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THE ROLE OF RELIGIOUS PRACTICES AND CULTURAL DYNAMICS IN THE FACE OF SUFFERING AND TRAGEDY: A SOUTH AFRICAN PERSPECTIVE

Madela Mashinini

Resource Types

Article

Resource Languages

English

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Didache
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Description / Abstract

This article examines the African worldview of Ubuntu or Botho, and its psych or social and cultural super structure. Further, it shall explicate the collective tools employed by the oppressed communities, to interact with the apartheid systems. Mutu alterition shall be focused on the spirituality and other cultural resources for community bonding, psychological healing and tradition as well as political and Christian resources for dealing with suffering and tragedy.