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  • Met 'n lied in die hart 
    Vos, C.J.A. (Casparus Johannes Adam), 1945- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2001)
    Psalms are songs that have principal importance in Jewish and Christian traditions; in the Eastern Orthodox and Western churches; in the Roman Catholic tradition and numerous Reformed divisions. Contemplation on this rich ...
  • Neerslag van die metafoor : 'n voorlopige besinning 
    Vos, C.J.A. (Casparus Johannes Adam), 1945- (Teologiese Fakulteit, Universiteit van Stellenbosch, 2007-09)
    This article examines the theoretical basis and the hermeneutical processes which determine the appropriation of the metaphor in religious discourse. Throughout the twentieth century the influence of linguistic philosophy ...
  • Om die horison te verken : op soek na 'n eietydse homiletiese hermeneutiek 
    Vos, C.J.A. (Casparus Johannes Adam), 1945- (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2008-03)
    In hierdie artikel word die hermeneutiese insigte van Paul Ricoeur vir die homiletiek ontsluit. Die hipotese is dat Ricoeur se hermeneutiek die homiletiek kan verryk. Die voorwaarde is egter dat Ricoeur se hermeneutiese ...
  • Practising chaordic beauty : on embracing strangers in one inner city faith community 
    De Beer, Stephanus Francois (AOSIS Open Journals, 2016-11-18)
    In this article I read one inner city faith community – the Tshwane Leadership Foundation (TLF) – through the lenses of literature that reflects on chaordic organisations and chaordic leadership. I explore whether an ...
  • Precarious housing in the Salvokop neighbourhood : a challenge to churches in the inner City of Tshwane 
    Ntakirutimana, Ezekiel (AOSIS Open Journals, 2017-11-23)
    This article describes the daunting challenge of precarious housing in Salvokop located in the southern part of inner City of Tshwane, Gauteng Province. Insecure tenure, unmaintained dwellings, overcrowding, mushrooming ...
  • Psalm 1 as liedteks - 'n literere en teologiese evaluering 
    Vos, C.J.A. (Casparus Johannes Adam), 1945- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2003)
    The publishing of the Liedboek (2001) emphasises the importance of the psalms for liturgy and hymnology. All 150 psalms in the Liedboek were versified by T T Cloete. In this article the structure and form of Psalm 1 is ...
  • The Psalms as hymns in a liturgical context 
    Vos, C.J.A. (Casparus Johannes Adam), 1945- (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2009-03)
    In many ways, the psalms fulfil a bridging function between divergent denominations that previously avoided each other. In the Hebrew text of the Psalter, most of the psalms have specific titles. However, none of these ...
  • Reading Psalms, and other urban poems, in a fractured city 
    De Beer, Stephanus Francois (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2015-12-09)
    This article was an attempt to (re-)read Psalms in the context of fractured cities, marked by socio-economic inequalities, woundedness, migration and exclusion. It explored urban motifs in selected psalms and considered ...
  • A reflection on Vuyani Vellem's longing for liberation : a spirituality of life and freedom 
    De Beer, Stephanus Francois (AOSIS, 2020-11)
    Vuyani Vellem was insistent on fostering a spirituality that could ground and sustain resistance of death as expressed in multiple unfreedoms, and the quest for life and freedom in abundance. After naming a number of themes ...
  • Responses to migration : tensions and ambiguities of churches in Pretoria Central and Mamelodi East 
    Renkin, Wayne (AOSIS Open Journals, 2017-09-29)
    This article is a result of research being conducted to explore how churches in two regions of the City of Tshwane – Pretoria Central and Mamelodi East – respond to urban change and vulnerability. Both regions are deeply ...
  • Teologiese teoriee binne ervaringskategoriee 
    Vos, C.J.A. (Casparus Johannes Adam), 1945- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1999)
    This article reflects the relationship between theological theories and categories of experience. Ways whereupon theological theories give access to categories of experience are looked at. A main aspect which is dealt with, ...
  • Theological education and African cities : an imperative for action 
    De Beer, Stephanus Francois (Southern African Missiological Society, 2020)
    Africa’s urban explosion presents a clear challenge to the way theological education in Africa is done today. The backdrop of this article is a collaborative research project that involved 15 theological institutions ...
  • Theology disrupted : doing theology with children in African contexts 
    Mahlangu, Elijah (AOSIS Open Journals, 2016-12-01)
    The thrust of this article is an attempt to respond to the question whether we can read and interpret the bible in Africa from the child theology vantage point. The author’s answer is in the affirmative in two ways: ...
  • Towards a fusion of horizons : thematic contours for an urban public theological praxis-agenda in South Africa 
    De Beer, Stephanus Francois; Swart, Ignatius (OpenJournals Publishing, 2014-11)
    This article proposes a ‘fusion of horizons’ in constructing urban public theologies in South Africa. This is done through the introduction of five interrelated themes that have emerged from the on-going knowledge and ...
  • Trans-disciplinary research on religious formations in urban Africa : towards liberative methodological approaches 
    De Beer, Stephanus Francois; Smith, R.D. (Drew); Manyaka, Semape Jacob (AOSIS Open Journals, 2017-11-27)
    In this article, we are exploring a methodological approach to research on faith and religious expressions in urban Africa. We are committed to trans-disciplinary work that pursues research methods mutually liberating ...
  • Transforming curricula into the next century : doing theology collaboratively with local communities 
    De Beer, Stephanus Francois; Van Niekerk, Attie (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2017)
    The FT at the UP celebrates its first century of existence in 2017. This chapter is an attempt to draw from the emerging approach in both the CCM and the CSC, asking whether it perhaps offers clues for transforming curricula ...
  • The Tshwane Homeless Summit as dramaturgy : a contextual, trans-disciplinary epistemology from below 
    Renkin, Wayne; De Beer, Stephanus Francois (Routledge, 2017-06)
    In this article we propose a contextual, trans-disciplinary epistemology from below, as explored through the lenses of the Tshwane Homeless Summit and the broader policy-making process of which it formed a part. The article ...
  • Ubuntu is homeless : an urban theological reflection 
    De Beer, Stephanus Francois (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2015-06-26)
    This article is reading ubuntu in the light of homelessness in the cities and towns of South Africa. It suggests that ubuntu itself is homeless and displaced as a way of being human together. Instead of the mediation of ...
  • The university, the city and the clown : a theological essay on solidarity, mutuality and prophecy 
    De Beer, Stephanus Francois (OpenJournals Publishing, 2015-09-30)
    This essay is informed by five different but interrelated conversations all focusing on the relationship between the city and the university. Suggesting the clown as metaphor, I explore the particular role of the activist ...
  • Urban Africa 2050 : imagining theological education/formation for flourishing African cities 
    De Beer, Stephanus Francois (Sage, 2022-04)
    Africa’s staggering rate of urbanization and the silence of religion or theology in response form the backdrop of this article. Africa’s urban futures, up through 2050, are considered through the lenses of fifteen African ...