Institution: University of Stellenbosch (US) and Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium (KUL) Year obtained: 1999 Qualification type: BD (Cum Laude) Field of study: Theology Institution: University of Stellenbosch (US) Year obtained: 1997 Qualification type: BA of study: Philosophy, Literature and Theology Institution: University of Stellenbosch (US) Year obtained: 1994 Employment history (From current backwards. Not more than five) Position: Organisation Appointed from – to: Associate professor: School of Philosophy Potchefstroom Campus of the North-West University (NWU) 2014 - Senior Lecturer: School of Philosophy Potchefstroom Campus of the North-West University (NWU) 2010 - 2013 Minister of religion: Dutch Reformed Church Coast Congregation, Amanzimtoti, Durban 2000 – 2009 Counselor & Assistant manager: Children’s Home Catherine Robson Children’s Home, Vereeniging 1999 – 2000 Research Assistant: Department of Education Philosophy of Education, University of Stellenbosch 1997 – 1998 Research expertise Scientific domain: Philosophy and Theology Main research field: Philosophy of Religion Fields of specialisation: Philosophy of Religion; Systematic Theology; Philosophy of Language, and Ethics NRF rating and year NA Publications International publications: 2014. The relation between evil and transcendence: new possibilities? South African Journal for Philosophy (accepted)
Papers delivered (List papers over the last years) International papers: 2013. The relation between evil and transcendence: new possibilities? Paper presented at the XXIII World Congress of Philosophy on “Philosophy as inquiry and way of life”. Organized by the Hellenic Society and hosted by the National Kapodistrian University of Athens, Zografos, Athens, Greece, 4-10 August. 2013. The continued relevance of Ricoeur’s concept of time. Paper presented at the International conference on “Ricoeur and the Future of the Humanities”, organized by the University of Groningen, the Radbound University Nijmegen and the Young Academy. It will be hosted by the University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands, 27-29 June. 2013. Possible Aporias in Ricoeur’s concept of time. Paper presented at the International conference on “Phenomenology and its Futures”, organised by the South African Centre for Phenomenology. Hosted by the University of Johannesburg, in Johannesburg, South Africa, 29-31 March. 2012. Embodies Religion’s radicalization of Immanence and the consequent question of Transcendence. Paper presented at the European Society for Philosophy of Religion (ESPR) conference on “Embodied Religion”. Hosted by the University of Tilburg, Soesterberg, The Netherlands, 30 August – 2 September. 2011. Concerns about the future of Creation Order. Paper presented at the 75th anniversary year of the Association for Reformational Philosophy’s international, interdisciplinary and ecumenical conference on “The Future of Creation Order”. VU, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 16-19 August. 2011. Challenges of faith in a postmodern society: an assessment of Robert Jenson’s Trinitarian theology. Paper presented at the St Augustine College of South Africa & Catholic Theological Society of Southern Africa’s International academic conference on “Faith in the Face of Secularism”. St Augustine College, Johannesburg, 28 – 31 August. National papers: 2014. Sisyphus, happiness and transcendence. Paper presented at the Philosophical Society of Southern Africa’s annual conference. Hosted by the