This special edition was sub-edited by Stephan de Beer (Centre for Contextual Ministry)
This series originally appeared in the HTS Theological Studies/ Teologies Studies 72(1), 2016
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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 a similar decisive manner in…
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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 traces the term ‘spatial justice’…
Read MoreSpaces 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 theology, law and philosophy. This…
Read MoreInterrupting 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 value of ubuntu and the…
Read MoreThe 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 book. This chapter describes the…
Read MoreHow 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 Ministry and the Ubuntu Research…
Read MoreFacing 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 vulnerable selves. The aim is…
Read MoreThe 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 justice and reconciliation. In the…
Read MoreTiyo 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 knowledge in examining the violence,…
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