Transformation, theology and the public university in South Africa
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Date
2015
Authors
Venter, R.
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Publisher
Faculty of Theology, University of the Free State
Abstract
This article addresses a specific issue, namely the ramifications for theology
practised at a public university under (post)-apartheid conditions. In South Africa,
scholarly opinion has not paid sufficient attention to what “transformation” entails
for theology under these circumstances. The article describes transformation in
detail by clarifying the main referents for this notion and attending to discourses in
higher education. Heuristic categories such as inclusivity, alterity, critique, freedom
and flourishing are identified that should inform multi-level and comprehensive
embodiment in terms of knowledge, people and practices. The article identifies
several critical issues such as the plurality of intellectual traditions and identity
formation that should be explored in more detail. It also emphasises the distinctive
theological task of theology at a public university – the articulation of transcendence
and the construal of a non-naturalistic symbolic interpretation of reality.
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Keywords
Epistemology, Inclusivity, Public university, Theological education, Transformation
Citation
Venter, R. (2015). Transformation, theology and the public university in South Africa. Acta Theologica, 35(2), 173-203.