Abstract

RENKIN, Wayne. Responses to migration: Tensions and ambiguities of churches in Pretoria Central and Mamelodi East. Herv. teol. stud. [online]. 2017, vol.73, n.3, pp.1-9. ISSN 2072-8050.  http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/hts.v73i3.4725.

This article is a result of research being conducted to explore how churches in two regions of the City of Tshwane - Pretoria Central and Mamelodi East - respond to urban change and vulnerability. Both regions are deeply affected by urban migration patterns. Firstly, I will explore various forms of migration - transnational, rural-urban, urban-suburban and generational - and the causes of migration - social-economic and political - as experienced and described by the churches themselves. Secondly, I will seek to reflect on some of the tensions or ambiguities of how churches respond to migration, how the identity, self-understanding or locatedness of churches inform their responses to migration, and/or how churches and their identity are shaped by migration - commuter or local church, home or temporary church.

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