Open AccessTheology disrupted by the challenge of refugee children
Author(s) -
J.N.J. Kritzinger,
Martin Mande
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
hts teologiese studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.282
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 2072-8050
pISSN - 0259-9422
DOI - 10.4102/hts.v72i1.3546
Subject(s) - discernment , refugee , scrutiny , agency (philosophy) , sociology , spirituality , action (physics) , gender studies , epistemology , political science , social science , law , philosophy , medicine , physics , alternative medicine , pathology , quantum mechanics
This article focuses on the plight of refugee children and families and takes the form of a dialogue between an academic theologian and a community activist who works for an organisation assisting refugees in Tshwane. This article is structured according to a sixdimensional ‘pastoral cycle’ that explores agency, contextual understanding, ecclesial scrutiny, interpreting the tradition, discernment for action and spirituality. In each section the views of the two authors are juxtaposed, rather than merged into a single voice. This article concludes with a reflection on the method followed