Interfaith Reflections on the Fight Against Corruption (original) (raw)

There is a growing national consensus in South Africa that the corrupt pursuit of money and power is threatening our young democracy and robbing the poor of their basic needs and opportunities. Each year, corruption costs the South African economy hundreds of billions of Rands. But corruption is not merely a material challenge affecting the political economy of South Africa (and the world), but also a spiritual, moral, and social concern. In this book, some of South Africa’s foremost Religious Leaders provide theological reflections from their distinctive faith perspectives on how and why corruption, in whatever form, is always wrong and immoral. They make concrete proposals for ways in which every conscientious citizen can take personal responsibility for turning the tide on the scourge of corruption threatening our young democracy.