TY  - MANSCPT
AU  - Froise,Marjorie
TI  - Is Christianity in South Africa a label or a spiritual and ethical value system?: a study of Christian adherence in the city of Welkom 
AV  - BR1450.F929.I834 2004 
PY  - 2004///
KW  - Columbia International University
KW  - Alumni and alumnae
KW  - Christian ethics
KW  - South Africa
KW  - Welkom
KW  - Church growth
KW  - Christianity
KW  - Church attendance
KW  - Christianity and culture
N1  - Wordprocessed copy; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: The Status of Christianity Explored; Chapter 3: Christianity By Name But Not By Deed; Chapter 4: A Study of the City of Welkom; Chapter 5: Social Perspectives on Ethical Problems; Chapter 6: A Study of the Problem from an Ethical and Biblical Worldview; Chapter 7: Growth and Decline in the Church; Chapter 8: Conclusion; Addendum Welkom Research Project questionnaire; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1; A problem that demands an answer --; South Africa's Christian status --; 'Christian' and 'Christendom' are not necessarily synonymouus --; Christianity is more than cultural change --; Christianity is more than spirituality --; Christian faith entails more than church affiliation or attendance --; The problem explored --; The macro-problem-why the disparity between religious and social indicators? --; Considering the micro-problem --; The wider implications of the research --; Contents of the chapters, sources of material used and data collection methods --; Census reports confirm a Christian status --; A study of the city of Welkom --; Welkom Research Project --; The objectives of the research --; Social perspectives on ethical problems --; A biblical perspective on ethical problems --; Growth and decline in the church --; Terminology --; Racial terms - Conclusion; Introduction-South Africans regard themselves as Christian --; A statistical study of Christianity in South Africa from Census reports --; Black Christianity --; The 2001 Census report --; Church membership examined from data compiled in the South African Christian Handbooks --; Comparison between census statistics and denominational affiliation --; South Africa's Christian heritage --; Christianity in the early settlers --; Early missionary activity and its historical significance --; The role of Christianity in the history of the Coloured community --; The development of Afrikaner nationalism and the historical role of the Dutch Reformed Church --; Black political resistance --; Summary of the findings --; History also confirms a Christian status; Introduction --; The nature and extent of the crime problem --; Crime statistics --; Other crimes --; People's perception of crime --; South African Police Service, crime and confidence levels --; The perpetrators --; Structural violence existed before independence --; Fraud and corruption --; Dealing with crime --; Rape and sexual violence --; Rape in children --; HawaiiV and AIDS --; The incidence of AIDS --; Ante-natal surveys --; Engagement with HawaiiV/AIDS --; Behavioural change --; Abortion --; Summary of findings --; The problem of crime --; Who is responsible for high crime levels? --; Rape and sexual violence --; HawaiiV and AIDS --; Abortion; Introduction --; Choice of the City of Welkom for the research study --; Church participation in the project --; Historical background --; A demographic study of Welkom --; The people --; Employment --; Education --; Place of residence --; Religious affiliation in Welkom --; HawaiiV/AIDS in Welkom --; Understanding the value systems of the people --; Resondents' views on the quality of their lives --; Family is important --; Relationships with friends --; The importance of personal fulfilment --; Success and achievement --; Attitudes towards possessions --; Concern for others --; The influence of television in establishing values --; Does the church have a role to play in society? --; Views on ethical issues --; Crime --; Corruption --; Abortion --; Sexuality --; The role of the church in society --; Understanding religious beliefs: how people feel about their faith --; Religious affiliation --; Perspectives on the Christian faith --; 'Is the Christian faith unique?' --; 'Is the Christian faith relevant to the way you live today?' --; Church attendance --; Belief in the power of prayer --; Summary of findings --; Information on respondents --; Values are explored --; Religious beliefs; Introduction --; The problem of poverty --; Development of the State's social welfare policy --; Poverty and inequality --; October Household Surveys --; Chronic poverty --; Poverty and unemployment --; Poverty and education --; The crime problem --; The link between poverty and crime --; Urbanisation and its effects --; Corruption --; Challenges facing the country --; Summary of findings --; Poverty --; Urbanisation pressures --; Poverty, unemployment --; The crime problem; Introduction --; South Africa's 'rainbow' system --; The basis of an ethical system --; The role of culture in determining an ethical system --; The role of values in establishing an ethical culture --; A Christian ethic explored --; The church is largely nominal --; Historical factors that have led to nominalism --; An inadequate settler faith --; The planting of Christianity among indigenous people: the introduction of Western culture rather than a biblical worldview --; The spirit world is denied in a Western belief system --; Split-level Christianity --; The effects of nominalism in the church --; Worldviews in conflict --; A biblical worldview --; A call to return to ubuntu thinking --; Secularisation of society --; Secularisation of South Africa --; Humanism --; Postmodern thought --; What postmodernism means for society --; Postmodernism and the Christian faith --; Summary of findings; Introduction --; Growth and decline in South African churches --; Data from the South African Christian Handbooks --; Increase in clergy and churches --; Increase in training --; Increase in workers in other countries --; Data from the Welkom Research Project --; Indicators of Christian faith --; Value systems --; Responses to ethical issues --; Factors influencing church growth and decline --; Criteria for growth --; There is a decisive link between training and church growth --; The church has a purpose or vision --; The church adapts to change --; The church meets social needs --; A study of three church groups --; The Methodist Church of Southern Africa --; Pentecostal and Charismatic churches --; African Independent Churches --; Summary of findings; Introduction --; The research question --; South Africa at the macro-level --; South Africa's Christian status is confirmed --; Black Christianity --; History confirms a Christian status --; The breakdown of moral values --; Who is responsible for the high crime levels? --; Other moral issues --; Understanding the context --; The problem from an ethical and biblical worldview --; Prevailing worldview considered --; Considering the problem on a micro-level --; The Welkom Research Project --; South African Christian Handbooks --; Growth and decline in the church --; Final comments; 'South Africa is a Christian country' --; 'Our country is in moral decline' --; The growth of Christianity from 1911 to 2001 as shown in the census reports --; Religious affiliation by population group from Census reports --; Denominational trends as a percentage of the total population --; Numerical church affiliation in the Black population group in the 1996 and 2001 census reports --; Affiliation in the African Independent Churches from the 2001 Census report --; Religious affiliation in the White population group --; Data from the 2001 Census compared with SACH statistics --; Murders per 100,000 population --; Incidence of HawaiiV-positive women at ante-natal clinics from 1999-2003 --; Employment statistics (WRP) --; Religious affiliation by denominational group (Census 2001) --; Religious affiliation by age group (Census 2001) --; Comparison of religious affiliation between the 2001 Census and the WRP --; 'Life in South Africa has improved over the past five years' --; 'My family is important to me' --; Respondents' views on personal friendships --; 'The purpose of life is enjoyment and personal fulfillment' --; Denominational responses to 'I agree/disagree' that 'the purpose of life is enjoyment and personal fulfillment' --; 'To reach the top of my career and gain public recognition' --; 'You can tell a successful person by what he/she owns' --; 'You can tell a successful person by what he/she owns' by church group --; 'How I feel about the poor in South Africa' by age group --; Hours of television watched per day by age group --; 'If the unemployed resort to crime, they should not be punished' --; Views on crime compared with education --; 'Taking or giving bribes is Oklahoma in Africa' --; 'Christian medical staff should comply and perform abortions' --; 'Christian medical staff should be prepared to terminate pregnancies' by denomination --; 'It's Oklahoma to sleep together' --; 'Sex is for marriage only' by denominational affiliation --; 'What does the church need to do to be relevant?' --; Religious affiliation for Matjhabeng --; Religion affiliation by age --; Religious affiliation in the WRP --; 'South Africa is a Christian nation' --; 'All religions are the same' --; 'All religions are the same' by denomination --; 'The Bible is totally accurate in all its teachings' --; Indicators relating to those who stated that 'all religions are the same' --; 'Is the Christian faith relevenat to the way you live your life today?' --; Relevance of the Christian faith by denomination --; Church attendance --; Attendance at a church meeting by denomination --; Unemployed compared with level of schooling-WRP --; Dimensions of a culture --; Christianity and its relationship with other ideologies and cultures --; Syncretism in both traditional and Western worldviews --; Data from the Census reports compared with SACH statistics --; Growth in the number of churches and clergy from the 1996/7 and 1999/2000 editions of the SACH --; Students in Bible colleges --; seminaries and universities studying for ministry --; Training by theological persuasion --; Data from four editions of the SACH on workers in other countries --; Church attendance --; Responses to reading of the Scriptures and relevance of the Christian faith --; Responses to the uniqueness of the Christian faith --; Hours of TV watched compared with factors that influenced respondents' lives --; Values that are held in high regard --; Opinions on ethical issues --; MCSA as a percentage of total population from census reports; 2001 Census summary of main religious groups by population --; Reported crime statistics --; Quality of life by province --; Western and African worldviews encountered at the time of introduction of Christianity into South Africa --; Models of churches; 2
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