Research Articles (Systematic Theology and Ecclesiology)
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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 ... -
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 ... -
Translation and a politics of forgiveness in South Africa? : what Black Christians believe and White Christians don’t seem to understand
(Pieter de Waal Neethling Trust, 2018)Why would white South Africans want to be forgiven? Is it in order to secure their future, or to escape from their past? Why is it that some black South Africans find forgiveness to be impossible in the current social and ... -
Being human in the shadow of racism
(Pieter de Waal Neethling Trust, 2018)This paper is inspired by the experience of a black student who underwent racist treatment in Brazil. Nowadays, racism may appear in any societal structure. Misuse of power is one of the causes of violence and racism. A ... -
Fiat Lux : navigating chaos through sensing leadership
(Pieter de Waal Neethling Trust, 2018)This article provides an overview of change management strategies described in business science. From the distinctions made, it becomes clear that change is all-pervasive and the result of complex interactions within and ... -
Hope for even the most wretched? : on remembering the Reformation
(Pieter de Waal Neethling Trust, 2018)Commemorating the Reformation, the paper reflects on the distinction (by Assmann and Welker) between forms of cultural memory, some weaker, more fluid and fading, and some stronger, longer lasting, with the potential of ... -
Interior intimo meo : Rowan Williams on the self
(Pieter de Waal Neethling Trust, 2018)In this essay we discuss Williams’s notion of the self as a social mediation. The argument is made that from early on Williams was influenced by different streams of thought that directed him to analogous conclusions ... -
Th e Leibholz-Schmitt connection’s formative influence on Bonhoeffer’s 1932–33 entry into public theology
(Pieter de Waal Neethling Trust, 2018)Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s brother-in-law Gerhard Leibholz’s insight into the Fascist theory of the state’s messianic leadership and myth of creating communal life became a major source of information for Bonhoeffer. Leibholz ... -
Allan Boesak, black theology and apartheid : a theological-historical approach
(Pieter de Waal Neethling Trust, 2018)In this article I will give specific attention to the reciprocal relationship between Black Theology and Allan Boesak based on his lived experience of apartheid from a theological-historical perspective. It is my ... -
In praise of strangeness : exploring the hermeneutical potential of an unlikely source
(Pieter de Waal Neethling Trust, 2018)In a field already investigated extensively, the article focuses on a particular aspect, namely on the nature of the interaction between the self and the other. The leading question is: What is the hermeneutical potential ... -
Ricoeur in South Africa : some remarks on his impact beyond philosophy
(Pieter de Waal Neethling Trust, 2018)The work of Paul Ricoeur is of much wider significance than just for the field of philosophy. This contribution discusses the impact of his ideas on developments in South Africa in three areas beyond philosophy: discourse ... -
Morele leierskap noodsaaklik vir versoening – toegepas op die Israel-Palestina konflik
(Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, 2018)This article seeks to show that reconciliation, especially in conflict-stricken areas, is very difficult without moral leadership. Moral leadership is meant to bring wholeness and reconciliation and give people a chance ...
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