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Corruption in South Africa's liberal democratic context : equipping Christian leaders and communities for their role in countering corruption
Title:
Corruption in South Africa's liberal democratic context : equipping Christian leaders and communities for their role in countering corruption
Author:
De Klerk, Barend Jacobus, 1945- editor.
ISBN:
9780620725187

9780620725262
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xxii, 337 pages)
Contents:
Descriptive-empirical perspectives -- Corruption in South Africa's liberal democratic context, and challenges faced by Christian leaders -- Research results flowing from interviews with Christian leaders in business, politics, labour unions and church sectors in a liberal democratic South African context -- Interpretative perspectives -- Challenges faced by Christian leaders regarding complex manifestations of corruption in post-apartheid South Africa -- Reasons why government leaders, officials and church leaders have to act against corruption -- Managing corruption in South Africa : the ethical responsibility of churches -- Exegetical and theological normative perspectives -- Pastoral perspectives from Ezekiel 34 to restore the Christian mandate and equip Christians to counteract corruption -- What can we do to stem corruption? Ethical guidelines from John 15 -- Normative perspectives from Romans on the Christian mandate to counter corruption -- Strategising perspectives -- Changing the lifestyle of corruption by altering people's attitudes according to the perspective of the Missio Dei -- A social movement against corruption in the footsteps of Jesus' diakonia according to Matthew -- Practical-theological guidelines for Christian leaders on corruption through hermeneutical interaction between the descriptive-interpretative, normative and strategic findings.
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