296pp., paperback, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, 2024
ISBN: 9781776489848
A collection of essays by lecturers and research associates in the Department of Practical Theology and Mission Studies at the Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of Pretoria.
Contributions include:
"An Epistemic Death or Wrong Perceptions? Power Dynamics and Complexities in Theological Learning Spaces" by Buhle Mpofu
"An Experiment in “Mediated” Homiletics: Can ChatGPT Preach in a Local, Reformed Framework?" by Christo Lombaard and Jacques Beukes
"Curriculum Development with Victims of Violence and Abuse" by Maake Masango
"Towards the Demarginalisation of African Youth: Agenda 2063 - The Africa We Want - A Golden Opportunity or a Pie in the Sky?" and "Raising Action-Oriented Leaders Relevant to the Time" by Jacques Beukes
"Liberating Faith Practices in an Evolving African Megacity: On Transdisciplinarity, Engaged Scholarship and Liberative Pedagogies" by Stephan de Beer.
Jacques W Beukes is Associate Professor in the Department of Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology at the University of South Africa (UNISA). Previously, he was Associate Professor in Practical Theology at the University of Pretoria.