Stuck in the margins? : : young people and faith-based organisations in South African and Nordic localities / / Ignatius Swart [and three others], (editors).

• Superior document: Research in contemporary religion ; Volume 31
• TeilnehmendeR: Swart, Ignatius, 1965-
• Place / Publishing House: Göttingen : : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht,, 2021.; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Research in contemporary religion ; Volume 31.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (357 pages) :; illustrations.
• Notes: Includes index.

"This book is the product of a South African - Nordic research collaboration that wanted to gain deeper insight into the role that faith-based organizations (FBOs) play in the lives of young people eking out a living from the margins of society. The book as such distinguishes itself as a first major international scholarly endeavor to explore the contemporary phenomenon of youth marginalization from a concerted interdisciplinary faith-based organizational interest. While the exploration of concepts such as NEET (an acronym for young people not in education, employment or training), social cohesion and FBOs constitutes an important point of departure, the book's essential contribution lies in the empirical work undertaken. In six case studies, conducted respectively in locations in South Africa, Finland and Norway, the authors make a deliberate attempt to give a voice to the young people with whom interviews were conducted. The result is a scholarly work that in its discussions and conclusions is both critical and appreciative of the involvement of FBOs in the lives of marginalized youths but also the research achievement itself. Perspectives that recognize the meaningful presence of FBOs in the lives and lived religion of many young people at the margins are presented, while authors do not shy away either from highlighting the shortcomings of FBOs to work more purposefully with young people in overcoming the conditions conducive to their marginalization. Ultimately, however, this book does not confine itself to a critical perspective on FBOs alone but through the contribution of some of its authors present illuminating insight into what may still be required from the point of view of academic research to participate in larger liberative practices involving young people but also FBOs at the margins of society." -- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Introduction / Ignatius Swart, Auli Vähäkangas, Marlize Rabe, Annette Leis-Peters NEET as a comparative conceptualisation of youth marginalisation: a South African-Nordic European exchange of perspectives / Ignatius Swart, Bjørn Hallstein Holte, Heikki HiilamoStatistical snapshots: contextualising the lives of youths in South Africa and the Nordic countries / Bjørn hallstein Holte, Marlize Rabe Social cohesion, critical theoretical exploration of a concept / Olav Helge Angell, Stephan de BeerFaith-based organisations and organised religion in South Africa and the Nordic countries / Auli Vähäkangas, Elina Hankela, Elisabet le Roux, Eddie Orsmond "Eish!: it is tough living here": marginalised young people and faith-based organisations in Pretoria Central / Ignatius Swart, Marlize Rabe, Stephan de Beer Us and them: faith-based organisations and street youths in Søndre Nordstrand / Bjørn Hallstein Holte, Annette Leis-Peters, Olva Helge Angell, Kari Karsrud Korslien "Keep yourself busy": young people, faith-based organisations and social cohesion in Riverlea / Elina hankela, Reggie Nel A story of continued separateness: NEET young people and faith-based organisations in Franschhoek / Eddie Orsmond, Anita Cloete, Elisabet le Roux, Zahraa McDonald "Do the FBOs know where they are going?": listening to the voices of rural youth in the Emakhazeni local municipality / Christina Ladman, Hannelie Yates The church at the centre of community?: young people's experience of social cohesion in Lammi / Auli Vähäkangas, Anna Juntunen, Elina Juntunen, Johanna Vilja-Mantere, Ulla Siirto Youth at the margins: reflections on diversities and similarities using intersectionality as a lens / Marlize Rabe, Bjørn Hallstein Holte, Zahraa McDonald, Olav Helge Angell, Ulla Siirto A common spatial scene?: young people and faith-based organisations at the margins / Annette Leis-Peters, Ignatius Swart, Anita Cloete, Per Pettersson Whose cohesion? what cohesion?: liberative theological reflection on young people and faith-based organisations / Auli Vähäkangas, Stephan de Beer, Elina Hankela, Annette Leis-Peters.