Religion and Theology

On social evil and natural evil: in conversation with Christopher Southgate

Conradie, Ernst M. (Wiley, 2018)

In this contribution, the author engages in a conversation with Christopher Southgate on the relationship between social evil and what is called natural “evil.” Theologically, this centers around an understanding of creation ...

What hope is there – for Klaus?

Conradie, Ernst M. (AOSIS, 2018)

This contribution engages with Klaus Nürnberger’s eschatology as expressed in his Invitation to Systematic Theology. It suggests that his notion of Christian hope has to be understood in terms of the triad of core concepts ...

The Christian faith and evolution: An evolving, unresolved debate

Conradie, Ernst M. (AOSIS, 2018)

This article sketches how the debate on Christian faith and evolution has evolved. Seven challenges are identified and described in the debate, namely, regarding a recognition of deep (geological) time (challenging the ...

Youth ministry at the margins and/or centre as space of the other: Reflections on the resolutions of the Anglican dioceses in the Western Cape 2017

Klaasen, John S. (AOSIS, 2018)

Youth within the context of faith-based organisations carry with them certain power relations and misconstrued connotations. These power relations and connotations can contribute to alienation and marginalisation. The ...

The role of personhood in development: An African perspective on development in South Africa

Klaasen, John (Southern African Missiological Society (SAMS), 2017)

The question that this article addresses is the role of personhood in development in post-Apartheid South Africa. Modernisation and Dependency theories have not been successful in the development of South Africa over the ...

Practical theology and narrative: Contours and markers

Klaasen, John (Stellenbosch University, 2017)

There has been a definite turn in practical theology and theology at large in the last four decades. The inadequacies of the Enlightenment project to keep in tension the rational and non-rational traditions of interpretations, ...

Khoisan identity: A contribution towards reconciliation in post-apartheid South Africa

Klaasen, John Stephanus (UNISA Press, 2018)

This article seeks to explore the identity of the Khoisan as symbolic for reconciliation in South Africa. What contributions can the narrative of a marginalised people such as the Khoisan make to reconciling a divided ...

Pastoral care in communities under transition: Interplay between care and culture

Klaasen, John S. (AOSIS, 2018)

This article contributes to pastoral care within communities under transition. It seeks to contribute to the corpus of literature that relates pastoral care with culture and, particularly, multicultural contexts. It seeks ...

What hope is there – for Klaus?

Conradie, Ernst M. (AOSIS, 2018)

This contribution engages with Klaus Nürnberger’s eschatology as expressed in his Invitation to Systematic Theology. It suggests that his notion of Christian hope has to be understood in terms of the triad of core concepts ...

The Christian faith and evolution: An evolving, unresolved debate

Conradie, Ernst M. (AOSIS, 2018)

This article sketches how the debate on Christian faith and evolution has evolved. Seven challenges are identified and described in the debate, namely, regarding a recognition of deep (geological) time (challenging the ...

Human genetic engineering and social justice in South Africa: Moltmann and human dignity

Kotze, Manitza (University of the Free State, Faculty of Theology, 2016)

The realities of social injustice in the present South African context, with its great and growing gap between rich and poor and unequal distribution of wealth and resources, are also acutely visible in the health-care ...

Personhood and the “multiple self” view

Oyowe, Oritsegbubemi A. (Philosophical Society of Southern Africa, 2016)

This paper critically assesses the supposition that the best way to capture the intuition that the concept of personhood has practical importance is to analyse personhood in terms of multiple selves. It explores the works ...

Identity, race and faith: The role of faith in post-Apartheid South Africa

Klaasen, John (AOSIS, 2016)

South Africa has experienced an unprecedented influx of migrants in the 21st century. Immigration and race have contributed to the raising of important questions of identity and social inclusion. Immigration and race are ...

The influence of food symbolism on food insecurity in South Africa: how relevant is the Eucharistic celebration?

Byarugaba, George (SUN, 2017)

Various research results point out poverty, inadequate food production and inadequate distribution as the main culprits for food insecurity in many African countries. This article wishes to contribute to the existing ...

Social capital, religious social capital and the missing element of religious ritual

Swart, Ignatius (Brill Academic Publishers, 2017)

This article was written to contribute towards developing a suitable conceptual framework for meeting the overarching research aim of developing a more profound empirically informed interpretation of the manner and extent ...

Where is wisdom to be found – now that we have stopped looking for it?

Lawrie, Douglas G. (SUN, 2017)

Ancient scribal culture had two faces. After arduous and largely impractical training, scribes were admitted to an elite circle and became custodians of a cultural tradition. But scribal teachers were also credited with ...

Is it not God’s mercy that nourishes and sustains us … forever? Some theological perspectives on entangled sustainabilities

Conradie, Ernst (SUN, 2017)

This essay explores the question whether and if so what contribution Christian systematic theology can make to contemporary discourse on sustainability and more specifically ‘entangled sustainabilities’. It acknowledges ...