Mapping Systematic Theology in Africa

Mapping Systematic Theology in Africa PDF Author: Ernst M Conradie
Publisher: AFRICAN SUN MeDIA
ISBN: 1919980296
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 192

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Book Description
The emergence of an indigenous African theology, especially since the 1960s is well-documented. A wealth of literature has been published in the context of African theology, especially over the last two or three decades. This indexed bibliography contains a number of publications in and for the African context specifically relevant to the fields of systematic theology and ethics.

Mapping Systematic Theology in Africa

Mapping Systematic Theology in Africa PDF Author: Ernst M Conradie
Publisher: AFRICAN SUN MeDIA
ISBN: 1919980296
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 192

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Book Description
The emergence of an indigenous African theology, especially since the 1960s is well-documented. A wealth of literature has been published in the context of African theology, especially over the last two or three decades. This indexed bibliography contains a number of publications in and for the African context specifically relevant to the fields of systematic theology and ethics.

How Africa Shaped the Christian Mind

How Africa Shaped the Christian Mind PDF Author: Thomas C. Oden
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
ISBN: 0830837051
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 205

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Book Description
Thomas C. Oden surveys the decisive role of African Christians and theologians in shaping the doctrines and practices of the church of the first five centuries, and makes an impassioned plea for the rediscovery of that heritage. Christians throughout the world will benefit from this reclaiming of an important heritage.

Angling for Interpretation

Angling for Interpretation PDF Author: Ernst M. Conradie
Publisher: AFRICAN SUN MeDIA
ISBN: 1920109536
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 135

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Book Description
The aim of this guide is to provide a first introduction to biblical, theological and contextual hermeneutics. Hermeneutics is the subject that analyses the process of interpretation. One could say that hermeneutics is the theoretical study of interpretation. As a first introduction it is primarily aimed at first-year students, but church groups may also find it useful.

Christianity and Earthkeeping

Christianity and Earthkeeping PDF Author: Ernst Marais Conradie
Publisher: AFRICAN SUN MeDIA
ISBN: 1920338578
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 154

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Book Description
Why should Christians engage in earthkeeping as Christians and from within Christian communities? What is the underlying theological rationale for that? In this book some 19 reasons why Christians may be encouraged to engage in earthkeeping are identified, juxtaposed and assessed in order to call for clarity, to invite discussion and to elicit creative tensions. No single position is advocated ? it would be helpful if Christians could engage in earthkeeping on the basis of any of these motivations.

Law, Religion and the Environment in Africa

Law, Religion and the Environment in Africa PDF Author: M. Christian Green
Publisher: African Sun Media
ISBN: 1928480578
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 423

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Book Description
This volume explores themes of ecotheology, ecofeminism, environmental pollution and degradation, climate change, human and environmental rights, sustainable development, human-animal relations through totem and taboo, sacred sites and spaces, and other environmental topics in ways that add immeasurably to the study of African environmentalisms and the interaction of law and religion. In terms of religion, the capability of humans not only to sin and destroy the earth, but also to repair and redeem it, is very much in evidence across Christianity, Islam and Africa’s many indigenous religious and cultural traditions. In terms of law, the need for effective policies and for states and governments to work with indigenous groups and communities towards environmental solutions is also apparent.

Christian Identity

Christian Identity PDF Author: E. M. Conradie
Publisher: AFRICAN SUN MeDIA
ISBN: 1919980881
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 112

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Book Description
This book is rooted in the quest for Christian identity in the Southern African context where Christianity is faced with many stark challenges, internal tensions and experiences of rapid social change. The book explores six aspects of the highly complex notion of Christian identity, namely Christian institutions, a Christian ethos, Christian rituals, Christian experiences (with specific reference to the notion of ?faith?), Christian narratives (with specific reference to the category of ?revelation? and the place of the Bible in the Christian tradition) and Christian doctrine.

From Hope to Action through Knowledge

From Hope to Action through Knowledge PDF Author: Ramesh Bharuthram
Publisher: African Sun Media
ISBN: 1990995004
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 469

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Book Description
Its November 2001. A university in dire straits, financially bankrupt burdening a debt in excess of R100-million, a disillusioned and demoralised staff complement still reeling from the trauma of retrenchments, coupled with an academic project facing collapse as student numbers dwindle by a third to less than 10 000. Is there a future for such an institution, described by some as a ‘basket case’ with very bleak prospects of survival? This was the landscape that confronted the newly-appointed Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the University of the Western Cape. Fast forward to December 2014. The CEO retires from office, bestowing upon his successor a financially sound institution with a flourishing academic project, recording unprecedented achievements, enriching the lives of more than 20 000 students, and widely acknowledged as a research-led university. This book narrates how visionary leadership with the steadfast belief that your past does not determine your future, galvanised an entire organisation into believing that a better outcome was indeed achievable, and the will to move forward as a collective with a redefined purpose and commitment to achieve that which was once deemed impossible.

Christianity and Ecological Theology

Christianity and Ecological Theology PDF Author: E. M. Conradie
Publisher: AFRICAN SUN MeDIA
ISBN: 1920109234
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 388

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Book Description
There has been a proliferation of publications in the field of Christian ecological theology over the last three decades or so. These include a number of recent edited volumes, each covering a range of topics and consolidating many of the emerging insights in ecological theology. The call for Christian churches to respond to the environmental crisis has been reiterated numerous times in this vast corpus of literature, also in South Africa.

Essays in Public Theology

Essays in Public Theology PDF Author: Dirkie Smit
Publisher: AFRICAN SUN MeDIA
ISBN: 1920109633
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 459

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Book Description
What is the role of the church in society? What role did the church play in South Africa ? during apartheid, in the struggle against apartheid and during the period of transformation? The essays collected and published in this volume deal with questions such as these. They are all occasional pieces. They were written over two decades and reflect the times in which they originated ? always intended for specific audiences, always addressing issues of the particular moment.

Speaking to Good Effect

Speaking to Good Effect PDF Author: Douglas Gordon Lawrie
Publisher: AFRICAN SUN MeDIA
ISBN: 1920109080
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 177

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Book Description
Speaking to Good Effect introduces students to the ancient and ubiquitous art of rhetoric. Whenever we try to achieve something with words as our tools, we become rhetoricians. Whenever we respond – positively or negatively – to someone else’s words, we become rhetorical critics. It is, therefore, not surprising that the art of rhetoric has been studied and taught for more than twenty?four centuries.