Designing a Religious Pedagogical Communicative Methodology: A Transformative Reciprocal Methodology for Religious Pedagogical work with Gangsters

Designing a Religious Pedagogical Communicative Methodology: A Transformative Reciprocal Methodology for Religious Pedagogical work with Gangsters Dames, Gordon Ernest Macmaster’s (2003:60) insights into the phenomenon of gangsterism in our society make an important contribution to practical theology. Gangsterism is a common reality, which traumatises the lives of peoples in the poorer suburbs of the Cape Peninsula on a daily basis (MacMaster 2003:59). This phenomenon originates from the historical, socio-political, and economic conditions on the so called “Cape Flats”. MacMaster (2003:69) pleads with the church to invest in “life-changing” programmes. This article is a descriptive effort at developing a religious pedagogical methodology for people working with gangsters Revised version