Nell, Ian A.Meyer, Neil(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2013-09)
When the front of the church begins to resemble a stage and the preacher, musicians and other leaders act like performers whilst the congregation takes on the role of an audience, then something is wrong with worship. But ...
Macallan, B.Hendriks, H. J.(University of the Free State, Faculty of Theology, 2013-07)
The article argues that Practical Theology has moved from the uncertainty of simply being applied theology to a point where its methodology, described as the pastoral cycle in this instance, has gained such confidence that ...
Introduction: There are several reasons, from our point of view, why this topic is relevant. In February 2001 the Unit for Religion and Development Research (URDR) was formally founded within the Department of Practical ...
Van der Watt, J. S.Louw, D. J.(Stellenbosch University, Department of Systematic Theology and Ecclesiology, 2013-02)
Human identities in general - including gender and sexual identities – have recently
become more diverse and malleable. This is to a great extent because of the
pervasive influence of the mass media and popular culture, ...
Macallan, BrianHendriks, H. Jurgens(Stellenbosch University, Department of Systematic Theology and Ecclesiology, 2013-02)
The article argues that Practical Theology has moved from the uncertainty of simply
being applied theology to a point where its methodology, here described as the
pastoral cycle, has gained such confidence, that it is ...
Cilliers, Johan(Stellenbosch University, Department of Systematic Theology and Ecclesiology, 2013-02)
This article explores the notion of preaching as a form of perception, in particular as
pertaining to viewing life through the lenses of Scriptures. The aesthetical concept
of “reframing” is utilised to argue that preaching ...
Louw, D. J.(Stellenbosch University, Department of Systematic Theology and Ecclesiology, 2012-12)
In the centre of Vincent Brümmer’s philosophical and spiritual reflection is the quest for the meaning of the Christian faith, outside the parameters of positivistic schematization. This theological sensitivity stands in ...
Hendriks, H. Jurgens(Stellenbosch University, Department of Systematic Theology and Ecclesiology, 2013-02)
This article, first, relates the story of the founding and growth of NetACT, a network
of African theological schools. It furthermore shows how the member schools’ desire
be part of efforts to address issues related to ...
Sheridan, Tim M.Hendriks, H. Jurgens(Stellenbosch University, Department of Systematic Theology and Ecclesiology, 2013-02)
Something about the word “missional” has captured the imagination of many
Christians in Western societies and beyond. The term, though relatively new as a
description of the church, is now used widely across confessional ...
In the discipline of practical theology, one finds a long history of linking the name of the field
to diaconiology, in which you find the Greek word diaconia, directly translated as ‘service’. For
good and scientific ...
Momberg, Marthie(Stellenbosch University, Department of Systematic Theology and Ecclesiology, 2013-02)
In interpreting a film, the viewer actively participates in the construction of
information. But whose perspective counts when doing so? Most people have such
deep-seated frameworks of the universe that they do not even ...
Louw, Daniël(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, Department of Systematic Theology and Ecclesiology, 2012-12)
The Brett Murray painting of president Zuma with an opened fly probes into the
realm of manhood. It reveals the so called ‘masculinity crisis’ in the gender discourse.
From a practical theological point of view it poses ...
Ries, JohannesHendriks, H. Jurgens(AOSIS Open Journals, 2013-02)
An evaluation of three intercultural community projects. An intercultural framework for
servanthood was explored in three Christian community projects. The framework consists of
six basic principles, as defined by Duane ...
Cloete, Anita(Stellenbosch University, Department of Systematic Theology and Ecclesiology, 2013-02)
The article pays attention to spiritual formation as a vital focus in youth ministry.
Spiritual formation will be described as a contextual process of meaning making and
integration of what we believe into how we live ...
Hendriks, H. Jurgens(AOSIS Open Journals, 2012-12)
This article originated at curriculum development workshops for seminaries at different
venues in sub-Saharan Africa. Its goal was to provide guidelines towards finding a hermeneutic
key to practising theology contextually ...