"Making history for the coming generation" – on the theological logic of Russel Botman’s commitment to transformation

dc.contributor.authorSmit, D. J.en_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-29T07:36:57Z
dc.date.available2017-03-29T07:36:57Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.descriptionCITATION: Smit, D. J. 2015. "Making history for the coming generation" – on the theological logic of Russel Botman’s commitment to transformation. Stellenbosch Theological Journal, 1(2):607–632, doi:10.17570/stj.2015.v1n2.a29.
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at http://ojs.reformedjournals.co.za
dc.description.abstractThe late rector of Stellenbosch University, Russel Botman, was widely known for his commitment to transformation. In the first Memorial Lecture to commemorate his legacy, it is argued that he had already been committed to transformation from early on in his life as student, minister, church figure and theologian and that this commitment was based on what he described as his “theological logic.” This logic is then explained in terms of four key notions in his life and work, namely vocational spirituality, responsible discipleship, complex obedience, and hopeful agency. It is shown how he developed this logic already in his doctoral dissertation, in creative engagement with Dietrich Bonhoeffer. From this encounter grew his own conviction that transformation is making history for the coming generation.en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://ojs.reformedjournals.co.za/index.php/stj/article/view/1277
dc.description.versionPublisher's version
dc.format.extent26 pages
dc.identifier.citationSmit, D. J. 2015. "Making history for the coming generation" – on the theological logic of Russel Botman’s commitment to transformation. Stellenbosch Theological Journal, 1(2):607–632, doi:10.17570/stj.2015.v1n2.a29.
dc.identifier.issn2413-9467 (online)
dc.identifier.issn2413-9459 (print)
dc.identifier.otherdoi:10.17570/stj.2015.v1n2.a29
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/100775
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherPieter de Waal Neethling Trust
dc.rights.holderPieter de Waal Neethling Trust
dc.subjectTransformationen_ZA
dc.subjectBotman, H. Russelen_ZA
dc.subjectBonhoeffer, Dietrich, 1906-1945en_ZA
dc.subjectHopeen_ZA
dc.subjectEthicsen_ZA
dc.subjectChristian lifeen_ZA
dc.title"Making history for the coming generation" – on the theological logic of Russel Botman’s commitment to transformationen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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