Christian Ethics in South Africa: Liberal Values Among the Public and Elites

Kotzè, Hennie; Loubser, Reinet

doi:10.7833/117-1-1356

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“…Critical to note is that confessional theologies have evolved over the years and have become more accepting of the LGBTQI+. It must be noted that consequently, congregants from various church traditions have also become more accepting of LGBTQI+ individuals and community (Kotze & Loubser 2018). What must be noted is that little change has been effected from this evolution in as far as violence experienced by the LGBTQIA+ community is concerned.…”

Section: Confessional Ecclesiological Traditions and The Lgbtqi+ Comm...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Towards a Grieving Church: Theo-ethical considerations for homophobic violence in South Africa

Mdokwana

2024

Verbum Eccles.

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Hetero-masculine violence in South Africa continues to be an obstacle to peace. As indicated by crime statistics in South Africa, heterosexual women, heterosexual men and LGBTQI+ community have been victims of murder. Many continue to be victims of sexual violence as a result of hetero-masculine violence. While some Christian confessional traditions in South Africa have evolved and have become more welcoming to the LGBTQI+ community, this evolution has not made much difference to the public violence the LGBTQI+ community is exposed to in South Africa. Using the intersections of Caputo’s radical ethics and Meiring’s body theology, I propose a new theological framework that will assist and encourage confessional ecclesiological traditions in South Africa to deal with their own internal contradictions influenced by masculinist heterosexist discourse. This is an attempt to meaningfully contribute to the discourse on violence experienced by the LGBTQI+ community in South Africa. This article contends that the intersections of body theology and radical ethics assist ecclesiological traditions to recognise and embrace the fragility of metaphysics even in the face of discomfort. I argue that the exercise of continuously embracing the fragility of metaphysics assists ecclesiological traditions to be open to their own flaws. This gives them an authentic voice to constantly reconstruct and effectively speak out against the rejection of and violence perpetuated against the LGBTQIA+ community in South Africa.Intradisciplinary and/or interdisciplinary implications: This paper draws on conversations from Christian theology, ethics and their engagement with LGBTQI+ and public homophobic violence in South Africa.

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Section: Confessional Ecclesiological Traditions and The Lgbtqi+ Comm...mentioning

confidence: 99%