Religious ethics, capital punishment and reconciliation in a new South Africa

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dc.contributor.advisorChidester, Daviden_ZA
dc.contributor.authorImhanwa, Jude Onosen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-24T07:32:34Z
dc.date.available2014-10-24T07:32:34Z
dc.date.issued2001en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: leaves 147-155.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe new democratic South Africa is a society that is bedevilled by violent crime. The reintroduction of the death penalty, in the view of many of the victims of violent crime and a section of the politicians, seems to be the only solution. This thesis: "Religious Ethics, Capital Punishment and Reconciliation in a New South Africa," contends that reintroducing capital punishment is not a solution to the problem of violent crime, for two principal reasons: It violates the principle of legitimate pluralism as it infringes on the right of religious and cultural freedom, and it is incompatible with the notion of reconciliation. First, the thesis discusses the justifications of punishment from the perspectives of reason and faith. Then, it goes further to look at the seriousness and causes of violent crime in the new South Africa. In addition, it presents the teachings of five religions - Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism and African traditional religion - on capital punishment and reconciliation, comparatively. In the concluding part, it makes an evaluation of crime, capital punishment and reconciliation. This thesis identifies the root cause of violent crime as "poverty", defined as "lack of'. It ends, therefore, by suggesting that the solution to violent crime in the new South Africa is reconciliation as it is the solution to "poverty" as the root cause of violent crime.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationImhanwa, J. O. (2001). <i>Religious ethics, capital punishment and reconciliation in a new South Africa</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Religious Studies. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8748en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationImhanwa, Jude Onos. <i>"Religious ethics, capital punishment and reconciliation in a new South Africa."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Religious Studies, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8748en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationImhanwa, J. 2001. Religious ethics, capital punishment and reconciliation in a new South Africa. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Imhanwa, Jude Onos AB - The new democratic South Africa is a society that is bedevilled by violent crime. The reintroduction of the death penalty, in the view of many of the victims of violent crime and a section of the politicians, seems to be the only solution. This thesis: "Religious Ethics, Capital Punishment and Reconciliation in a New South Africa," contends that reintroducing capital punishment is not a solution to the problem of violent crime, for two principal reasons: It violates the principle of legitimate pluralism as it infringes on the right of religious and cultural freedom, and it is incompatible with the notion of reconciliation. First, the thesis discusses the justifications of punishment from the perspectives of reason and faith. Then, it goes further to look at the seriousness and causes of violent crime in the new South Africa. In addition, it presents the teachings of five religions - Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism and African traditional religion - on capital punishment and reconciliation, comparatively. In the concluding part, it makes an evaluation of crime, capital punishment and reconciliation. This thesis identifies the root cause of violent crime as "poverty", defined as "lack of'. It ends, therefore, by suggesting that the solution to violent crime in the new South Africa is reconciliation as it is the solution to "poverty" as the root cause of violent crime. DA - 2001 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2001 T1 - Religious ethics, capital punishment and reconciliation in a new South Africa TI - Religious ethics, capital punishment and reconciliation in a new South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8748 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/8748
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationImhanwa JO. Religious ethics, capital punishment and reconciliation in a new South Africa. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Religious Studies, 2001 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8748en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Religious Studiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherReligious Studiesen_ZA
dc.titleReligious ethics, capital punishment and reconciliation in a new South Africaen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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dc.type.qualificationnameMSocScen_ZA
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