Concept papers for the academic workshop

A number of academics were approached before the conference to write papers which would identify important conceptual issues around the major themes of the ME99. These were in turn circulated to delegates to the academic conference in September 1998. An analysis of this conference, along with the papers here, may be found in the document, "Constructing a language of religion in public life".

Law, constitution and religious organizations/choosing a human rights language

• "The language of a human rights culture" by H. Russel Botman
• "Religion, law, and constitutionalism" by William Johnson Everett
• "Law, constitutions and religious organizations/choosing a human rights language by Paul Farlam
• "Religion, education and constitutional law" by Albie Sachs

Religious discourse and public discourse

• "Religious discourse as public discourse" by Robert M. Franklin
• "Religion and public life: aligning the strengths of religious structures and democratic institutions" by Gary R. Gunderson
• "Public and religious discourse: sampling a local cuisine" by Stephen W. Martin

Religious plurality and identity in civil society

• "More than right: a theological contribution to a discussion of cultural pluralism" by Douglas R. McGaughey
• "Theology and religious reflection" by Robin Petersen

Interpreting corporate language and practice

• "Interpreting corporate language and practice" by Amy Marks and Dave Bond
• "The language of corporate culture" by Robin Petersen

Citizenship of marginal/subjugated discourse

• "Citizenship of marginal/subjugated voices" by Philippe Denis
• "Citizenship of marginal/subjugated voices" by Chirevo Kwenda
• "Citizenship of marginal/subjugated voices" by A. Rashied Omar
• "Citizenship of marginal/subjugated voices" by Gerald West

Black theology as public discourse

• "Reimagining public discourse" by Rebecca S. Chopp
• "Black theology as public discourse" by Noel Leo Erskine
• "Black theology as public discourse" by Dwight N. Hopkins
• "Black theology as public discourse" by Tinyiko Maluleke
• "Black theology in public discourse with particular reference to South Africa" by J.N.K. Mugambi

Religion, gender and public discourse

• "Religion, gender and public discourse" by Madipoane Masenya (ngwana' Mphahlele)
• "Religion and gender" by Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite

Reconstructing a civic moral fibre

• "Reconstructing a civic moral fibre: toward an ideology of nation integrity" by Daryl M Balia
• "Reconstructing the moral fibre" by Moss Ntlha

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