Faculty of Theology
The Faculty of Theology is a faculty of Stellenbosch University. We are a faculty for theology, and through research, teaching and learning and community action we are a knowledge partner for other academic communities, various church denominations and institutions of broader society.
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Matthean atonement rituals
(University of the Free State, Faculty of Theology, 2017)This article focuses on rituals in the Gospel of Matthew that affect forgiveness between God and human beings, as well as between human agents. It argues that rituals play an important role in signalling and affecting ...
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Die skending van die menswaardigheid van ouer bruin staatspensioenarisse
(LitNet, 2017)In hierdie bydrae word die sosio-ekonomiese situasie van bruin ouer persone teologies-pastoraal vertolk om te probeer vasstel of hierdie situasie hul menswaardigheid skend. Vir hierdie doel is ’n teologiese teorie van ...
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Radical orthodoxy : its ecumenical vision
(University of the Free State, 2017)The first book in the Series Radical Orthodoxy (RO) was not meant to be programmatic or set out to change the direction of modern theology. There are certain shared sensibilities among its authors and, principally, an ...
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#Rainmustfall - a theological reflection on drought, thirst, and the water of life
(University of the Free State, 2017)his article focuses on the rhetorical interplay between drought, thirst, and the water of life in a time of drought. The negotiation of meaning that occurs in the interaction between Jesus and the Samaritan woman (John 4) ...
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Die reformatoriese verstaan van die geloofsgemeenskap (gemeente) as ’n publieke gemeenskap
(Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology, 2008)This article focuses on the Reformed theological understanding of the church as a public church. Although the Reformation did not know the term ‘public church’, the concept behind the term was from the beginning intrinsic ...
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The feeling of time : Bonhoeffer on temporality and the fully human life
(Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology, 2008)This essay explores the notion of temporality in Bonhoeffer’s thought. After an introductory reference to an early text of Bonhoeffer that reveals his passion for movement and the moment, the essay comments briefly on the ...
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How is Robert Jenson telling the story?
(Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology, 2008)This essay focuses on how the well-known Lutheran theologian Robert Jenson is telling the Christian story. It gives an introduction on Robert Jenson as a person and then shows how his theology can be summarised with ...
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Hoe vertel hulle die storie? oor Karl Barth
(Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology, 2008)The paper argues that the theme of the consultation on “How are they telling the story?”, raises complex but intriguing questions when put to the theology of Karl Barth. In a straightforward way, the question seems to be ...
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Rosemary Radford Ruether : themes from a feminist liberation story
(Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology, 2008)As one of the earliest and most influential feminist liberation theologians, Rosemary Radford Ruether's oeuvre has enabled many women theologians in different contexts and cultures to cover new ground by drawing on her ...
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Holistic healing : Old Testament insights on sickness and healing – for churches in Africa confronted by HIV/AIDS
(Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology, 2008)Notions on sickness and healing in the Old Testament are explored with reference to the HIV/Aids pandemic. Over and above simply collecting insights from the Old Testament, a more ‘involved reading’ of texts, particularly ...
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Jewish fundamentalism today
(Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology, 2008)This paper asks the question: what is the meaning of Jewish Fundamentalism today? It tells the story of Jewish Fundamentalism as an exceptional phenomenon in current Jewish history which revolves around the matter of the ...
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Larger ears and smaller horns : towards distinguishing conservative from fundamentalist theology
(Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology, 2008)The term ‘fundamentalism’ is often used to ridicule any strong religious conviction and greater conceptual clarity must be achieved to do justice to conservative and evangelical approaches that are decidedly not ...
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Form, word and spirit : the centrality of the cross in Noordmans’s critical narrative
(Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology, 2008)This article deals with the pastoral-critical theology of the prominent Dutch theologian, Oepke Noordmans, in which the concepts ‘form, Word and Spirit’ play a major role. In contrast to a ‘closed system’, his theology ...
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A feminist pastoral approach to gender-based violence in intimate partner relationship within marriage
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: From my experience as a minister in the Anglican Church of Southern Africa, I have observed that gender-based violence in intimate partner relationships is prevalent in society. Pastoral care focusing on ...
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Quo Vadis church history? : some theses on the future of church history as an academic theological discipline
(Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology, 2009)In response to the invitation to reflect on the future of Church History as an academic theological discipline, this essay discusses five theses: (i) The vitality of Church History as an academic discipline is linked to ...
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Quo Vadis Sistematiese Teologie?
(Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology, 2009)The essay provides five different responses to the question about the present state and future of systematic theology. Firstly, it refers to the widespread Trinitarian renaissance in theological circles. Secondly, systematic ...
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Law and morality? : some theological perspectives
(Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology, 2009)The essay reflects on the well-known poem “What abou’ de lô?(1961) by Adam Small in order to raise some aspects of the complex relationship between law and morality. Written in the years of struggle against the apartheid ...
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Mission as frontier-crossing and identity formation : an integrating contextual missiology
(Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology, 2009)This paper introduces preliminary parameters of an integrating contextual missiology (ICM). It develops the thematic and methodological aspects of cultural, ethnic and religious frontiers and identities in mission and ...
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Resilience of faith communities on the Cape Flats [SA] : a pastoral theological perspective
(Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology, 2009)Coloured and Black communities on the Cape Flats were established on the Cape Flats as part of Verwoerdian Apartheid, a massive programme of social engineering implemented by the National Party which came to power in 1948 ...
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We the poor must abandon our wheelchairs and begin to walk unaided : on African agency discourse
(Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology, 2009)After mapping the current notions of African agency discourse, the article suggests a more dialogical approach to the discourse, the partnership notion of African agency discourse. This suggestion is based on the view that ...
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A promised presence : a systematic theological inquiry into the theodicy question in the thought of Jürgen Moltmann and Paul S. Fiddes
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Many scholars claim that the discourse on theodicy is in a crisis. Against this backdrop this study argues that the idea of a “promised presence” holds promise for a more adequate engagement with the ...
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Pastorale berading as deel van die multidissiplinêre voortgesette behandeling van middelafhanklike persone
(2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This research investigates the current contribution of pastoral counseling to the continuous care of persons recovering from substance abuse in the Western Cape from the viewpoint of increasing the ...
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Mission as humanisation in the life and work of Bishop Joseph Shanahan : theological evaluation of an intercultural encounter in South-East Nigeria
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The predilection of humanity to replace the core essentiality of its existence with a peripheral worldview is plausible. This might be due to the dearth of humanistic virtues in Christendom today, resulting ...
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Sexual violence : from abuse (power) to "sacrament" (human dignity) : towards the sanctification of the genitals in a pastoral hermeneutics
(Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology, 2009)It is argued that sexual violence and rape (the abuse of power) has its roots in an understanding of sex and sexuality derived from the spiritual notion of intimate love (healthy sexuality) and responsible human decision ...
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Missio Dei and ethnic diversity in Africa : a reflection on the metaphor of community
(Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology, 2009)This article explores the concept of the missio Dei as it affects the Christian missionary enterprise in Africa. It offers a brief overview of the theocentric understanding of mission as a holistic approach that does not ...
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Clowning on the pulpit? : contours of a comic vision on preaching
(Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology, 2009)This paper revisits the concept of the preacher as clown, tracing some aspects of the basic philosophy and history behind this somewhat unconventional understanding of the ministry. Attention is given to aspects such as ...
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Constitution or church order? : a church judicial analysis of the church documents in the Reformed Church of East Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The Reformed Church of East Africa (RCEA) was founded by the Dutch Reformed Church in 1944. The RCEA however deviates in its church governance from Reformed/Presbyterian church polity principles ordinarily ...
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As it is in heaven? : reflections on liturgical reframing
(Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology, 2009)This article reflects on the phenomenon of a growing dissatisfaction and restlessness with traditional forms of worship as well as on some conceptions of the notion of liturgical renewal. It proposes that a fundamental ...
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Appeased with death : Old Testament insights on life and death, for the Church in Africa, confronted by HIV/AIDS
(Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology, 2009)Notions on life and death in the Old Testament are explored with reference to the HIV-Aids pandemic. These perspectives are firstly dealt with within the context of other Ancient Near Eastern notions and the social reality ...
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The aqedah in the New Testament : sacrifice, violence and human dignity
(Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology, 2009)This paper examines the relationship between violence and human dignity in a religious context where sacrifice, even if only at discursive level, is common. The New Testament has two direct references to Gen 22, known as ...
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