Prayer and being church in postapartheid, multicultural South Africa

dc.contributor.authorScott, Hilton Robert
dc.contributor.authorVan Wyk, Tanya
dc.contributor.authorWepener, Cas
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-11T10:45:02Z
dc.date.available2020-06-11T10:45:02Z
dc.date.issued2019-05
dc.description.abstractThe research presented in this article was conducted as a continuing concern over ‘beingchurch’in a multicultural urban setting in postapartheid South Africa. It has been nearly 30 years since the end of apartheid and South Africans are still learning to live together in unity, as the pioneers of democracy envisaged. In this contribution, it is suggested that in this context, prayer could be utilised as an instrument for church-praxis. This is done by taking an interdisciplinary approach, namely, integrating theories from the fields of practical theology and systematic theology with regard to liturgical studies and ecclesiology, and using them to interpret empirical data and to build on the process of liturgical inculturation. The concept of ‘koinonia’ is explored by reflecting on the relationship between inclusivity and exclusivity and integrating it with contemporary praxis theory from liturgical studies. This is aimed at promoting a manner of ‘being church’ that reflects Dirk Smit’s aphorism, of lex orandi, lex credendi, lex (con)vivendi, that is, as we pray, so we believe, and so we live (together).Intradisciplinary and/or interdisciplinary implications: The research presented in this article was conducted as a continuing concern over ‘being church’ in a multicultural, urban setting in postapartheid South Africa. This is done by taking an interdisciplinary approach, integrating theories from the fields of practical theology and systematic theology with regard to liturgical studies and ecclesiology.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentDogmatics and Christian Ethicsen_ZA
dc.description.departmentPractical Theologyen_ZA
dc.description.librarianpm2020en_ZA
dc.description.urihttps://verbumetecclesia.org.zaen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationScott, H.R., Van Wyk, T. & Wepener, C., 2019, ‘Prayer and being church in postapartheid, multicultural South Africa’, Verbum et Ecclesia 40(1), a1964. https://doi.org/10.4102/ve.v40i1.1964.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn2074-7705 (online)
dc.identifier.issn1609-9982 (print)
dc.identifier.other10.4102/ve.v40i1.1964
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/74964
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.subjectLiturgical inculturationen_ZA
dc.subjectInclusivityen_ZA
dc.subjectExclusivityen_ZA
dc.subjectBeing churchen_ZA
dc.subjectPrayeren_ZA
dc.subjectLiturgical ritualsen_ZA
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dc.titlePrayer and being church in postapartheid, multicultural South Africaen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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