Theology and the (post)apartheid condition
Subtitle: genealogies and future directions
By: Rian Venter, editor
Contributors: University of the Free State
Edition: First edition.
Series: University of the Free State theological explorations; University of the Free State theological explorations -- 1.
Publisher: SUN Press
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Bloemfontein, South Africa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 261
ISBN-13: 9781920382902; 9781920382919
Subjects: Theology; Postkolonialismus; Theologie; Postcolonial theology; Post-apartheid era; Christianity
Description: Knowledge transmission and generation belong to the core mission of the public university. In democratic South Africa, the transformation of these processes and practices in higher education has become an urgent and contested task. The Faculty of Theology at the University of the Free State has already done some original work on the implications of these for theology. One area of investigation that has not yet received due attention concerns the role of theological disciplines, and especially the relation between academic disciplines and societal dynamics. This research project addresses the challenge and this volume reflects the intellectual endeavour of lectures, research fellows and a post-graduate student associated with the faculty. Each theological discipline has its own history and has already experienced reconstruction, both globally and in South Africa. Some of these genealogical developments and re-envisioning are mapped by the contributions in this volume. The critical questions addressed are: what are the contours of the (post)apartheid condition and what are the implications for rseponsible disciplinary practices in theology? The chapters convey an impression of the vitality of theology at the University of the Free State and in South Africa and give expression to fundamental shifts that have taken place in theological disciplines, and also of future tasks. This research project aims to stimulate reflection on responsible and innovative disciplinary practices of theology in South Africa, which, we envisage, will contribute to social justice and human flourishing. --
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to the series  -- D.F. Tolmie; title: Introduction to volume 1  -- R. Venter -- Part 1. General perspectives.; title: Mapping the (post)apartheid condition : interrogating theological disciplines  -- R. Venter; title: The nature of knowledge in the South African theological discourse  -- P.G.R. de Villiers; title: Africanising a theological discipline : paradigm shifts for the new trends  -- K.T. Resane -- Part 2. Old Testament.; title: Tracing the religious character of the proverbial tradition of Proverbs  -- N.F. Schmidt; title: What happened to the prophets in South Africa since 1994?  -- S.D. Snyman -- Part 3. New Testament.; title: Pauline studies in South Africa : did anything change in 50 years?  -- D.F. Tolmie -- Part 4. Systematic theology.; title: What makes Christology in a post-apartheid South Africa engaged and prophetic? : comparative study of Koopman and Maluleke  -- J. Urbaniak; title: The triune God in South African systematic theology since 1976  -- R. Venter -- Part 5. Practical theology.; title: A prophetic word on studies in prophetic preaching? : re-envisioning prophetic preaching's (post)apartheid condition  -- M. Lubscher and W. Wessels; title: Transitions in the study of leadership in practical theology  -- K.J. Pali; title: Practical theology exploring interdisciplinary practices : the quest for engaging with lived religion in the South African context  -- W.J. Schoeman & J.A. van den Berg -- Part 6. Missiology.; title: Missiology in a postcolonial (post-apartheid) South Africa -- G. van der Watt.