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Praying for rain? Reformed perspectives from the Southern African context
(Wiley, 2017)
This contribution addresses the question raised in this volume whether praying for rain is an appropriate response to the impact of climate change from a Southern African perspective. It commences with a missionary story ...
Christian anthropology and the National Development Plan: The role of personhood
(AOSIS, 2017)
This article is an attempt to analyse and assess the use of personal responsibility in the National
Development Plan (NDP). Some signposts that Christian anthropology can make to the
enhancement of the plan will then be ...
Social capital, religious social capital and the missing element of religious ritual
(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 ...
The influence of food symbolism on food insecurity in South Africa: how relevant is the Eucharistic celebration?
(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 ...
Is it not God’s mercy that nourishes and sustains us … forever? Some theological perspectives on entangled sustainabilities
(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 ...
Where is wisdom to be found – now that we have stopped looking for it?
(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 ...
Women, priests and the Anglican Church in Southern Africa: reformation of holy hierarchies
(Scholars Commons @ Laurier, 2017)
The Anglican Church in Southern Africa (ACSA) is celebrating the twenty-fifth
anniversary of the ordination of women to the priesthood in 2017. The quotation
above is a statement made by the South African Council of ...
The role of personhood in development: An African perspective on development in South Africa
(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
(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, ...
The Black Atlantic as reversal: a reappraisal of African and black theology
(AOSIS, 2017)
In this article, I will try to do three things. Firstly, pay attention to the notion of Black Atlantic
as coined by Paul Gilroy, which in effect could signify a reversal of colonialism and slavery.
Secondly, revisit the ...