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Fides quaerens societatem : praktiese teologie op soek na sosiale vergestalting
(Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, 2009-12)
Hierdie artikel bied ’n kort opsomming van sommige van die eiendomlike spanninge in die
teologiese vakdissipline van Praktiese Teologie, as uitvloeisel van die grondliggende spanning
wat reeds deur die naam gesuggereer ...
The changing landscape in religious leadership : reflections from rural African faith communities
(2014-05)
"Religious leadership is a contested field of study in the process of finding a footing in the academic world. In Africa, a long history of hierarchical leadership is experienced - not only in the spheres of politics, ...
A post-foundationalist approach towards doing practical theology : a critical comparison of paradigms
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This dissertation has sought to examine how a post-foundationalist approach to Practical Theology might look. This was done through a critical appraisal of the paradigms of foundationalism and ...
The refugee dilemma and migrant crisis : charity begins at home or being home to the homeless? the paradoxical stance in pastoral caregiving and the infiltration and perichoresis of compassion
(AOSIS Publishing, 2016)
The current refugee and migrant crisis is revealing on a deeper ‘spiritual level’ a crisis of meaning and habitus (attitudinal crisis). Because of prejudice, xenophobia reveals a crisis of compassion and diaconic outreach. ...
Blessed? : a critical analysis of salvation in Denise Ackermann that portrays human flourishing as liberation, grace and the goodness of life
(Pieter de Waal Neethling Trust, 2014)
Happiness and human flourishing has increasingly become a theological research focus in a variety of theological disciplines, including systematic theology (cf Charry, 2012), practical theology (cf Long, 2012) and biblical ...
Sport and Recreation as a Recognized and Viable Method for Evangelism in Southern Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2006-12)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The basic premise of this study is to help provide a shift in the way that we think about traditional missionary work in southern Africa. Through the medium of sports ministry or sports evangelism there ...
Practical theology as healing of memories : critical reflections on a specific methodology
(AOSIS Publishing, 2011-06)
When developing new perspectives and paradigms for practical theology in South Africa, we
obviously have to take our South African context seriously. We live in a post-conflict society in
which gigantic sociocultural ...
Leierskap as krisis-retoriek? : prakties-teologiese perspektiewe op die onderrig van leierskap en administrasie
(LitNet Academic, 2013-12)
Die prosesse van ont-kerkliking wat tans in hoofstroomkerke dwarsoor die wêreld plaasvind, bied vele uitdagings vir die onderrig van leierskap en administrasie by universiteite se teologie-fakulteite. Die probleem is dat ...
Space and place in the healing of life : towards a theology of affirmation in pastoral care and counselling
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2008-02)
How should healing be viewed and what is the contribution of Chrsitian spirituality to the dimension of pastoral therapy and the healing of life? It is argued that pastoral care should supplement the traditional cura ...
Theological complexity and the blindness of theory-barbarism in a pastoral hermeneutics : towards the infiniscience of God in processes of hoping and faithful knowing (epistemology)
(Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology, 2016)
Theory formation in theology is often directed by the rationalistic principle of simplification. In pastoral caregiving, it leads to the tendency to offer instant answers to the very complex notion of ‘meaning in suffering’. ...