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Ecumenical space: expanded for whom?
(World Council of Churches, 2013)
In this article we are setting out to address the dire need for reorientation within the ecumenical movement. In so doing, we are going to argue for a shift of emphasis that will take the notion of “ecumenical space” ...
Human genetic engineering and social justice in South Africa: Moltmann and human dignity
(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 ...
Identity, race and faith: The role of faith in post-Apartheid South Africa
(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 ...
Personhood and the “multiple self” view
(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 ...
The University of Western Cape Project on Ecclesiology and Ethics
(John Wiley & Sons, 2015)
In its simplest terms, the tension between ecclesiology and ethics is between what the
church is and what it does, between what it is supposed to be and what it is supposed
to do, between what it believes about itself ...
Ecclesiology and ethics: a critical self-reflection
(John Wiley & Sons, 2015)
Welcome to you all at this celebratory conference that urges us to reflect on the past,
our present, and the future, especially of theological education within a secular state.
Perhaps your next conference theme should ...
Good news for all? A feminist perspective on the gospel of Matthew
(SUN, 2015)
In the Gospel of Matthew the Kingdom of Heaven which Jesus preaches about is in conflict with the dominant culture which creates tension between what is and ought. Those whom society despises are pronounced 'blessed' ...
In die netwerk van nadenke oor die omgewing
(AOSIS, 2014)
In the network of thinking about the environment. This contribution is based on a talk
delivered at a conference for continuous education for pastors. The argument commences with
reflections on thinking with one's hands, ...
Old ideas: wisdom, virtue and moral formation
(Stellenbosch University, 2013)
The wisdom writings of the Old Testament may be regarded as largely a repository of ‘old ideas’ that were preserved across cultures and ages because they generally served human life. To study the material from this angle, ...
The church, gender and AIDS: What's wrong with patriarchy?
(SUN, 2015)
Many women and children suffer in silence in cultures where patriarchy is condoned
and defended as the natural order of things. The inferior status ascribed women and
children where patriarchy is imbued as hypernormative, ...