Overcoming Reconciliation as a Wicked Problem: A Theological Response to the Dominant Split between Heaven and Earth in South Africa
This contribution provides clues as to why (the quest for) reconciliation in South Africa fits the broad definition of a wicked problem. Popularized by Horst Rittel and Melvin Webber (), wicked problem refers to something that is either too difficult or nearly impossible to resolve. It is abundantly...
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Philosophia reformata
Year: 2020, Volume: 85, Issue: 2, Pages: 198-211 |
| RelBib Classification: | CG Christianity and Politics CH Christianity and Society KBN Sub-Saharan Africa NBK Soteriology NCD Political ethics ZC Politics in general |
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Apartheid
B Justice B Christian soteriology B Reconciliation B South Africa B Wicked Problem |
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| 520 | |a This contribution provides clues as to why (the quest for) reconciliation in South Africa fits the broad definition of a wicked problem. Popularized by Horst Rittel and Melvin Webber (), wicked problem refers to something that is either too difficult or nearly impossible to resolve. It is abundantly clear from the available literature that reconciliation is understood in very different ways. Not only is there a lack of conceptual clarity, but strategies aimed at working towards this ideal reveal or produce new problems as an unintended consequence. Some strategies approach the discourse for the purpose of political expediency, while others are more interested in its theological (or existential) properties. This tension is referenced as the dominant split between heaven and earth. Notwithstanding the complexity of the problem, this contribution alludes to the limitations of such approaches if those who propagate them insist that such views remain mutually exclusive. Building on the theology of Allan Aubrey Boesak and Curtiss Paul DeYoung (), this contribution is an attempt to avoid the polarization of such views and highlight the fundamental asymmetry between divine and human action. This is underscored by the work of Christ through which God reconciled the world to himself (2 Cor. 5:19) and the ministry of reconciliation in society. In taking this approach, one avoids the tendency to provide superficial answers to a complex (wicked) problem. | ||
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