scholarly journals Reflections in Honour of the Reverend Ernest Nkatazo Baartman

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vuyani "Vido" Nyobole
Keyword(s):  
Political Context ◽  
Mentor Teacher ◽  
Intimate Friend ◽  
Ministry Leadership ◽  
Church And Society

I count it a special honour and a singular privilege to be asked to write an essay on the life and contribution of this esteemed honourable son of the soil, the revered, Rev. Ernest Nkatazo Baartman—a personal intimate friend, brother and spiritual guide. Writing an essay on our esteemed leader, mentor, teacher, prophet and a fearless fighter, the Honourable Reverend Ernest Nkatazo Baartman was not easy as no amount of words can fully capture and describe who he was—his leadership contribution, work and witness in Church and society, what he means to most people who have been touched by his personality and Ministry—Yingwe emabala bala (“multi-talented’’). The aim of this essay is to briefly capture the life, Ministry, leadership and contribution of Baartman in Church and society, locating that narrative in the socio-political context in which his Ministry and personality found roots and blossomed.

scholarly journals The One Who Equipped the Saints: A Reflection on Vuyani Gladstone “Vido” Nyobole

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vukile Mehana
Keyword(s):  
Ministry Leadership ◽  
Personal Profile ◽  
Church And Society ◽  
The One

On the important occasion in the life of the Black Methodist Consultation (BMC) as it turns 40 years, it was indeed with great privilege and a single honour that I had to reflect on the life and work of Rev. Vuyani “Vido” Nyobole. This essay seeks to share the knowledge I gained, as well as the knowledge that others gained when interacting with “Vido”, both in Church and society, as I reflect on his personal profile, Ministry, leadership, gifts, and experiences. 

Situating the Blair Membership Boom Within its Social and Political Context

1999 ◽  
Vol 26 (First Serie (1) ◽  
pp. 47-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ross Bond
Keyword(s):  
Political Context

Death in the City

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathryn A. Sloan
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Inquiry ◽  
The United States ◽  
Violent Death ◽  
Special Relationship ◽  
Intimate Friend ◽  
Counter Narrative ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
European Heritage ◽  
The City ◽  
The Temple

Popular culture has long conflated Mexico with the macabre. Some persuasive intellectuals argue that Mexicans have a special relationship with death, formed in the crucible of their hybrid Aztec-European heritage. Death is their intimate friend; death is mocked and accepted with irony and fatalistic abandon. The commonplace nature of death desensitizes Mexicans to suffering. Death, simply put, defines Mexico. There must have been historical actors who looked away from human misery, but to essentialize a diverse group of people as possessing a unique death cult delights those who want to see the exotic in Mexico or distinguish that society from its peers. Examining tragic and untimely death—namely self-annihilation—reveals a counter narrative. What could be more chilling than suicide, especially the violent death of the young? What desperation or madness pushed the victim to raise the gun to the temple or slip the noose around the neck? A close examination of a wide range of twentieth-century historical documents proves that Mexicans did not accept death with a cavalier chuckle nor develop a unique death cult, for that matter. Quite the reverse, Mexicans behaved just as their contemporaries did in Austria, France, England, and the United States. They devoted scientific inquiry to the malady and mourned the loss of each life to suicide.

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