Browsing Researchers in Arts by Title
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The earth in God’s economy: Reflections on the narrative of God’s work
(Stellenbosch University, 2008)This essay is an abbreviated version of an inaugural lecture, read on 24 October 2007 at the University of the Western Cape. It investigates the role of cosmological narratives that help people to understand where they ... -
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 ... -
Ecology and structural violence: The South African reception of Lutheran voices from North America
(Stellenbosch University, 2014)Th is review essay offers an assessment of two recent monographs by Larry Rasmussen and Cynthia Moe-Lobeda in the field of ecotheology. It focuses on the category of moral vision that both authors employ. It shows how ... -
Eschatology in South African literature from the struggle period (1960-1994)
(University of Kwazulu-Natal School of Theology, 2000)On the background of the current sense of despair concerning the environmental crisis, this article follows the basic intuition that a Christian environmental praxis can only be empowered on the basis of an adequate ... -
‘For God so loved the world…’The story of God’s work on earth according to Douglas John Hall
(Stellenbosch University, 2008)This essay reconstructs the way in which Douglas John Hall tells the story of God's work. The argument of this essay is that Hall's entire theology could be described as an exposition of the famous formula in John 3:16, ... -
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 ... -
Geloof sonder sekerhede? In gesprek met Anton van Niekerk
(SUN, 2015)In this review article of Anton A van Niekerk's recent book Geloof sonder Sekerhede: Hoe kan ek nog glo? (Faith without certainties: How can I still believe?) (2014, Kaapstad: Lux Verbi. ISBN: 9780796318992), three ... -
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 ... -
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, ... -
Indigeneity, Alienness and cuisine: Are Trout South African
(Cambridge University Press, 2016)Man has been defined as a rational animal, a laughing animal, a tool-using animal and so on. We would be touching upon a deep truth about him, however, if we called him a cooking animal.‘Trout Still on the Menu’ announced ... -
‘It’s just taking our souls back’: discourses of apartheid and race
(Routledge, 2015)Although apartheid officially ended in 1994, the issue of race as a primary identity marker has continued to permeate many aspects of private and public life in post-apartheid South Africa. This paper seeks to understand ... -
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 ... -
The justification of God? The story of God’s work according to Jürgen Moltmann: Part 1
(Stellenbosch University, 2008)This essay reconstructs the way in which Jürgen Moltmann tells the story of God’s work. This is done on the basis of a review essay by Douglas Farrow who identifies a neo-Platonic structure in Moltmann’s systematic ... -
Land, Liturgy & Life: overture to the "comma" and the "and" in a very small dogmatics
(Stellenbosch University, 2013)This contribution observes a Trinitarian logic in the theme of 'Land, Liturgy and Life' addressed at the 2013 annual meeting of the Theological Society of South Africa. The Trinitarian mystery needs to be protected with ... -
'Language has a heart': linguistic markers of evaluation in selected TRC testimonies
(Taylor & Francis, 2008)This paper explores how two testifiers at the Human Rights Violation hearings of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission in 1996 used selected markers of evaluation (shifts in tense, the inclusion of direct ... -
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 ... -
“Modern prophets, produce a new bible”: Christianity, Africanness and the poetry of Nontsizi Mgqwetho
(Southern African Literature and Culture Centre, UKZN, 2008)In this article I consider how one might approach the apparently singular figure of Nontsizi Mgqwetho, a Xhosa woman who produced an extraordinary series of Christian izibongo in newspapers in the 1920s: through what ... -
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 ... -
Multimodality, creativity and children’s meaning making: drawings, writings, imaginings
(Kings College, Univ. of London, 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 ...