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In die Skriflig

versión On-line ISSN 2305-0853
versión impresa ISSN 1018-6441

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VORSTER, Nico. Land, group identities and competing justice values in South Africa: Reformed perspectives on embracive justice and permeable identity formation. In Skriflig (Online) [online]. 2019, vol.53, n.1, pp.1-7. ISSN 2305-0853.  http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/ids.v53i1.2398.

This contribution argues that competing justice values are hindering progress in the land debate in South Africa. Two factors contribute to this state of affairs: Firstly, social justice is a multifaceted concept undergirded by a range of values. These values often stand in tension with each other, especially when it comes to intergenerational conflicts and transitional social contexts. Secondly, South African approaches to justice seem to be closely related to group identities, particular historical experiences and political interests. To address the impasse on land, we need to recalibrate our disposition to the hierarchy of justice values and the priority we assign to each value. Moreover, we need to address the relationship between justice dispositions and identities. The question posed is the following: Can reformed-theological resources add an extra ingredient to our understanding of social justice? What would be the implications of such a recalibration for our understanding of human identity? This article proposes the concept of embracing justice as orienting principle in resolving the land issue. Furthermore, it draws on reformed notions of self-denial and cross-bearing to advocate a permeable notion of identity that internalises and enacts the demands of embracive justice.

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