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Die estetika van 'n skreeu-lelike, "weerlose God". Skilderkuns as medium in prosesse van teologiesparadigmatiese transformasie – ver-beeld-ende stank (skúbalon) vir skandalige on-dank (skandalon)
(LitNet, 2020)Die Christelike tradisie het dikwels in die Godsvraagstuk op die vraag gekonsentreer: Wie is God? Die Godskonsep, veral die al-mag van God, is in verskillende tradisies omskryf in statiese “omni”- of “almag”-kategorieë ... -
Timing grace : reflections on the temporality of preaching
(AFRICAN SUN MeDIA, 2019)In this companion volume to A Space for Grace, Johan Cilliers delves into some of the most profound theological underpinnings of preaching. Drawing on his extraordinary depth and breadth of scholarship, Cilliers examines ... -
Interdisciplinary reflections on the interplay between religion, film and youth
(AFRICAN SUN MeDIA, 2019)The relationship between the media and religion in a contemporary world is not only obvious, but also complex. In a culture that increasingly focuses on visual media, film plays a salient role in forging notions of identity ... -
The aesthetics of Covid-19 within the pandemic of the corona crisis. From loss and grief to silence and simplicity : a philosophical and pastoral approach
(2020)Within the corona-crisis, the core question to be posed is: What is the impact of Covid-19 on paradigms applied to interpret the pandemic; i.e. on the spiritual realm of meaning-giving, hoping and pastoal caregiving? How ... -
Preaching promise within the paradoxes of life
(AFRICAN SUN MeDIA, 2018)Paradoxes have become characteristic of the world we live in – poverty and privilege, empire and oppression, migration and enclaveseeking, war and peace, justice and injustice, reconciliation and revenge. During the 2016 ... -
Resistance to and acquiescence in apartheid : St. Paul's Theological College, Grahamstown, 1965-92
(AFRICAN SUN MeDIA, 2018)This book documents the history of a major Provincial Anglican theological college in Grahamstown – St. Paul’s Theological College – that existed against the backdrop of colonialism and apartheid. The author fundamentally ... -
The purity myth : a feminist disability theology of women’s sexuality and implications for pastoral care
(Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology, 2020)The purity ideology is used to inform the cultural and religious constructions of women’s sexuality. The ideology is further used to discriminate against the female body and disabled body, limiting the participation of ... -
Spirituality and impact evaluation design : the case of an addiction recovery faith-based organisation in Argentina
(AOSIS, 2019-08-14)The importance of the spiritual dimension in the lives of people living in conditions of poverty and social exclusion and the often-critical role of faith-based organisations has gained increasing relevance in development ... -
Leveraging social capital of the church for development : a case study of a farming community in Wellington
(AOSIS, 2019-11-14)This article explores how a farming community in Wellington (Bovlei) moved from dependence towards an empowered community through non-profit organisations’ (NPOs) transformative community development initiatives, undertaken ... -
Unapologetically faith based : the nature of donor engagement in the context of South African faith-based organisations
(AOSIS, 2019-12-12)The funding of faith-based organisations (FBOs) is often complex and at times unsustainable because of many factors that may render the FBO and its valuable work in serving the most marginalised vulnerable to fickle donor ... -
Is home the best place to be old? : the changing geography of responsibilities in the care for elderly
(Pieter de Waal Neethling Trust, 2018)In this article, the changing geography of care for the elderly in today’s society is mapped out in (1) its consequences for the meaning of “home” for frail elderly and (2) for the distribution of care responsibilities. ... -
Is it ethical for a Christian to treat depression with anti-depressants?
(Pieter de Waal Neethling Trust, 2018)In this essay I consider whether it is right for a Christian to use an anti-depressant to treat depression. All human beings are responsible to image God in a moral and dignified manner as mortal creatures living in a ... -
Rituals as cultural coffins? Towards reintegrating divorced women into society : a pastoral theological study
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Zulu marriages are regarded as metaphoric funerals or even burials for many Zulu women. The symbolic kist that these women carry as a transitioning process from their father’s house to their husband’s ... -
Poverty and privilege : re-hearing sermons of Beyers Naude on religion and justice
(Pieter de Waal Neethling Trust, 2018)This paper attempts to identify some ethical dimensions in the preaching of Beyers Naudé, as being representative of a structural-contextual-ethical mode of moral discourse. Cognisance is taken in particular of sermons ... -
Etiese prediking in post-apartheid Suid-Afrika? : enkele homiletiese oorwegings
(Pieter de Waal Neethling Trust, 2018)Ethical preaching in post-apartheid South Africa? A few homiletic considerationsThis article will try to indicate that while the church’s approach during the apartheid era was characterized by liberation theology and ... -
’n Teologies-pastorale ondersoek na die sosio-ekonomiese situasie van die bruin welsynpensioenarisse in die Redeemed African Metodiste Kerk
(Pieter de Waal Neethling Trust, 2018)A theologically-pastoral examination of the socio-economic situation of the brown welfare pensioners in the Redeemed African Methodist ChurchThe South African society is characterised by socio-economic inequality between ... -
A practical theology of bereavement care : re-ritualization within a paradigm of comforting presence
(Pieter de Waal Neethling Trust, 2018)The investigation focuses on a concern for the marginalization of bereaved human beings in the context of cultural shifts now shaping twenty-first century pastoral care. The article advocates for a practical theology of ... -
Geloofsonderskeiding in die Oostelike Sinode van die NG Kerk tydens die besluitnemingsprosesse oor die wysiging van Artikel 1 van die Kerkorde
(Pieter de Waal Neethling Trust, 2018)Faith discernment in the Eastern Synod of the DR Church during the resolution processes on the amendment of Article 1 of the Church OrderDuring 2014, the DRC came to a point where they had to decide whether they would amend ... -
The Kairos of karos : revisiting notions of temporality in Africa
(Pieter de Waal Neethling Trust, 2018)Historically speaking, many Christian traditions have been influenced in their liturgy and preaching by Western understandings of time, i.e. as a linear progression from past, to present, to future. Africans do have a ... -
The 'Frail Researcher' in dialogue with existential phenomenology : the threat of empiricism within the quest for sound methodology in practical theological research
(AOSIS, 2018)Within an academic environment and context of higher education, the question of disciplinary differentiation and research methodology are burning issues to adhere to the quest for scientific and sound epistemological ...
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