T. Delport; Tshepo Lephakga
Theories and philosophies of space and place have seen a rise in prominence in recent times, specifically in the disciplines of ...
Interrupting separateness, disrupting comfort: An autoethnographic account of lived religion, ubuntu and spatial justice – John Eliastam
This article uses a fictionalised encounter as the basis for an autoethnographic exploration of the intersections between the South African social ...
The transformation of the city of Zion: From decadence to justice and prophetic hope (Is. 1:1–2:5) – Alphonso Groenewald
This article focuses on the story of the transformation of the city called Zion. Isaiah 1:1–2:5 is the key to the ...
How does justice smell? Reflections on space and place, justice and the body – Jacob Meiring
Flowing from a joint consultation on Spatial Justice and Reconciliation on 21–22 September 2015, hosted by the Centre for Contextual ...
Facing our whiteness in doing Ubuntu research. Finding spatial justice for the researcher – Julian Müller; Sheila Trahar
In this article, the two authors, academics from different contexts and both aware of their whiteness, focus on their own ...
The parable of the Feast (Lk 14:16b–23): Breaking down boundaries and discerning a theological–spatial justice agenda – Ernest Van Eck; Wayne Renkin; Ezekiel Ntakirutimana
The parable of the Feast (Lk 14:16b–23) is perhaps the example par excellence in the New Testament that addresses spatial ...
Tiyo Soga: Violence, disruption and dislocation in the white polis – Vuyani Vellem
Tiyo Soga must be celebrated as he is the personification of a body of knowledge pertinent to the development of foundational ...
[Virtual Colloquium] Solidarity with the homeless poor during Covid-19: we cannot be free unless you are free!
The Centre for Faith and Community at the University of Pretoria, in conjunction with its research associates in its Social ...
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 ...
Diversity: Negotiating difference in Christian communities
This article seeks to present challenges of negotiating difference and diversity in Christian communities in South Africa today. It reflects ...
The university, the city and the clown: A theological essay on solidarity, mutuality and prophecy – Stephan de Beer
This essay is informed by five different but interrelated conversations all focusing on the relationship between the city and the ...
Demythologising social cohesion: Towards a practical theological vision
This article considers the topical issue of social cohesion. It seeks to demythologise the issue bringing it into critical conversation ...