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Transformational diaconia as educative praxis in care within the present poverty-stricken South African context

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2020
This article explores how ministerial and leadership formation could be enabled to adopt transformational diaconia in addressing poverty in South Africa, engaging in ways in which pastoral care and leadership formation can respond to the addressing of ...
Smith F.K. Tettey, Malan Nel
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Sexual abuse: A practical theological study, with an emphasis on learning from transdisciplinary research

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2015
This article illustrates the practical usefulness of transdisciplinary work for practical theology by showing how input from an occupational therapist informed my understanding and interpretation of the story of Hannetjie, who had been sexually abused ...
Heidi Human, Julian C. Müller
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Preaching: An initial theoretical exploration

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2021
In this article the event of preaching is explored by making use of both older and newer sources. Whilst taking cognisance of continuous contextual changes and developments within the discipline of Homiletics, core hermeneutical, theological and ...
Hennie Pieterse, Cas Wepener
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Ubuntu in the worship service as heterotopia: A liturgical-ecclesiological exploration

open access: yesIn die Skriflig, 2020
Through taking an interdisciplinary approach to studying liturgy, a connection has been made in this article between three theological concepts: koinonia, liturgical inculturation and the utopian ideal of inclusivity in the form of ‘heterotopias’.
Hilton R. Scott, Cas Wepener
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Doen metodologies wat akademies verkondig word: Ontwikkelings en geleenthede vir homiletiek in SA

open access: yesIn die Skriflig, 2023
Bringing methodology and theory closer: Development and challenges in South African homiletics. The homiletic landscape in South Africa is rich and varied. In this contribution, we attempt to paint with broad brushstrokes this landscape.
Cas J. Wepener, Ian A. Nell
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Healing as transformation and restoration: A ritual-liturgical exploration

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2017
Illness is a reality that affects all people, and healing is the main reason why people attend worship services in sub-Saharan Africa. According to the Ritual Studies scholar Ronald Grimes, illness is a social reality; it is socially imagined and ...
Hilton Scott, Casparus J. Wepener
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Creative arts-based research methods in practical theology: constructing new theologies of practice

open access: yesPractical Theology, 2020
This article explores the emerging trajectory of creative arts-based research methods in practical theology. Creative arts-based approaches work with the embodied, material, imaginative, and sacred, foregrounding questions of representation and ...
C. Radford
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Diversity in the ministry of chaplaincy in the South African Department of Correctional Services

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2016
This article gives an overview of diversity in the South African Department of Correctional Services and how it challenges the ministry of chaplains. The diversity is manifest in the religious affiliations of inmates, crime categories, various categories
Maake J. Masango, Maxwell Mkhathini
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A pastoral psychological approach to domestic violence in South Africa

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2014
South Africa suffers a scourge of domestic violence. Colonial oppression upset the delicate balance between ‘discipline’ and ‘protection’ in traditional cultures.
Petronella J. Davies, Yolanda Dreyer
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Father absence and adolescents as a challenge to youth ministry

open access: yesIn die Skriflig, 2020
Youth ministry is to help youth – children, adolescents and young adults – to become what they were created and called to be. However, many local churches fail to notice that adolescents growing up without a father figure are an integral part of the ...
Hyunok Yi, Malan Nel
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