Teaching for Change : Essays on Pedagogy, Gender and Theology in Africa.

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- Bibliography -- Endnotes -- SECTION 1: Storytelling and Transformation -- Moral imagination -- Introduction -- Illustration through three stories -- The murder of Chris Hani: Mandela's Interruption of violence -- Simon Wiesenthal's encounter with a dying Nazi SS soldier -- Forgiving her mother's killer -- Conclusion: Empathic repair and the spirit of ubuntu -- Bibliography -- Endnotes -- The case of the trafficked princesses (Jer 40‑44) -- Introduction -- Art/trauma/representation -- Trafficked princesses -- Transsubjective borderlinking -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Endnotes -- The rape of the Levite's concubine and Karoo Moose -- Introduction -- The problem of rape in schools -- Redefining rape as torture -- Fear -- Trauma -- False motive -- Performance -- Torture becomes terror -- Teaching rape in schools? -- Karoo Moose by Lara Foot Newton -- Rape as torture in Judges 19‑21 -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Endnotes -- Through an immigrant's eyes -- Introduction -- Migration - a brief note -- Genesis 12‑50 - overview of the migrations -- Sarah and Abraham - Gen 11:27‑25:11 -- Rebekah and Isaac - Gen 24 -- Rachel and Leah and Jacob - Gen 28‑35 -- Concluding reflections on Genesis 12‑50 and the effects of migration on women and children -- Bibliography -- Endnotes -- SECTION 2: Sexual Diversity and Encounter -- Deploying indecent literary and socio-historical detail for change -- Introduction -- An indecent question -- An indecent narrative shape -- Indecent socio-historical detail -- Indecent resources for community Bible study -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Endnotes -- Having difficult conversations -- Creating space for difficult conversations -- Difficult conversation matter - engaging with Skoonheid -- Having the difficult conversation and dealing with discomfort -- Conclusion -- Bibliography.

Endnotes -- Co-creating transformative spaces through dialogue -- Introduction -- Background and development of the workshop -- All experiences matter -- Invitation to a liturgical space of risk and sharing of embodied experiences -- Participatory pedagogical experiences -- Binary Box -- Contextual Bible study and intercultural Bible reading -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Endnotes -- Reimagining Sin? -- Introduction -- Why reimagine sin? -- RUC's core ethos - enlarging circles of dignity -- An intersectional framework for sin -- Listening to RUC youth voices -- Inclusion and acceptance of diversity -- Sin as social intersections -- Pedagogical tools for intersectional awareness -- Cultivating change agents -- Speaking up as a change agent within church -- Moving from words into actions -- Modelling alternative ways of seeing sin -- Passing on inclusive participatory pedagogies -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Endnotes -- SECTION 3: Towards Transformative Social Action -- Pushing boundaries towards transformation through the political theology of Dorothee Soelle and Denise Ackermann -- Transformation? From where I'm looking, boundaries for women remain intact -- Political theology: method of inquiry and response -- The prophetic voice of Dorothee Soelle: pushing boundaries with liturgy and poems -- Spirituality and activism -- Struggle and contemplation -- The prophetic and transformative voice of Denise Ackermann -- Challenging boundaries by writing letters -- Meeting the challenge of difference -- Conclusion - agents of change -- Bibliography -- Endnotes -- HIV and faith -- Introduction -- The changing landscape of HIV and religion -- Theological initiatives targeting theological students -- Church and AIDS postgraduate elective module -- Postgraduate research work on religion and HIV.

Linking the academy with communities through activist research -- Collaborating in the public realm -- What about the future? -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Endnotes -- The colour of change -- The importance of identity matters in the HIV and AIDS pandemic -- Exploring the intersections of Christianity, identity and HIV -- Masculine identity, violence and the HIV/AIDS pandemic -- A different Christian perspective - effective HIV prevention as resistance -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Endnotes -- Conflict in conflict -- Introduction -- Background -- The prevalence and pervasiveness of interpersonal violence in conflict-affected communities -- The counter-intuitive nature of male versus female faith leader involvement -- The Training of Trainers Model -- Change - being realistic -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Endnotes -- List of Contributors.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.