Christians in the Cities of Johannesburg and Pretoria
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Christians in the Cities of Johannesburg and Pretoria

Becoming in an African Megacity

  1. 345 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Christians in the Cities of Johannesburg and Pretoria

Becoming in an African Megacity

About this book

Taking a glimpse into the impact of Christianity in one of Africa's largest and fastest-evolving megacities, located in the Gauteng City-Region, this book explores how faith shapes the city and its society. Addressing a scarcity of religious scholarship in the field of urban studies, the book focuses on the Johannesburg-Pretoria corridor and Christian faith expressions in this evolving megacity. Stéphan de Beer highlights how city and faith are in conversation and explores various expressions of Christian faith in an ever-changing urban landscape. Connecting socio-spatial change in post-apartheid South African cities with the changing Christian landscape, the connections and disconnections between Christian faith expressions and urban change are interrogated. Chapters feature wide coverage across both cities, including places like Soweto and Sandton, Sunnyside and Soshanguve, and everything in between. Examining these contexts where global migration and Christian faith increasingly co-exist, the book provides valuable insights to students of religion, sociology and urban studies.

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Information

Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Year
2025
eBook ISBN
9781350329911
Edition
0
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
African History

Table of contents

  1. Half Title
  2. Series Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Contents
  6. Figures
  7. Maps
  8. Christians in the City: Studies in Contemporary Global Christianity
  9. Preface
  10. Chapter 1: Becoming in an African Megacity: Tracing change
  11. Chapter 2: Contested space in inner-city Johannesburg: Where Africa arrives
  12. Chapter 3: Sandton–Alexandra: Life and death, divided by a highway
  13. Chapter 4: Soweto: The unmapped heart of urbanity
  14. Chapter 5: The new north: Yearning, being, becoming
  15. Chapter 6: Holding on, letting go: Joburg’s old eastern suburbs
  16. Chapter 7: Morphing cities: Midrand-Centurion’s ‘un-urban’ urbanity
  17. Chapter 8: (Un)imaginative becoming: Pretoria-Tshwane’s inner city, and the ‘old east’
  18. Chapter 9: Separated by the dead: The tales of Mamelodi and Eersterust
  19. Chapter 10: Facing each other: Informality, wealth and megachurches in Pretoria’s new east
  20. Chapter 11: An exploding north: From Sefako Makgatho to Soshanguve
  21. Chapter 12: All-pervasive urban tentacles: Loving in a city that knows no end
  22. Interviews
  23. Notes
  24. REFERENCES
  25. INDEX