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"Speaking God today … signifies assuming the task constitutive of the discipline of systematic theology. … A relational God who lives in ex-static self-giving, creates Christian communities of hospitality and generosity, and offers a healing vision of truth, goodness, and beauty. Speaking the Triune God extends the promise of the benediction, May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Spirit be with you all.” Rian Venter In this first volume on doing Theology in South Africa, Henco van der Westhuizen assembled an array of articles by South African theologians on Trinitarian Theology from 1976 to today.

trinitarian theology; triune God; Systematic Theology; Barth; trinitarian doctrine; temporality; Roman Catholic; Reformed Tradition; Belgic Confession; Heidelberg Catechism; Canons of Dordt; Confession of Belhar; Public Theology; poststructuralism; hospitality

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"Speaking God today … signifies assuming the task constitutive of the discipline of systematic theology. … A relational God who lives in ex-static self-giving, creates Christian communities of hospitality and generosity, and offers a healing vision of truth, goodness, and beauty. Speaking the Triune God extends the promise of the benediction, May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Spirit be with you all.” Rian Venter In this first volume on doing Theology in South Africa, Henco van der Westhuizen assembled an array of articles by South African theologians on Trinitarian Theology from 1976 to today.

Christian theology --- trinitarian theology; triune God; Systematic Theology; Barth; trinitarian doctrine; temporality; Roman Catholic; Reformed Tradition; Belgic Confession; Heidelberg Catechism; Canons of Dordt; Confession of Belhar; Public Theology; poststructuralism; hospitality

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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

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Providing an alternative to current Trinitarian and Christocentric approaches to dogmatics, this open access book instead centres the Augustinian and classical Reformation Law-Gospel distinction. Maarten Wisse demonstrates the viability of dogmatics based on the Law-Gospel distinction from both a historical and a systematic-theological perspective. From a historical perspective, Wisse shows that the actual use of Scripture should be understood as the interplay between a critical concern about the difference between God and the world on the one hand, and the witness to God's presence in Christ in the world on the other. From a systematic-theological perspective, the benefits of approaching dogmatics through the dynamics between Law and Gospel is exemplified by discussions of key dogmatic topics, such as the doctrine of Scripture, predestination, atonement, the Eucharist and the theology of religions. The eBook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by The Protestant Theological University..

Theology --- Christian theology --- Christian Dogmatics;Reformation;Trinitarian;Christology;Soteriology;Gospel;Augustine;Peter Lombard;Thomas Aquinas;Melanchthon;Calvin;Barth;Martin Luther;Scripture;Predestination;Universalism;Socinus;John Owen --- Biblical studies --- Religion --- Christianity --- Theology, Christian --- Religion, Primitive --- Atheism --- Irreligion --- Religions --- Biblical studies. --- Religion. --- Christianity.

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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