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| Titre : | Family membership : challenges to justice, peace and reconciliation (2009) |
| Auteurs : | Wilphredian Okumu-Bigambo, Auteur |
| Type de document : | Article : texte imprimé |
| Dans : | AFER. African Ecclesial Review (Vol.51 N°1-2 ) |
| Article en page(s) : | P. 5-32 |
| Note générale : | Bibliogr. |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Résumé : |
An unfulfilled family precipitates conflict leading to injustices in Church, community and government since it is the family that determines the quality of these other institutions. The social science of interpreting the current family in Africa, in the context of reconciliation through peace and justice, reveals missing links in the dialogue aimed at responsible behaviour. A family finds itself at crossroads, subjected to pressure that involves expectations for a higher level of performance in some endeavour and also a great deal of pressure to conform to other persons' expectations. Many questions of falsehood and pretence remained unanswered not because there are no answers, but because theer is no consistent effort made to offer responsible answers. It is at this point that the Church is called upon as the conscious of society to make her commitment known.
This article discusses variables that threaten the well-being of the family in developing nations. The article interrogates the apparent socio-economic euphorics drawn from the human resource based influences ans anxieties, e.e. socio-cultural, religious, economic, knowledge levels, and media biases that contribute to the challenges for and against sustainable peace and reconciliation in the 21st century. One of the significant arguments in this article is that the state of family today manifests itself in the image and personality of its parents, youth ; its gender considerations and their aspirations ; the community of the Church and by extension, the nation. One of the fundamental conclusions in this article is that opportunities are available for every stakeholder to make a moral contribution to justice, peace, reconciliation and development in family, and community life. |
