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This book aims at contributing to the scientific and academic discourse as regards to the ‘what’ and ‘why’ of youth ministry. Too often, youth ministry has been approached from a mainly practical point of view, almost asking how we keep young people off the streets. Its methodology has often not included the theological and theoretical presuppositions that lie behind this ministry. Previous scientific reflection has been determined by a one-dimensional and almost exclusive point of view. In comparison with existing literature, this book does not focus so much on the ‘how’ of youth ministry. It innovates a different approach. The book challenges the existing exclusive approach and develops an inclusive, congregational and missional understanding of and approach to youth ministry.From a particular perspective on the understanding the main objectives of Practical Theology, the author endorses the so-called movement of ‘what is supposed to be going on’. He adds the outcome of an empirical round table discussion with some 16 leaders in this field on the descriptive and interpretive movements within the subject field: what is going on and why is it going on? The book will form the standard for any new research with regard to youth ministry. The book’s contribution lies on the level of sound theological reasoning and argumentation (supported by many scholars) for an inclusive congregational understanding of ministry as an integral part of every congregation being missional in being and doing. Youth, children, adolescents and emerging adults, are just as integral a part of every congregation within which they live and serve.

Religion & beliefs --- Religion: general --- Christian ministry & pastoral activity --- Afrikaans --- catechesis --- congregation --- covenantal --- didache --- Osmer --- postmodern Practical Theology --- Trinitarian --- youth subculture --- Senter ed --- paraklesis --- hermeneutic --- Church work with youth --- Youth ministry --- Youth --- Church work with youth.

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Knowledge transmission and generation belong to the core mission of the public university. In democratic South Africa, the transformation of these processes and practices in higher education has become an urgent and contested task. The Faculty of Theology at the University of the Free State has already done some original work on the implications of these for theology. One area of investigation that has not yet received due attention concerns the role of theological disciplines, and especially the relation between academic disciplines and societal dynamics. This research project addresses the challenge and this volume reflects the intellectual endeavour of lectures, research fellows and a post-graduate student associated with the faculty. Each theological discipline has its own history and has already experienced reconstruction, both globally and in South Africa. Some of these genealogical developments and re-envisioning are mapped by the contributions in this volume. The critical questions addressed are: what are the contours of the (post)apartheid condition and what are the implications for responsible disciplinary practices in theology? The chapters convey an impression of the vitality of theology at the University of the Free State and in South Africa and give expression to fundamental shifts that have taken place in theological disciplines, and also of future tasks. This research project aims to stimulate reflection on responsible and innovative disciplinary practices of theology in South Africa, which, we envisage, will contribute to social justice and human flourishing. -Rian Venter, University of the Free State

Theology --- Postcolonial theology --- Post-apartheid era --- 2 <8> --- Postapartheid era --- Apartheid --- Post-colonial theology --- Theology, Doctrinal --- 2 <8> Godsdienst. Theologie--Zuid-Amerika --- Godsdienst. Theologie--Zuid-Amerika --- Religious aspects&delete& --- Christianity --- Religious aspects --- Higher & further education, tertiary education --- Genealogy, heraldry, names & honours --- Higher education --- Universities --- Africanisation --- Africanness --- Christology --- contextualisation --- discernment --- Faculty of Theology --- Afrocentric --- Eurocentric --- hermeneutics --- African Jesus --- Reformed Jesus --- Latter Prophets --- Christian leadership --- Leadership definitions --- methodology --- theory --- missio Dei --- Missiology --- mission history --- Pauline Studies --- post-apartheid --- (post)apartheid --- Tolmie --- Rian Venter --- Preaching --- proverbs --- African proverbs --- postcolonial --- trinity --- trinitarian --- triune God --- Renaissance Trinity --- Practical Theology --- Systematic Theology --- Homiletics

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Making sense of Jesus is comprised of twelve chapters of a Christological nature, which are the result of a multidisciplinary theological research project. The aim of this book is to ascertain how, in the current cultural situation, an encounter with Jesus is determined by specific historical and personal conditions, and what the consequences of such an encounter may be.

Theology --- Postcolonial theology --- Post-apartheid era --- 225.02 --- 232 --- 232 Jesus Christ. Christologie dogmatique. De verbo incarnato --- 232 Jezus Christus. Christologie: dogmatisch. De Verbo incarnato --- Jesus Christ. Christologie dogmatique. De verbo incarnato --- Jezus Christus. Christologie: dogmatisch. De Verbo incarnato --- 225.02 Nieuw Testament: bijbelse filologie --- Nieuw Testament: bijbelse filologie --- Postapartheid era --- Apartheid --- Post-colonial theology --- Theology, Doctrinal --- Religious aspects&delete& --- Christianity --- Religious aspects --- Calvinist, Reformed & Presbyterian Churches --- Jesus Christ --- Person and offices. --- Aesthetic --- Africa --- African --- Aquinas --- Ars moriendi --- Barth --- Balthasar --- Black Theology --- Caesar --- Calvin --- Christology --- Crucified --- crucifixion --- Deification --- Devil --- Digital --- Disability --- Divinity --- Dürer --- Emmanuel --- Emperor --- Empire --- Erasmus --- Eschatology --- Ethics --- Flesh --- Gay --- God --- Heterosexual --- Homosexual --- Historical Jesus --- Humanity --- Identity --- In Christ --- Incarnation --- Inter-religion --- Jerome --- Jerusalem --- Jüngel --- Justice --- Kenosis --- King --- Kingdom --- Lamb --- Lewis --- Love --- Luther --- Maluleke --- Masculinity --- Mercy --- Moltmann --- Moral --- morality --- Moses --- Neigbour --- Novello --- Pacifist --- pacifism --- Paradox --- Paul --- Perichoresis --- Philo --- Pluralism --- plurality --- Pneumatological --- Post-colonial --- post-colonialism --- Postmodern --- postmodernity --- Pragmatics --- Pre-existence --- Queer --- Rahner --- Rambo --- Reciprocity --- Resurrection --- Revelation --- Rome --- Satan --- Servant --- Solidarity --- Son of God --- Spirit --- Spirituality --- Symbolic --- symbolism --- Theodore of Mopsuestia --- Tradition --- traditions --- Trinity --- Trinitarian --- Truth --- Twitter --- Welker