Faculty of Arts: Recent submissions
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Why cannot the term development just be dropped altogether? Some reflections on the concept of maturation as alternative to development discourse
(AOSIS, 2016)This contribution is aimed at some provocation by questioning the basic assumptions of current development discourse (also in the context of religion and theology). It asks for conceptual clarification and differentiation ... -
John Haught on original sin: A conversation
(AOSIS, 2016)This article engages with John Haught's views on original sin. It offers a brief orientation to discourse on sin in the context of theological debates on human evolution. This is followed by a thick description of Haught's ... -
Theology for the twenty-first century - "Going beyond Barth?"
(SUN, 2013)Dirkie Smit is honoured in this contribution as a theologian who has persistently and ingeniously held together two poles in Reformed theology: Karl Barth's emphasis on Christology: God's salvation and free grace as ... -
Galations 2:15-21 and the Belhar Confession (1986) in dialogue
(SUN, 2013)This article brings Gal 2: 15-21 into dialogue with the Confession of Belhar (1986). It starts off with the issue of the formation of confessions in Early Christianity and asks whether there could be a confession basic ... -
The ambiguity of Johan Heyns: Sitting at Bavinck's left or right hand?
(SUN, 2013)Following some biographic introductory comments, the argument of this contribution proceeds in two steps. First, the distinction between Herman Bavinck's left and right hand is clarified, amongst others with reference ... -
Empowering young people in advocacy for transformation: A photovoice exploration of safe and unsafe spaces on a university campus
(UNISA, 2015)Globally and locally, research conducted with young people about safety on university campuses focuses primarily on risk and danger, particularly sexual danger. In this body of scholarship, the voices of young people are ... -
Teaching Masculinities in a South African Classroom
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)In terms of gender equity the first two decades of South African democracy have seen substantial change - at least where legislation is concerned. In terms of daily lived realities however, such change seems to have had ... -
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 ... -
'And I have been told that there is nothing fun about having sex while you are still in high school': Dominant discourses on women's sexual practices and desires in Life Orientation programmes at school
(University of the Free State, 2015)Young women's sexuality is a contested terrain in multiple ways in contemporary South Africa. A growing body of work in the context of HIV and gender-based violence illustrates how young women find it challenging to ... -
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 ... -
Gender, feminism and food studies
(Taylor & Francis, 2015)Policy research and scholarship on food has rapidly increased in recent decades. The attention to 'gender' within this work appears to signal important practical and academic efforts to mainstream gendered understandings ... -
A conversation with Anne Phillips on multiculturalism
(Unisa Press, 2015)During March 2015, Professor Anne Phillips of the London School of Economics was a visiting fellow at Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS). On 13 March a group of nine gender scholars from different disciplines ... -
Masculinity, sexuality and vulnerability in 'working' with young men in South African contexts: 'you feel like a fool and an idiot...a loser'
(Taylor & Francis, 2015)South Africa has seen a rapid increase in scholarship and programmatic interventions focusing on gender and sexuality, and more recently on boys, men and masculinities. In this paper, we argue that a deterministic discourse ... -
Men, masculinities and young people: north-south dialogues
(Scandinavian University Press, 2015)Dialoguing across national borders and specifically global North-South centres and margins has increasingly been viewed as a way to enhance critical and feminist studies and engagement with men and masculinities. This ... -
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 ... -
Lecturers’ perceptions: the value of assessment rubrics for informing teaching practice and curriculum review and development
(Taylor and Francis, 2015)The assessment rubric is increasingly gaining recognition as a valuable tool in teaching and learning in higher education. While many studies have examined the value of rubrics for students, research into the lecturers’ ... -
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 ... -
Gendering disability and disabling gender: Critical reflections on intersections of gender and disability
(UNISA Press, 2015)Discourses of normalcy are deeply imbricated in the construction of the social world and organise relations between persons, persons and the State, persons and institutions and intra-psychic relations. Conversely, ... -
Study groups and peer roles in mediated academic literacy events in multilingual educational contexts in South Africa
(SUN Journals, 2007)This paper explores the role of study groups in mediating academic writing, particularly among multilingual black students at the University of the Western Cape (UWC). Using data from questionnaires, focus groups, and ... -
Multimodality, creativity and children's meaning making: drawings, writings, imaginings
(SUN Journals, 2016)This paper uses a case study of two children's drawings, early writings and imaginative role play to illustrate how children use a variety of modes to make meaning in ways which are creative and beyond the design and ...