Ritual and the Generation of Social Capital in Contexts of Poverty: A South African Exploration

Cilliers, Johan; Wepener, Cas

doi:10.1515/ijpt.2007.4

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“…Mangeloja, 2005). As Cilliers & Wepener (2007) argue, religious beliefs constitute a system of values, norms, identity and transcendence that provide 'spiritual endurance'. It increases believers' resilience against adverse circumstances and external shocks, such as the death of a family member, natural catastrophes, criminal acts and poverty (cf.…”

Section: Insights On Religion and Economic Success From Theology And mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In principal, these functions are not limited to religious social capital. However, the role of religious social capital could be argued to be unique because of the high degree of trust and cohesion these networks command, which is constantly created and (re-)affirmed through religious ritual (Cilliers & Wepener, 2007). Moreover, religious communities constitute the largest social networks in many developing countries.…”

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Religiosity and household income in Sekhukhune

Öhlmann

Hüttel

2018

Development Southern Africa

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Literature analysing the interrelation of religion and economic performance suggests religion to explain differences in household income. Religious communities foster economically conducive attitudes and are important sources of social capital, particularly under weak economic structures. This paper targets at investigating effects of religiosity on rural household income using survey data from Greater Sekhukhune in the Limpopo Province of South Africa. Using insights from religious studies within a conceptual framework of rural household decision-making, the authors estimate an income equation that includes measures for religious affiliation. While church membership per se does not reveal a significant effect on household income, the results show a positive and robust relationship for membership in the Zion Christian Church and the practice of African traditional religion.

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Section: Insights On Religion and Economic Success From Theology And mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Insights On Religion and Economic Success From Theology And mentioning

confidence: 99%

Religiosity and household income in Sekhukhune

Öhlmann

Hüttel

2018

Development Southern Africa

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“…Rappaport sees local knowledge as a source of creative resistance in marginalized communities and suggest a collective narrative approach that creates a common sense of identity (Rappaport 1995(Rappaport , 2000. The use of narratives has much in common with feminist action research approaches (Fine and Torre 2006;Guishard et al 2005;Mankowski and Rappaport 2000) and with building sociocultural and historical capital (Arnold and FernandezGimenez 2007;Cilliers and Wepener 2007). They note that local narratives may be multiple, and that master narratives that reduce the capacity for resistance must be understood and considered as well as those that empower.…”

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Community, Culture and Sustainability in Multilevel Dynamic Systems Intervention Science

Schensul

2009

American J of Comm Psychol

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This paper addresses intertwined issues in the conceptualization, implementation and evaluation of multilevel dynamic systems intervention science (MDSIS). Interventions are systematically planned, conducted and evaluated social science-based cultural products intercepting the lives of people and institutions in the context of multiple additional events and processes (which also may be referred to as interventions) that may speed, slow or reduce change towards a desired outcome. Multilevel interventions address change efforts at multiple social levels in the hope that effects at each level will forge synergistic links, facilitating movement toward desired change. This paper utilizes an ecological framework that identifies macro (policy and regulatory institutions), meso (organizations and agencies with resources, and power) and micro (individuals, families and friends living in communities) interacting directly and indirectly. An MDSIS approach hypothesizes that change toward a goal will occur faster and more effectively when synchronized and supported across levels in a social system. MDSIS approaches by definition involve "whole" communities and cannot be implemented without the establishments of working community partnerships This paper takes a dynamic systems approach to science as conducted in communities, and discusses four concepts that are central to MDSIS--science, community, culture, and sustainability. These concepts are important in community based participatory research and to the targeting, refinement, and adaptation of enduring interventions. Consistency in their meaning and use can promote forward movement in the field of MDSIS, and in community-based prevention science.

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“…Empirical studies demonstrate that development interventions can successfully stimulate the development of social capital (for example, Bebbington & Carroll, 2002). Seferiadis et al (2015), strongly influenced by Cilliers and Wepener (2007), identified four additional mechanisms, which play a role in creating social capital, namely the material level of structural opportunities, a sense of belonging, civic literacy, and the ethos of mutuality.…”

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Knowledge, Social Capital, and Grassroots Development: Insights from Rural Bangladesh

Cummings¹,

Seferiadis

Maas

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The Journal of Development Studies

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This article examines the relationship between social capital and the creation and exchange of knowledge for grassroots development. It applies a framework that originated in developed countries to the experimental phase of a successful entrepreneurial development programme, undertaken between 2006 and 2012 in rural Bangladesh. Although generally applicable, the framework's structural dimensions are further developed and divided into three functional subtypes of social capital (bonding, bridging and linking) following distinct pathways in their contribution to the creation and exchange of knowledge, demonstrating domains where programme participants co-created know-how. In conclusion, a framework representing the links between social capital and knowledge is presented.

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Ritual and the Generation of Social Capital in Contexts of Poverty: A South African Exploration

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Religiosity and household income in Sekhukhune

Religiosity and household income in Sekhukhune

Community, Culture and Sustainability in Multilevel Dynamic Systems Intervention Science

Knowledge, Social Capital, and Grassroots Development: Insights from Rural Bangladesh

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