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A green reformation of Christianity? Anthropological, ethical and pedagogical reflections on ecology as ecumenical theme
(Stellenbosch University, 2021)
This contribution builds upon and contributes to many recent ecumenical calls
for an ecological reformation of Christianity. It seeks to guide such calls on the
use of the term “ecology” by offering five brief statements ...
Karl Barth’s doctrine of creation: Convergence and divergence with African Christology
(AOSIS, 2021)
This article explores the intersection between Karl Barth’s doctrine of creation and African Christology seeking to elicit similarities as well as differences. It argues that this intersection is contested and open to ...
The four tasks of Christian ecotheology: Revisiting the current debate
(Stellenbosch University, 2020)
This contribution offers a description of the tasks of Christian ecotheology both
from a de facto and from a de iure perspective. It suggests that this entails both a
twofold critique and a twofold constructive task, ...
Church, narrative, community and identity in times of migration
(AOSIS, 2020)
Migration is perceived by many communities as a threat to national unity, social cohesion, nationality or common identity. This article is an attempt to address the following question: How does or should the church as a ...
Feminist pandemic pedagogies: Podcasting and the study of religion
(Association for the Study of Religion in Southern Africa, 2021)
In this articleI will explore and share my pedagogical practices and ex-periences as a feminist scholar of religion, within the context of a voluntary postgraduate reading group, during the first ...
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 absurdity of reconciliation. What we (should) learn from Rustenburg and the implications for South Africa
(Pieter de Waal Neethling Trust, 2020)
The quest for reconciliation in South Africa is an exercise in the absurd. To say it is an
exercise for the absurd might also have some merit. Like Sisyphus, the figure in Greek
mythology, those engaged in the quest for ...
Church’s response to migrants’ quest for identity formation
(AOSIS, 2021)
Migration has received diverse responses from the dominant powers in the political, social
and religious spheres. Assimilation, domination and cohesion are some of the responses to the
integration of people who cross ...
Young people – citizens in times of climate change? A childist approach to human responsibility
(AOSIS, 2021)
The matters of climate change are presently of concern existentially and ethically to the children
and the youth. Worldwide school strikes in 2018–2019 and the Fridays for Future movement
demonstrate how the young citizens ...
The Seventh-Day Adventist church and the quest for transformational development in contemporary Nigeria perspectives from an empirical study
(Southern African Missiological Society, 2022)
This article discusses the findings of an empirical study that investigated the attitudes
of different sections of the membership of the Seventh-day Adventist (SDA)
Church to the socio-economic and political struggles ...