Empowerment by hope a phenomenological study on the health and wellbeing of African refugee migrants
ii Opsomming iii Acknowledgements iv Dedication vi In Memoriam vii Table of contents viii List of figures xiv Acronyms and abbreviations xv Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1.1. Overview: from Pandora's Box to the 21 century 2 1.2. Research background and raison d'etre 8 1.2.1. Background to the research 8 1.2.2. Research raison d'etre 14 1.3. Research focus 16 1.4. Significance of the research and potential impact 19 1.5. Research question and objectives 25 1.5.1. Research question 25 1.5.2. Research objectives 25 1.6. Overview of the research methodology and approach 25 1.7. Defining key terms to understand the conceptual 27 1.7.1. Practical Theology 27 1.7.2. Theology and Development 31 1.7.2.1. Positioning the field theologically and ecclesiologically 31 1.7.2.2. Positioning the field within the academy 35 1.7.3. Community empowerment 37 1.7.3. Hope in action 39 1.7.4. Human migration 39 1.7.4.1. Lifestyle Migration 40 1.7.4.2. Labour Migration 40 1.7.4.3. Survival Migration 40 1.7.5. Holistic development 41 1.7.6. Improved wellbeing 43 Stellenbosch University https:/scholar.sun.ac.za