Science of religion and missiology at the Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria : historical overview, theological discourses and future possibilities

dc.contributor.authorNiemandt, Cornelius Johannes Petrus (Nelus)
dc.contributor.authorBeyers, Jaco
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-15T09:27:00Z
dc.date.available2018-03-15T09:27:00Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractThe history and contributions of the Department Science of Religion and Missiology at the UP have been described with a particular focus on a discussion of the understanding of both disciplines. In the case of Science of Religion, the research covers theological discourses in the discipline, attending to issues such as secularisation as well as Theology of Religions. It is argued that, in future, Science of Religion will continue to contribute to three areas of concern, namely studying religions, secularisation and theology of religion and religions. The section concludes with a brief overview of future contributions by the Department. Missiology is defined in terms of current insights in the discipline against the background of the decline in mission studies at many universities. The research argues for Missiology to be an intrinsic part of Theology. The following discourses in Missiology are noted, namely flourishing life, ecological justice, the role of the Holy Spirit in the missio Dei, missional church, contextualisation and indigenisation, and mission from the margins. Past and future contributions from the Department are described. This includes an argument for the change of the name of the Department to the Department of Religion Studies. In terms of future developments, research into flourishing life as well as deep incarnation are noted as exciting new possibilities.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentScience of Religion and Missiologyen_ZA
dc.description.librarianam2018en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.ve.org.zaen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationNiemandt, C.J. & Beyers, J., 2017, ‘Science of Religion and Missiology at the Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria: Historical overview, theological discourses and future possibilities’, in ‘Theology at the University of Pretoria - 100 years: (1917-2017) Past, present and future’, Verbum et Ecclesia, suppl. 2, 38(4), a1663. https://DOI.org/ 10.4102/ve.v38i4.1663.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn1609-9982 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2074-7705 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.4102/ve.v38i4.1663
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/64274
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherAOSIS OpenJournalsen_ZA
dc.rights© 2017, AOSIS (Pty) Ltd. All rights reserved.. This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.en_ZA
dc.subjectSecularisationen_ZA
dc.subjectContextualisationen_ZA
dc.subjectEcological justiceen_ZA
dc.subjectInter-religiousen_ZA
dc.subjectUniversity of Pretoria (UP)en_ZA
dc.subjectMarginalizationen_ZA
dc.subjectMissiologyen_ZA
dc.subjectReconciliationen_ZA
dc.subjectScience of religionen_ZA
dc.subjectTheology of religionen_ZA
dc.titleScience of religion and missiology at the Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria : historical overview, theological discourses and future possibilitiesen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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