Youth marginalisation as a faith-based concern in contemporary South African society: Introducing a research contribution
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2018
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The aim of this article is to introduce a special collection of articles focused on the topic �Youth
marginalisation as a faith-based concern in contemporary South African society�. In meeting
this aim the discussion begins by alluding to an international research project known under
the acronym YOMA (Youth at the Margins: A Comparative Study of the Contribution of Faith-
Based Organisations to Social Cohesion in South Africa and Nordic Europe) as the source that
inspired the undertaking of the collection. This recognition thereupon leads the article in
subsequent sections to give some more detailed recognition to the YOMA project but also to a
larger corpus of recent scholarly contributions as the most evident manifestations to date of an
emerging South African research engagement with the topical focus under discussion. From
this vantage point the article then proceeds to present the current special collection as a
concerted attempt to give further momentum to the emerging focus. Importantly, however,
this is done by presenting a more elaborate argument about the imperative of interdisciplinary
engagement within the topical focus and how such engagement defines the nature and scope
of the present collection. This finally leads the discussion to conclude with a summary of the
contributing articles.
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Youth marginalisation, Faith-based concern, YOMA project, South African society
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Swart, I. (2018). Youth marginalisation as a faith-based concern in contemporary South African society: Introducing a research contribution. HTS Teologiese Studies/ Theological Studies, 74(3): a5253.