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Eat and/or be eaten: The evolutionary roots of violence?
(SUN, 2015)
This contribution raises the question about where things have gone wrong in evolutionary history. In classic Christian discourse it is typically assumed that the primary problem is human sin, while the problem of natural ...
The God of life a counter-intuitive confession
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2013)
In ecumenical theology the conviction that the triune God may be described as the
“God of life” is widely accepted. This became foregrounded with the theology of life
initiative of the World Council of Churches (WCC) in ...
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 ...
What on Earth did God create? Overtures to an ecumenical theology of creation
(John Wiley & Sons, 2014)
The need for an adequate theology of creation is typically taken for granted given the familiarity of the theme in terms of the Christian confession. However, at times there has been a dangerous neglect of creation theology ...
All theology is natural theology: The hermeneutic necessity of natural theology?
(Stellenbosch University, 2011)
This article first offers a brief overview of the history of what is understood under "natural theology". The contrast between the Barthian critique against natural theology and the dangers of repudiating natural theology ...
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 ...
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 ...
A semiotic notion of transcendence
(Pretoria University, 2013)
As the title indicates, this contribution explores a semiotic
notion of transcendence. It is argued that experiences of transcendence
are quite common and that notions of transcendence
are highly significant since they ...
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 ...
From land reform to poo protesting: Some theological reflections on the ecological repercussions of economic inequality
(Stellenbosch University, 2014)
In the second semester of 2013 I offered a postgraduate module in Ethics at the University of the Western Cape together with Professor Charles Amjad-Ali on the theme of Land as a lens to interpret economic inequalities in ...