The absurdity of reconciliation. What we (should) learn from Rustenburg and the implications for South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorSolomons, Demaine
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-26T09:08:05Z
dc.date.available2022-05-26T09:08:05Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractThe quest for reconciliation in South Africa is an exercise in the absurd. To say it is an exercise for the absurd might also have some merit. Like Sisyphus, the figure in Greek mythology, those engaged in the quest for reconciliation are condemned to repeat forever the same, in some cases, meaningless task of pushing a boulder up a mountain only to see it roll down again. This is amid the human propensity to forever search for meaning irrespective of the incongruity of the ideal and the absurdity that defines our existence. The illogicality of apartheid and the subsequent pain and alienation continues to be a defining feature of a country trying to come to terms not what it ought to be, but what it is � chaotic, irrational and sometimes meaningless. In this context, Rustenburg is a symbol of the audacity to dream of something beyond the absurd. Moreover, invoking a theology of reconciliation to achieve something extraordinary amid an uncertain future.en_US
dc.identifier.citationSolomons, D. (2020). The absurdity of reconciliation. What we (should) learn from Rustenburg and the implications for South Africa. tellenbosch Theological Journal 2020, 6(2), 395-414. http://dx.doi.org/10.17570/stj.2020.v6n4.a18en_US
dc.identifier.issn2226-2385
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.17570/stj.2020.v6n4.a18
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10566/7463
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherPieter de Waal Neethling Trusten_US
dc.subjectAbsurden_US
dc.subjectReconciliationen_US
dc.subjectApartheiden_US
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.subjectRustenburgen_US
dc.titleThe absurdity of reconciliation. What we (should) learn from Rustenburg and the implications for South Africaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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