From our side:

Emerging perspectives on development and ethics Editors: Steve de Gruchy, Nico Koopman and Sytse Strijbos Published within the  SAVUSA series, by Unisa Press and Rozenberg Format : 245 x 165  mm x mm (Laminated softcover) Pages: x + 293 Item number: 7918 Publish year: 2008 ISBN 13: 978 90 5170 974 2 SA price: R200.00(VAT incl)

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south africa politics / history / human rights
Description
This is an important book, which needed to be written. It now needs to be read by everyone with any interest in development issues within southern Africa and beyond, and especially in the role that the Church, alongside other faith communities, has the potential to play. –

Njongunkulu Ndungane, Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town

Fom our side is a collaborative effort of younger scholars in southern Africa and the Netherlands who are interested in the relationship between development and ethics, from a Christian point of view. The 17 chapters that make up the book have been produced through a unique set of partnerships, in which the authors have intentionally worked with practitioners who are working in the development arena. The essays were also shared in a number of settings with the authors, so that they have also benefited from this creative partnership process, and these partnerships have embraced people in both the South and the North, signalling a desire for a global dialogue led by Africa on matters which have a strong impact upon the continent.

Extracts from foreword and introduction
This book contributes to the current dialogue about the ethics of development in our globalised world. It brings to the conversation a range of scholars who represent Christian perspectives on a variety of matters, and who do so with a concern for African concerns and insights to emerge. It does not seek to speak the final or objective word on the matter, but speaks confidently and clearly from our side. Thus it is provisional and subjective. This is its strength, for it stands as a reminder that all reflection on development arises from a certain perspective, and that claims from the North to offer a definitive position are misguided and misleading. It further reminds the reader that it is people in the South, and particularly in Africa, who see development from below, and thus we can ask for a fair hearing when we speak from our side.

The authors have been conscious of at least five important gaps that are important in the dialogue about ethics and development from a Christian perspective.

1. Between heaven and earth
2. Between north and south
3. Between then and now
4. Between theory and practice
5. Between structure and identity

Three themes in the book
The book is constructed around three clusters of key development themes.

• The first theme is identity, culture and gender, which comprises four essays that focus on what it means to be a person or a people in a global world where local identities are under threat through the dominant powers of the world. This section makes the point that development has a very strong social and cultural aspect.
• The second theme is globalisation, poverty and the market, and we have five essays that explore poverty, ecology and the global economy from a Christian ethical perspective.
• The third theme is power and the struggle for life, comprising five essays that reflect on issues of power and ethical responsibility in post-colonial politics, and the impact this has upon people’s health and wellbeing. The book is brought to a close with an epilogue written by the editors.