Teaching religion as change for social transformation in contemporary African and non-African universities : a South African manifesto

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Simut, Corneliu Cristian

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This article is a research report on the international colloquium entitled ‘Re-Imagining Curricula for a Just University in a Vibrant Democracy’, hosted by the University of Pretoria in 2017 to address a series of prospective changes in religious studies curricula in African and non-African universities. Anchored in the principles of the Draft Framework Document, a South African manifesto authored by a team of specialists from the University of Pretoria advocating educational reform in the field of religion, the colloquium debated the necessity of curricular change from the perspective of ecodomy, seen as a constructive attempt to modify university curricula to include relevant approaches to religion. Consequently, the discussions revolved around the idea of ‘ecodomical change’ as a socially transformative step towards achieving community development in tertiary education religious institutions.

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This research is part of The research project ‘Understanding Reality (Theology and Nature)’, directed by Prof. Dr Johan Buitendag, Department of Systematic and Historical Theology, Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of Pretoria.
DATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENT : Data sharing is not applicable to this article as no new data were created or analysed in this study.

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University, Education, Ecodomy, Change, Society, Development, Africa, Teaching

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Simuț, C.C., 2023, ‘Teaching religion as change for social transformation in contemporary African and non-African universities: a South African manifesto’, HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies 79(2), a8169. https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v79i2.8169.