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  • A language of hope from a homiletical perspective 
    Vos, C.J.A. (Casparus Johannes Adam), 1945- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2007)
    The purpose of a sermon is to give hope when it appears that there is none. This hope must be like a light, breaking through the darkness. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's music is a transition from darkness to light. His music ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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, Stephan F. (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 ...
  • 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, ...
  • 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, Stephan F.; 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, Stephan F.; 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, Stephan F.; 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 ...
  • Ubuntu is homeless : an urban theological reflection 
    De Beer, Stephan F. (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, Stephan F. (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 social movements in South Africa today : its meaning for theological education and the church 
    De Beer, Stephan F. (AOSIS Open Journals, 2017-11-27)
    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 ...
  • Urban South Africa : an opportunity for liberating theological education 
    De Beer, Stephan F. (Unisa Press, 2012-11)
    This article proposes the city as an opportunity and resource for liberating theological education. It explores going beyond adding “urban” to theological education as an addendum, but rather to consider “urbanizing” ...
  • Whose knowledges shape our city? Advancing a community-based urban praxis 
    De Beer, Stephan F. (Pretoria University Law Press, 2014)
    Wie se Kennis(se) Vorm ons Stad? Op Soek na ’n Gemeenskapsgedrewe Stedelike Praxis In die artikel word verskillende plekke van kontestasie en hoop in die middestad van Pretoria/Tshwane geidentifiseer, en die moontlike ...
  • Young people at the margins in Pretoria central : are the faith-based organisations making a difference? 
    Swart, Ignatius; Rabe, Marlize; De Beer, Stephan F. (AOSIS Open Journals, 2019-12-13)
    The authors’ recent case study work in Pretoria Central as part of the international research project ‘Youth at the margins’ (YOMA) constitutes the focus of this article. From this vantage point, the authors offer a ...