On the Significance of Religion for Social Justice

by Christo Thesnaar, Sinethemba Makanya, Mthokozisi Maseko

2025 · Taylor & Francis

On the Significance of Religion in Social Justice analyses the role of religion in social justice from the perspectives of Traditional African Religion, Christianity, and Islam by bringing different disciplines into play, including medicine and health, humanities and Indigenous knowledge systems or African metaphysics, Islam and sociopolitical studies, practical theology, and pastoral care. With much of current academic, political, and public attention focusing on the problematic dimensions of religion, this book also explores the constructive resources of religion for social justice. Analysing the specific contributions of religious actors in this field, their potential, and possible problems connected with them, this book sheds light on the concrete contours of the often vague "religious factor" in processes of social change for social justice. References to current and former settings of social injustice within South Africa provide "real-life" contexts for their discussions. Combining cutting-edge research with current and former settings with concrete implications for academics, policymakers, and practitioners, this concise and easily accessible volume helps to build bridges between these often-separated spheres of engagement.

Self-Directed Learning for the 21st Century: Implications for Higher Education

by Elsa Mentz, Josef de Beer, Roxanne Bailey, Per B. Bergamin, Chantelle Bosch, Adri du Toit, Roelien Goede, Aubrey Golightly, David W. Johnson, Roger T. Johnson, Corné Kruger, Dorothy Laubscher, Anitia Lubbe, Jako Olivier, Christo van der Westhuizen, Sukie van Zyl

2019 · AOSIS

This book is devoted to scholarship in the field of self-directed learning in the 21st century, with specific reference to higher education. The target audience of the book includes scholars in the field of self-directed learning and higher education. The book contributes to the discourse on the quality of education in the 21st century and adds to the body of scholarship in terms of self-directed learning, and specifically its role in higher education. Although all the chapters in the book directly address self-directed learning, the different foci and viewpoints raised make the book a rich knowledge bank of work on self-directed learning.