I have been responsible for co-ordinating the final bits of research for volumes one and two, and for preparing the texts for submission to the publisher, David Philip. From November 1997 to April 1998, I worked with John de Gruchy and James Cochrane in the preparation of the report on faith communities under apartheid for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Other related involvements I also work with Juan Garces on the copy-editing and DTP side of the Journal of Theology for Southern Africa and on the editorial team of New South African Outlook . My Masters work explored the margin between modernity and postmodernity through the writings of the 1960s social philosopher Ernest Becker. My doctoral work is an attempt to read the theology of the American theologian H. Richard Niebuhr in a South African context.
Most contextual readings are from the inside-out.
Watch this space as I hope to place a sample or draft chapter on this page for comment. Reprinted with the permission of the South African Baptist Journal of Theology. Presented to the Multi-event Academic Conference, September 1998. It was also published in Journal of Theology for Southern Africa in March 1999. Reports A Report on a series of South African seminars at the 1999 Parliament of the World's Religions .