Original Research - Special Collection: Just housing

Just housing: Constructing a theological praxis-agenda in a (South) African city

Stephan F. de Beer
Verbum et Ecclesia | Vol 45, No 2 | a3220 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/ve.v45i2.3220 | © 2024 Stephan F. de Beer | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 20 June 2024 | Published: 20 November 2024

About the author(s)

Stephan F. de Beer, Centre for Faith and Community, Department of Practical Theology and Mission Studies, Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

Abstract

Against the backdrop of Africa’s urban revolution and the vastly unequal housing patterns in most African cities, this article argues for just housing to be a theological praxis-agenda. Drawing from a very local journey in one South African city, it considers David Korten’s four generations of development as a possible framework to guide such a theological praxis-agenda in (South) African cities.

Intradisciplinary and/or interdisciplinary implications: It proposes simultaneous actions of relief, development, advocacy and global solidarity, grounded in an immersed faith, if the church is to contribute to housing justice in African cities.


Keywords

Housing justice; a praxis-approach; oikos-theology; relief; development; advocacy; global solidarity.

Sustainable Development Goal

Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities

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