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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Deliver us from patriarchy : a gendered perspective of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa and implications for pastoral care
(AOSIS, 2020-03-23)The church is a fertile ground for nurturing and protecting patriarchy. Within the Christian church, gender equality remains a theoretical notion, and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa (ELCSA) is no ... -
Gemeentestudies : ’n snel ontwikkelende veld van studie
(AOSIS, 2020-09-17)Congregational studies: A rapidly developing field of study. Congregational studies are not so simple to define. This may be related to the relative novelty of the discipline, but also to the variety of people who practise ... -
Children of God : exploring URCSA's catechetical sexual ethic
(The Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2020)Human sexuality has been on the agenda of the Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa (URCSA's) General Synod since at least 2005. Since then, at each respective General Synod, the discussion has been set forth to ... -
Woza Albert! Performing Christ in apartheid South Africa
(The Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2020)This article investigates the important South African anti-apartheid protest play, Woza Albert!, written and performed in 1981 by Percy Mtwa and Mbogeni Ngema, which retells the story of Jesus Christ so that it takes place ... -
The "empty land" myth : a biblical and socio-historical exploration
(The Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2020)Persistent discourse on the contentious "empty land" theory remains relevant within a biblical and socio-historic milieu, especially in the history of a colonialised country such as South Africa. Seeing that there are still ... -
The Pniel land dispute of the early 20th century
(The Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2020)In 1834 the slaves of the Groot Drakenstein area were emancipated. They continued to work for farmers in the surrounding area and this resulted in the formation of a community where these farm workers, now able to leave ... -
The awkward positioning of a Dutch Reformed "missionary" in apartheid South Africa : Rev. D. P. Botha and the Cape "coloured" question
(The Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2020)The Rev. D. P. (David) Botha was a lifelong apartheid critic and minister in the Dutch Reformed Mission Church (DRMC) and later the Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa (URCSA). Early in his career, he served as a ... -
Whose land is it anyway? : a historical reflection on the challenges URCSA encountered with land and property rights
(The Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2020)The proposal to amend the Constitution of South Africa 1996 regarding the expropriation of land without compensation has invigorated a robust discourse with regard to the land issue in South Africa. Cognisance should be ... -
The modern state as mortal God. On rogues and rogue states
(Pieter de Waal Neethling Trust, 2020)Prisoners are confined in the name of the state as the holder of the monopoly of coercion and violence. To delegitimize religion as a political factor, the modern European state has often been upgraded to a divine authority, ... -
The tension between "risk" and "guilt" in the theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer's exploration of responsible life
(Pieter de Waal Neethling Trust, 2020)This article discusses the two definitions for a responsible life and action that the theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer provides in his book Ethics, which suggest that accepting Schuld - taking on guilt, debt, or an obligation ... -
Rewriting the narrative of the infertile female body
(Pieter de Waal Neethling Trust, 2020)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This article will explore the possible reimagining of the infertile female body through the lens of theology. The rise of feminist movements and socio-political influence has impacted both men and women's ... -
Towards a Platonic critique of ideology: On method and metaphysics
(Pieter de Waal Neethling Trust, 2020)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Plato is accused by some of being a totalitarian, "top-down" thinker, a claim that is linked not just to his politics but to his philosophical proclivities more generally. This essay will argue that Plato's ... -
The anhypostasis and enhypostasis: Barth's Christological method in view of Chalcedon - its nuance and complexity
(Pieter de Waal Neethling Trust, 2020)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Karl Barth departs from historical Protestant orthodoxy in his unique adoption of the dual formula anhypostasis and enhypostasis to explain the union of divine and human natures in the person of Jesus ... -
An empirical interrogation of the Christian/Muslim inter-religious challenges in Northern Nigeria
(Pieter de Waal Neethling Trust, 2020)Various researches indicate that Christians and Muslims in Northern Nigeria experience a tense and violent relationship that arises from a dysfunctional relationship embedded in a superiority/inferiority complex, discrimination, ... -
Acting liturgically: Wolterstorff's philosophical reflections on religious practice
(Pieter de Waal Neethling Trust, 2020)This review article offers an engagement with Nicholas Wolterstorff's recent publication, Acting liturgically: Philosophical reflections on religious practice. It begins by contextualising the project, tracing Wolterstorff's ... -
Christ as performance: On Hans Urs von Balthasar’s dramatic Christology from below
(Pieter de Waal Neethling Trust, 2020)This essay will explore Hans Urs von Balthasar’s Christology as performance from below. It will begin by introducing Balthasar’s theodramatic project as presented in his five-volume work Theo-drama. Here, it will be shown ... -
Researching preaching beyond the (transcribed) text in (South) Africa: Methodological considerations
(Pieter de Waal Neethling Trust, 2020)In (South) Africa, preaching should in addition to textual studies of recorded and transcribed sermon texts, also be studied as an enacted performance and thus beyond the transcribed text. This article develops an argument ... -
Recognition of LGBTIQ bodies in the Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa: An indecent proposal?
(Pieter de Waal Neethling Trust, 2020)The human dignity of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ) people are threatend on the African continent. The sexual orientation, gender identity, expressions and sex characteristics (SOGIESC) of LGBTIQ ... -
The importance of early Christian thought for theology today. The church in the world
(Pieter de Waal Neethling Trust, 2020)Early Christianity is not only a source of historical interest, it also challenges the systematic theology and Christian ethics of today. Early Christians saw themselves as a community of life with the Eucharist at its ... -
Die erediens en die lewe : ’n prakties-teologiese verkenning
(Pieter de Waal Neethling Trust, 2020-08-01)Worship service and life: a practical-theological exploration “Does the Sunday worship service have an impact on believers', Christian identity and way of life?” is the main question explored in this article. Using the ...
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