Towards a Contextualized Conceptualization of Social Justice for Post-Apartheid Namibia

Basilius M. Kasera

• Publisher: Langham Academic
• Year: 2024
• Print ISBN: 9781839738791
• eBook ISBN: 9781786410108
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Christian Theology

The search for justice, beyond the basic political understanding, is profoundly theological and ethical. In this work, Dr. Basilius M. Kasera analyses the meaning of justice in post-apartheid Namibia from a biblical perspective. He argues that notions of justice carry no meaning unless they emanate from the community of the affected. Every group of people, by virtue of being God's image-bearers, are able to assess their own context and provide befitting solutions. However this kind of agency has not been afforded to the post-apartheid Namibian society, which continues to operate on borrowed models of justice. While extrapolating on Allan Boesak's beneficial theological concepts of justice, Dr. Kasera encourages theologians and Christians at large to participate in the creation of meaningful, effective, and transformative policies, programmes, practices, systems, and justice institutions.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Contents
• Abstract
• Acknowledgements
• List of Abbreviations
• Chapter 1 Introduction
• Chapter 2 Literature Analysis of Contextualization, Epistemology, and Conceptualization of Social Justice in the Namibian Context
• Chapter 3 Allan Boesak’s Theology, Epistemology, Praxis, and Framing of Social Justice
• Chapter 4 A Critical Dialogue with Allan Boesak’s Theological Notions of Justice
• Chapter 5 Towards a Contextualized Conceptualization of Social Justice for Post-Apartheid Namibia
• Chapter 6 Towards Some Tentative Conclusions
• Bibliography
• About Langham Partnership
• Endnotes