‘There is a Reason’:

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" ‘There is a Reason’: "
Elina Hankela

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1067079
Doc. No	:	LA110708
Call No	:	‭10.1163/1572543X-12341427‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Elina Hankela
Title & Author	:	‘There is a Reason’: [Article] : A Call to Re-Consider the Relationship between Charity and Social Justice\ Elina Hankela
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Exchange
Date	:	2017
Volume/ Issue Number	:	46/1
Page No	:	46–71
Abstract	:	Contemporary academic discourse on social justice increasingly urges the elision of aspects of ‘charity’ from the concept. Writing in the context of liberation theology discourse in particular, the author agrees with the need to prioritize social-justice-centred frameworks but argues for an explicit theorization of (true) charity as a vital element within them. The argument is informed by ethnographic engagement with a group of young, low-income Zimbabwean migrants in Johannesburg. It is inspired in particular by attending to how charitable action features in their narratives as a source of dignity and motivation that enables them to work towards a bright future, as well as contributing towards their day-to-day survival. Contemporary academic discourse on social justice increasingly urges the elision of aspects of ‘charity’ from the concept. Writing in the context of liberation theology discourse in particular, the author agrees with the need to prioritize social-justice-centred frameworks but argues for an explicit theorization of (true) charity as a vital element within them. The argument is informed by ethnographic engagement with a group of young, low-income Zimbabwean migrants in Johannesburg. It is inspired in particular by attending to how charitable action features in their narratives as a source of dignity and motivation that enables them to work towards a bright future, as well as contributing towards their day-to-day survival.
Descriptor	:	charity
Descriptor	:	ethnography
Descriptor	:	Johannesburg
Descriptor	:	liberation theology
Descriptor	:	social justice
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/1572543X-12341427‬