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Historical Theology at public universities matter
Submitted: 06 September 2017 | Published: 20 November 2017
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Jerry Pillay, Department of Church History and Church Polity, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, South AfricaAbstract
This article is an attempt to address the current situation. Whilst this article looks at the issue of theology at public universities, its main focus is to explore the future study of church history in the context of universities and, in particular, a Faculty of Theology. Understanding church history in the broad framework as Historical Theology, this article asserts the significance of church history at public universities, but points out the need to restructure the Department giving due consideration to community engagement, internationalisation, transformation, africanisation and interreligious collaboration. All of these would have a serious impact on teaching, learning and research.
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1. From the tower to the pews: A call for academic theology to re-engage with the local context
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HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies vol: 75 issue: 4 year: 2019
doi: 10.4102/hts.v75i4.5622