Christians in the Cities of Johannesburg and Pretoria
Becoming in an African Megacity
Christians in the Cities of Johannesburg and Pretoria
Becoming in an African Megacity
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Description
Glimpse into the impact of Christianity in one of Africa's largest and fastest-growing megacities, located in the Gauteng City-Region.
Addressing a scarcity of religious scholarship in the field of urban studies, this book focuses on the Johannesburg–Pretoria corridor and Christian faith expressions in the African megacity. Stephan de Beer highlights how city and faith are in conversation and explores the various expressions of Christian faith in the evolving city.
Connecting socio-spatial change in post-apartheid South African cities with the changing Christian landscape, this book interrogates the connections and disconnections between Christianity and urban change. It provides valuable insights to students of religion, sociology and urban studies seeking to understand contexts where global migration and Christian faith increasingly co-exist.
Table of Contents
Part I: Johannesburg: city of rushing hearts
2. Contested space in inner city Johannesburg: where Africa arrives
3. Sandton – Alexandra: life and death, divided by a highway
4. Soweto: the unmapped heart of urbanity
5. The new north: yearning, being, becoming
6. Holding on, letting go: Joburg's old eastern suburbs
7. Morphing cities: Midrand-Centurion's 'un-urban' urbanity
Part II: From Pretoria to Tshwane – shedding its apartheid clothes
8. (Un)imaginative becoming: Tshwane's inner city and old east
9. Separated by the dead: the tales of Mamelodi and Eersterust
10. Facing each other: Woodlane Village, Woodhill Estate & Moreleta Church
11. An exploding north: from Sefako Makgatho to Soshang
12. All-pervasive urban tentacles: loving in a city that knows no end
Bibliography
Index
Product details
| Published | 12 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 336 |
| ISBN | 9781350329898 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Illustrations | 10 bw illus |
| Dimensions | 234 x 156 mm |
| Series | Christians in the City: Studies in Contemporary Global Christianity |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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