Research Articles (Systematic Theology and Ecclesiology)
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Towards redeeming marriage custom from triangular captivity : the missional dilemma of the Methodist Church in Zimbabwe
(AOSIS Publishing, 2020)Marriage in the Methodist Church in Zimbabwe (MCZ) is under siege. This scenario was bequeathed by the British imperialists. This siege is evident because the ecclesiastical theology of marriage in the MCZ is fastened on ... -
Reflecting on the nature of work in contemporary South Africa : a public theological engagement with calling and vocation
(AOSIS Publishing, 2020)This article argues for a rediscovery of a theology of work in South Africa that is based on the Protestant notion of calling and vocation. Such a view has the primary intention of emphasising obedience and faithfulness ... -
Leadership, corruption and the dignity of humans : some reflections from the Nigerian context
(AOSIS Publishing, 2020)Leadership inadequacy in Nigeria has contributed to the rise in corruption, which has undermined human dignity through insufficient provision of basic human needs. This happens because the leadership venerates self-interest ... -
Women, the Vatican, and hope for the future : an ecumenical process
(Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology, 2006)The prevailing position against women's ordination to the ministerial priesthood in the Roman Catholic Church presents itself as an ongoing ecumenical dilemma within and beyond its ecclesial borders. This paper is critical ... -
Industrial theology in South Africa : problems, priorities and prospects
(Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology, 2006)This paper discusses the nature and role of industrial theology in South Africa against the broader theme of the vocation of the theologian in South Africa after ten years of democracy and its implications for teaching ... -
Human dignity and moral renewal
(Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology, 2007)The pathway adopted by South Africa to give serious attention to the challenge of moral transformation as a public responsibility that is affirming of life is explored in this article. In the first place, the historical ... -
Some theological and anthropological perspectives on human dignity and human rights
(Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology, 2007)This article acknowledges that human dignity is a concept that cannot be not easily defined. It attempts to acquire a cognitive grip on dignity by defining it in terms of the needs and anxieties of human beings and in ... -
Menswaardigheid : tema binne Suid-Afrikaanse gereformeerde teologie?
(Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology, 2007)For the major part of the twentieth century human dignity has not been a theme in Reformed theology in South Africa. Rather, Reformed theological anthropology was influenced by other philosophical questions and ideological ... -
Confessing and embodying the catholicity of the church in the context of glocality
(Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology, 2007)This paper is devided into three parts. The first part gives a description of the nature and task of civil society in the context of glocality, namely of interaction and interdependence between local and global levels. In ... -
Reforming memory : essays on South African Church and theological history
(AFRICAN SUN MeDIA, 2017)Although we should acknowledge the fragility of memory, we should nevertheless affirm the remarkable ability of memory to reform and transform our identity. Our memories and ways of remembering are, however, often marked ... -
Social justice required : youth at the margins, churches and social cohesion in South Africa
(AOSIS, 2018)The divides within South African society remain stark, also for youth born after apartheid officially ended in 1994. At the same time, adherence to a faith tradition is statistically high among South Africans, and faith-based ... -
Worship as primary ethical act : Barth on Romans 12
(AOSIS, 2020)Following the centenary year of the publication of the first edition of Karl Barth’s Der Römerbrief, this article attempts to look at what a contemporary South African audience could potentially learn from Barth’s reading ... -
Friendship in a time of protest? : Friedrich Schleiermacher and Russel Botman on the fabric of (civic) friendship
(AOSIS, 2019-11-19)Friendship is not often associated with citizenship, politics or civil society – and yet this contribution proposes that civic friendship(s) may be worth consideration as an expression of peacemaking and peacebuilding: ... -
Determining moral leadership as argued from an evolutionary point of view : with reference to gender, race, poverty and sexual orientation
(AOSIS, 2019-06-27)This essay focuses on determining moral leadership, as theoretically debated from an evolutionary point of view in an attempt to reflect on how this kind of moral leadership can contribute, among others, in dealing with ... -
'There's no-one you can trust to talk to here' : churches and internally displaced survivors of sexual violence in Medellín, Colombia
(AOSIS, 2019-12-17)After over 50 years of warfare, Colombia has the largest internally displaced population in the world. Internally displaced women appear to be particularly at risk of sexual violence. Religious belief and affiliation can ... -
Geloof sonder sekerhede : perspektiewe op die gesprek met Ernst Conradie
(Pieter de Waal Neethling Trust, 2018)This article continues the discussion with Ernst Conradie in view of his earlier and critical review of the revised edition of Anton van Niekerk’s book Geloof sonder sekerhede [Faith without certainties]. The author provides ... -
My way : Charles Taylor on identity and recognition in a secular democracy
(Pieter de Waal Neethling Trust, 2018)How should we evaluate Charles Taylor’s famous essay “The politics of recognition” (1992) and other related texts in a time where, at least in Europe, the ideal of a “multicultural society” has lost appeal? This article ... -
Always reforming? : nurturing a church for human rights in South Africa
(Pieter de Waal Neethling Trust, 2018)This article explores the post-apartheid call to South African churches to play an ongoing theological role in the shared task of building a human rights culture for all. It seeks a counter-hegemonic human rights praxis ... -
Is God in Nigeria? : land dislocation and the challenge of confessing Belhar in Nigeria today
(Pieter de Waal Neethling Trust, 2018)Of the view that “in the land full of enmity, God is in a special way the God of the destitute and the wronged”, the essay explores the challenge of confessing the third article in the Confession of Belhar in Nigeria today. ... -
The ecclesiological significance of the ‘African kraal’ metaphor in a context of urban poverty in Zimbabwe
(Pieter de Waal Neethling Trust, 2017)The essay considers how the communal and empowering nature of the African kraal can be a metaphor of a liberating and empowering church in a context of urban poverty in Zimbabwe. Africans generally experience urban centres ...
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