Document Type	Master's Dissertation
Author	Smith, Thomas Jacobus
Email	africantom@gmail.com
URN	etd-09262011-115524
Document Title	Exploring the present discourse on the Early Church Fathers’ teachings on poverty in order to develop proposals for the Johannesburg church’s engagement with the poor
Degree	MA(Theol)
Department	Science of Religion and Missiology
Supervisor	Advisor Name Title Dr A Van Niekerk Supervisor
Keywords	Johannesburg Afrikaans churches post-apartheid rich poor early church fathers mission poverty wealth
Date	2011-09-08
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract In post-Apartheid South Africa the issues relating to poverty and specifically missional engagement with the poor remains a priority. In order to foster creative imaginations for this missional task, this research focuses on the discourse on four Early Church Fathers’ engagement with the poor. This discourse was brought into dialogue with four Afrikaans Johannesburg churches through phenomenological interviews. Using Susan Holman’s interpretive framework of sensing, sharing and embodying the kingdom dialogue between the teachings and praxis of Clement of Alexandria, John Chrysostom, Basil the Great, Augustine and four Johannesburg churches were explored in order to develop proposals for the Johannesburg church’s mission towards the poor. © 2011, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. Please cite as follows: Smith, TJ 2011, Exploring the present discourse on the Early Church Fathers’ teachings on poverty in order to develop proposals for the Johannesburg church’s engagement with the poor, MA(Theol) dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-09262011-115524/ > E11/9/5/gm
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