Browsing Research Publications (Religion & Theology) by Title
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Mission as evangelism and as development? Some perspectives from the Lord's Prayer
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2005)This essay builds on the conference on “Mission in the 21th century: New models and strategies in a world of diversity” held in Livingstone, Zambia from 25 March to 1 April 2004. It offers some background to the tension ... -
The missionary role of mainstream Christianity: Towards a narrative paradigm for social integration of minorities in pluralistic post-apartheid South Africa
(AOSIS, 2015)This article attempts to add to the existing approaches of practical theology and specifically to the missionary approaches of mainline churches towards immigrants. This is an attempt to enhance the mission amongst ... -
The missionary role of mainstream Christianity: Towards a narrative paradigm for social integration of minorities in pluralistic post-apartheid South Africa
(AOSIS, 2015)This article attempts to add to the existing approaches of practical theology and specifically to the missionary approaches of mainline churches towards immigrants. This is an attempt to enhance the mission amongst ... -
Narrative and personhood: The quest for triad community development
(Pieter de Waal Neethling Trust, 2020)This article sets out a Christian theological anthropology for community development. This critical engagement with traditional and doctrinal forms of Christian theological anthropology will analyse two contrasting ... -
The necessity of natural theology? In conversation with John Calvin on the human senses
(Stellenbosch University, 2011)This contribution explores John Calvin's position on natural theology. The point of departure is not so much the much discussed notions of a sensus divinitatis or of the semen religionis, but the role played by the human ... -
Nietzsche and our discourses on identity
(AOSIS, 2021)Through his views on perspectivism and the will to power, Nietzsche indirectly influences many current discourses on identity. This article places these themes in the broader context of Nietzsche’s thought. Firstly, it ... -
Nigerian Pentecostal megachurches and development: A diaconal analysis of the redeemed Christian church of God
(MDPI, 2023)The Nigerian social, public, political and religious landscapes have changed significantly over time with the emergence and proliferation of Pentecostal megachurches. The majority of these churches are structured and ... -
Notions and forms of ecumenicity: some South African perspectives
(SUN Press, 2013)This contribution addresses the abstract question of how the adjective “ecumenical” may be understood. What notions and forms of ecumenicity may be identified? There may be no single authoritative definition, but one may ... -
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, ... -
On Jesus Christ as Mediator of creation
(Stellenbosch University, 2013)This contribution offers reflection on two of Dirkie Smit's conversation partners, namely Herman Bavinck and Karl Barth. It notes that both are deeply Trinitarian theologians, but also that such a Trinitarian approach has ... -
On social evil and natural evil: in conversation with Christopher Southgate
(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 ... -
Only a fully trinitarian theology will do, but where can that be found?
(Stellenbosch University, 2013)The argument of this contribution, departing from a famous article by Arnold van Ruler, is that a fully Trinitarian theology requires attention to God's work and not only God's identity and character. The three relationships ... -
Pastoral care in communities under transition: Interplay between care and culture
(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 ... -
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 ... -
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, ... -
Practical theology: A critically engaged practical reason approach of practice, theory, practice and theory
(AOSIS, 2014)Browning's influential use of practical reason for his fundamental practical theology is analysed. His correlation of theory and practice in his three stages of theory, practice and theory is also critiqued because his ... -
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 ... -
Prevention of civil war in Joshua 22: guidelines for African ethnic groups
(Old Testament Society of SA, 2013)Have you ever jumped to a conclusion before hearing both sides of a story? Have you ever failed to give someone the benefit of the doubt, even though they had never wronged you? "There Are Two Sides to Every Story." Joshua ... -
Queer studies and religion in Southern Africa: The production of queer Christian subjects
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2020)The question of how to write about queer Africa has been a significant debate in scholarship over the last decade. One of the key emerging areas, in the development of ‘queer Africa scholarship’ has been through the framing ... -
Re-examining a theology of reconciliation: What we learn from the Kairos document and its pedagogical implications
(OpenJournals Publishing AOSIS (Pty) Ltd, 2020)The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) in South Africa is widely regarded as an organisation that was established to facilitate the transition from social conflict to a new dispensation. Frequently considered as the ...