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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The role of religion in sustainable development : theological reflections on sustainable development goals and Mother Earth
(African Sun Media, 2020)The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) build on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) (United Nations, 2015). However, there is a shift in the understanding of sustainable development as it was stipulated in the ... -
Bemba rituals and the environment : experiences of the wives of Bashi Cingo in the Sweetheart of Nimbi Church
(African Sun Media, 2020)This chapter seeks to investigate the rituals around the wives of Bashi Cingo by using a feminist narrative. The chapter examines the experiences of the wives of Bashi Cingo in relation to their cultural beliefs that ... -
KwaNtonjane : the indigenous rites of passage amongst amaXhosa in relation to prejudiced spaces
(African Sun Media, 2020)KwaNtonjane is an isiXhosa concept that refers to the space that a young umXhosa girl occupies from initiation to adulthood. During this time, she is called an intonjane – an initiate transitioning from girlhood to young ... -
Of "Basters" and "Bastards" : overcoming the problematic connection of race and gender in the Hebrew Bible and its interpretation
(African Sun Media, 2020)During the fallout from the now infamous Sport Science article,1 a colleague of mine in the Faculty of Theology at Stellenbosch University shared an anecdote of some coloured woman who was removed from a shortlist for ... -
Children and racism
(African Sun Media, 2020)This chapter commences with defining and highlighting racism as a term and a concept; defining its nature and how it is related to identity formation, as an ethical issue with moral imperatives. Then it will give a very ... -
Recognising and responding to complex dilemmas : child marriage in South Africa
(African Sun Media, 2020)In a June 2019 exposé on child marriage in South Africa, the investigative journalism television show Carte Blanche drew renewed attention to the more than 90 000 girls in South Africa who entered marriages as child ... -
Male initiation and circumcision : a South African perspective
(African Sun Media, 2020)I have been interested in and following this rite of passage for a long time, knowing that it creates contexts and opportunities within which children can be extremely vulnerable1. On top of this, so many responsible ... -
Reconceiving child theology from a queer theological perspective : for LGBTIQ+ parented families and children
(African Sun Media, 2020)In this chapter, the focus will be on LGBTIQ+ children and LGBTIQ+ parented families from a Christian sexual ethics perspective. The traditional notion of family is contested by a variety of different structures of ... -
The contentious issue of corporal punishment in South Africa
(African Sun Media, 2020)This chapter will focus on how children should be treated and raised in a culture where the distinctions between discipline and punishment have been blurred for decades. Why should a rights conception of discipline ... -
Seen but not heard? Engaging the mechanisms of faith to end violence against children
(African Sun Media, 2020)In South Africa today, many children face high levels of physical, sexual, verbal and emotional abuse, as well as sustained neglect and exploitation. Families and homes, despite their protective possibilities, often ... -
Creating space for truth : reconciliation studies and the 2014 TRC re-enactment
(African Sun Media, 2020)Before engaging in scientific analysis and critical reflections, I would like to start with a personal statement: The days in October 2014 in Stellenbosch, as well as the preparatory meeting in February, have been part ... -
Transforming (Christian) apartheid
(African Sun Media, 2020)Ugandan Catholic Archbishop John Odama visited Belfast in March 2012, towards the end of my decade as a peace practitioner on the island of Ireland. During this visit a few colleagues and I spent a precious few hours ... -
The praxis of reconciliation among religious groups in northern Nigeria : a pastoral care approach
(African Sun Media, 2020)Nigeria as a multi-religious country has three main religious groups – Christians, Muslims, and the adherents of traditional religions. But the most populous of the three are Christians and Muslims, while the former are ... -
Reconciliation in Burundi crisis : a practical theological approach
(African Sun Media, 2020)Situated in east-central Africa, Burundi is a small landlocked country of 10,750 square miles (27,830km2) that accommodates a population of around 10 million people belonging to three ethnic groups, namely: Hutus (85%), ... -
Transferring frozen conflict to future generations : in search of a contextual pastoral approach
(African Sun Media, 2020)In general, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was a salient process with a firm mandate to set a process in place to face and deal with the apartheid past of South Africa. However, the lack of implementing ... -
Lessons from Mr. Noki : empire, structural violence and the Missio Dei
(African Sun Media, 2020)On the 16th of August 2012, 34 mineworkers were killed by police in a conflict between Lonmin’s Marikana2 mine management and their workforce (Botha & Forster, 2017). The leader of the striking miners, Mgecineni Noki,3 ... -
Towards an (im)possible politics of forgiveness? Considering the complexities of religion, race and politics in South Africa
(African Sun Media, 2020)This chapter engages the complexity of a politics of forgiveness in South Africa some 24 years after the end of political apartheid. We shall do so by considering contested understandings of forgiveness among Black and ... -
The reconciliation of lepers in Luke 5:12-15 and its implications for human dignity : an African perspective
(African Sun Media, 2020)Reconciliation is an important topic in contemporary political, social, economic and religious spheres since it has the ability to redefine human relationships therein. Without the possibility of reconciliation it would ... -
Conquering evil : engaging violence from the perspective of Paul’s letter to the Romans
(African Sun Media, 2020)The scholarly definition of violence has created conceptual complexity across disciplines. It is not possible to deal with all proposed definitions of violence in this brief chapter and therefore it will only focus on a ... -
Matthew's reconfiguring of salvation in a context of oppression
(African Sun Media, 2020)Socio-historically both the story of Jesus narrated by Matthew, and the community he wrote for, can be located within Rome’s sphere of influence (Wainwright, 2017:30).2 According to Jonker (2018:6), it is important to ...
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