

Study Compassionate Theology in South Africa
As an ecumenical Faculty of Theologyat the
University of Stellenbosch we engage the pressing social and moral
challenges of our South African and African context through a deep
spirituality of compassion and academically sound theology. The
celebration of our multiculturality and diversity becomes a wellspring
of hope in suffering, and justice that impacts society. Our teaching and
research focuses on the public sphere where questions of development,
moral regeneration, poverty and HIV/Aids are addressed by critical
theological reflection that fosters an international and
interdisciplinary approach. We strive to integrate the values of
integrity, creativity, hospitality and transparency on our journey of
faith and action towards human diginity and an integrated Christian
identity. Our programmes invite participation at pre-graduate and
especially at post-graduate levels, with the full aray of theological
disciplines as avenues of study and research.
Our
pregraduate programmesprepare participants for ministry in
a church, Christian leadership, pastoral work and community-related
service on terrains of development, HIV/Aids, conflict management, and
poverty. Our postgraduate
programmes offer research opportunities at Diploma, Masters
and Doctoral level and even caters for students from other disciplines
who want to further their postgraduate studies in theology. Our
programmes centre around contextual and relevant theological training,
cherishing the Bible as source of knowledge and insight. We want to
impact ethically and publicly and contribute to the process of social
transformation. We have a South African and African focus, that at the
same time fosters other international academic contact and partnerships.
The diversity of the faculty's students as well as staff creates an
interesting and dynamic context in which the interwoveness of theology
in all of her aspects can be experienced and celebrated.
The faculty follows anintegrated approach to learningwhich means that programmes are so structured as to incorporate
knowledge, skills and values through practical learning experiences
combined with theoretical reflection in class. Learning at the faculty
is supported by up to date technology in the form of a computerlab, a
system for learning on the web, as well as the use of audio-visual
equipment in the teaching process. All this is undergirded by a deep
spirituality which is celebrated as a faculty. Our new faculty chapel
serves as focal point for our desire to engage in ethical questions, the
problem of meaning and suffering and the crucial question of human
dignity and identity, in a spirit of contemplation, preaching and
worship that centres around Scripture.
The faculty fosters its close ties with the broader societythrough the activities of its centres, units and buros:
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The
Beyers Naud Centre for Public Theology, by means of (a)
thorough research, (b) education and training as well as (c)
appropriate service initiatives, strives to assist Christians (i.e.
individual Christians in their various personal and public roles,
church leaders, congregations, denominations, ecumenical bodies,
inter-religious organisations etc.) in identifying, describing and
fulfilling their responsibility in the various public spheres of the
democratic South African society, namely in politics, economics, civil
society and public opinion.
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NetACT is the Network for African Congregational Theology,
a network of theological institutions in the Presbyterian and Reformed
tradition. Congregational Theology is theology as practiced in the
Christian Congregation as the body of Christ, discerning the will of
God in the process of interpreting the Scriptures and its own specific
context, empowering the Congregation to address its multiple problems,
challenges and sufferings, in Sub-Saharan Africa manifest in the
pandemic of HIV/AIDS, abuse of power, corruption and economic
injustice (among others).
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The
Unit for Demographic and development Research (URDR)incorporates demographic research with burning social issues like
poverty. The URDR's mission is to empower faith-based communities
towards self-reliant sustainable development activity and outcomes
through research, theorizing and training.
- BUCTER (Buro for Continued Theological Education and Research)
furthers the theological training of ministers in the church through
courses, literature and networking among different church groups and
societal organizations.
We
welcome international students from the rest of the continent
of Africa, from Asia, from Europe as well as North- and South America.
The dialogue, interaction and diversity fosters a challenging and
creative context for discussing and doing theology of the highest
academic quality in Africa. Join us in our search for justice and truth
as we strive for social transformation and reconcilliation, locally as
well as globally. The beautiful surroundings of the faculty and the
romantic town of Stellenbosch, offers a quiet space for theological
enquiry and reflection on burning life issues..
For more information on our faculty, her staff
and the programmes offered, please visit our website at address: www.sun.ac.za/theology. We can also be contacted at: Faculty of Theology, 171 Dorpstreet, Stellenbosch, 7600, South Africa Tel: ++27 +21 (808) 3255/ Fax: ++27 +21 (808) 3251/ Email:
annalina@sun.ac.za
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Teologie, Universiteit
Stellenbosch
Dorpstraat
171, Stellenbosch, 7600
Tel:
(021) 808-2913 (w)
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Fax: (021) 808-3251
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