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Public pastoral leaders: The purpose of theological training

In die Skriflig, 2005
This article is a follow-up of an article in which I attempted to gain insight into the corporate nature of being called to ministry. The mentioned article was also aimed at discerning the specifics of the ministry of the “public pastoral leader ...
M. Malan Nel
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The ‘good city’ or ‘post-colonial catch-basins of violent empire’? A contextual theological appraisal of South Africa’s Integrated Urban Development Framework

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2016
The Integrated Urban Development Framework (IUDF) was constructed as a ‘new deal’ for South African cities and towns. It outlines a vision with four overarching goals and eight priorities or policy levers meant to overcome the apartheid legacy through ...
Stephan de Beer
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The Diaconate of All Believers: Theology, Formation, Practice

Religions, 2023
This article proposes an innovative direction for Christian social practice by reclaiming and revitalizing the diaconate of all believers. While the ministry of the laity received attention in ecumenical circles in past decades, the diaconate of all ...
Craig L. Nessan
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Urban social movements in South Africa today: Its meaning for theological education and the church

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2017
In the past decade, significant social movements emerged in South Africa, in response to specific urban challenges of injustice or exclusion. This article will interrogate the meaning of such urban social movements for theological education and the ...
Stephan F. de Beer
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Secularisation from kenosis

Koers : Bulletin for Christian Scholarship, 2007
Recent decades have witnessed the acceleration of the process of secularisation, along with related effects in society such as a decline in morals. Christians must wonder why God allows this to happen.
D.T. Williams
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The Spirit and secularisation

Koers : Bulletin for Christian Scholarship, 2010
The existence of creation, especially of life, depends on the work of the third Person. In keeping with his nature as holy, the Spirit undergirds creation by providing separation and relatedness. This activity is, however, not of such a kind as to remove
D.T. Williams
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Kenosis and the nature of the Persons in the Trinity

Koers : Bulletin for Christian Scholarship, 2004
Philippians 2:7 describes the kenosis of Christ, that is Christ’s free choice to limit himself for the sake of human salvation. Although the idea of Christ’s kenosis as an explanation of the incarnation has generated considerable controversy and has ...
D.T. Williams
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Contextual Bible Study as a Form of Contextual Theology: An Early Conceptual History

, 2022
This article analyses the formative period of a particular form of contextual theology, South African Contextual Bible Study (CBS), from 1988–1993.
West, Gerald
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Just housing: Transdisciplinary perspectives from theology and the built environment

Verbum et Ecclesia
In cities worldwide, housing is precarious. Local socio-economic environments can exacerbate existing social differences and exclusions, but can also contribute to alleviate these differences, and to foster high levels of social inclusion.
Thomas Wabel, Stephanus F. de Beer
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What is life?

Koers : Bulletin for Christian Scholarship, 2002
The question of the nature of life, and therefore of the soul and spirit, has troubled people since time immemorial, especially if they are seen as essentially immaterial.
D.T. Williams
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