From the tower to the pews : a call for academic theology to re-engage with the local context

dc.contributor.authorWomack, Jonathan Michael
dc.contributor.authorPillay, Jerry
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-27T06:18:34Z
dc.date.available2020-02-27T06:18:34Z
dc.date.issued2019-11-13
dc.descriptionThis research is part of the project, ‘African Christianity and Development’, directed by Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay, Department of Church History and Church Polity, Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of Pretoria.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis article assesses the shortcomings and the disconnectedness of the current academic theological education in South Africa. It offers a brief history to provide a guiding principle for academic theology. It then proceeds to show the current disconnect and challenges between academic theology and the church, with its primary focus on academic theology. Drawing on original research and reflection on these responses, commodification, euro-centricity and rankings are seen as three traps of modern academics. These three areas have distorted the true content of theological reflection. This article thus clearly highlights the current problem and motivates the need for academic theology and the local church to reconnect with each other. With this article focussing on academic institutions, it calls for the academy to change not in nature but in content, and to draw its content for the local context.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentChurch History and Church Policyen_ZA
dc.description.librarianam2020en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.hts.org.zaen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationWomack, J.M. & Pillay, J., 2019, ‘From the tower to the pews: A call for academic theology to re-engage with the local context’, HTS Teologiese Studies/ Theological Studies 75(4), a5622. https://DOI.org/10.4102/hts.v75i4.5622.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0259-9422 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2072-8050 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.4102/hts.v75i4.5622
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/73573
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherAOSIS Open Journalsen_ZA
dc.rights© 2019. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.en_ZA
dc.subjectAcademic theologyen_ZA
dc.subjectLocal churchen_ZA
dc.subjectHistory of theologyen_ZA
dc.subjectTheological discontenten_ZA
dc.subjectTheological renewalen_ZA
dc.subjectCorrelationen_ZA
dc.subjectOriginal researchen_ZA
dc.titleFrom the tower to the pews : a call for academic theology to re-engage with the local contexten_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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