WINTER SCHOOL

FACULTY OF THEOLOGY, STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY TUESDAY 16 JULY – THURSDAY 18 JULY 2019

REFLECTING ON 25 YEARS OF DEMOCRACY - IN DIALOGUE WITH RELIGION

PROGRAMME

TUESDAY 16 JULY 2019 08:00 Registration 09:00 Welcome and Arrangements 09:10 Word of Welcome: Prof Reggie Nel, Dean, Faculty of Theology 09:15 Devotion: Rev Mabel Goliath, Methodist Church 09:45 Keynote Speaker: Ms Melanie Verwoerd 10:45 Refreshments 11:15 Morning Parallel Series 12:45 Lunch 14:00 Afternoon Parallel Sessions 16:30 Spit-Braai

WEDNESDAY 17 JULY 2019 08:00 Registration 09:00 Welcome and Arrangements 09:10 Devotion: Rev Euodia Volanie, United Congregational Church 09:45 Keynote Speaker: Dr Pali Lehohla 10:45 Refreshments 11:15 Morning Parallel Series 12:45 Lunch / Reconciliation Lunch

REFLECTING ON 25 YEARS OF DEMOCRACY YEARS OF ON 25 REFLECTING WITH RELIGION – IN DIALOGUE 14:00 Afternoon Parallel Sessions

THURSDAY 18 JULY 2019 08:00 Registration 09:00 Welcome and Arrangements 09:10 Devotion: Rev Trevor Hebert, Apostolic Faith Mission 09:45 Morning Parallel Series 11:15 Refreshments 11:45 Keynote Speaker: Prof Allan Boesak 12:45 Closing WINTER SCHOOL 2019 FACULTY OF THEOLOGY, STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY

TUESDAY 16 JULY – THURSDAY 18 JULY 2019

Church pastors, students, academics from schools of religion and all interested persons are invited to the 2019 Winter School, presented by the Faculty of Theology, Stellenbosch University, in collaboration with Communitas, Ekklesia and the Beyers Naudé Centre for Public Theology.

The venue for the Winter School is the Attie van Wijk Auditorium, Faculty of Theology, 171 Dorp Street, Stellenbosch.

REFLECTING ON 25 YEARS OF DEMOCRACY– IN DIALOGUE WITH RELIGION

As a faculty we commemorate 160 years of The Winter School aims to recognise the theological formation in Stellenbosch in 2019. significance of these milestones by creating a platform where community members, leaders The founding of the seminary in Stellenbosch and academics can reflect critically on the on 1 November 1859, envisioned theological road travelled. The conference will reflect on formation as opposed to what was considered the public calling of religious communities a “liberal” theological stream at the time. But in building democracy, in dialogue with key it would also stand for indigenous formation conversation partners. In our view, religious – from , in Africa and for Africa. communities continue to play a significant role We are an African community, an African in the South African society – not only in the faculty – and proudly so. For us that means lives of individuals, but also in various publics. a deep commitment and connection to our What individuals and religious communities mother continent, an umbilical cord from confess, has public significance, and cannot Africa, in Africa and for Africa. What does be isolated from public matters and political this connectedness mean in 2019, in South life. Religious communities should therefore Africa, in Stellenbosch – a year which also, be constructive dialogue partners in matters significantly, marks 25 years of democracy in of public life. ?

Previous themes of the Winter School:

• 2012: My story – our story – thé story • 2013: For a time like this – hearing the Gospel, the Hope for our times • 2014: Christ, the Hope for Africa – the next 20 Years • 2015: Changing the world? An invitation to faithful discipleship and responsible citizenship • 2016: A home for us all – the future of Christianity and our youth in Africa • 2017: Reforming the Church, Society and Ourselves • 2018: Justice, Reconciliation and Unity: Rediscovering the power of the gospel

3 WINTER SCHOOL 2019 | FACULTY OF THEOLOGY, STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Looking back, reaching forward Ms Melanie Verwoerd Melanie Verwoerd is an independent political analyst. She is a former Member of Parliament for the ANC (1994-2001), South African Ambassador to Ireland (2001-2005) and Executive Director of UNICEF Ireland. In 2007 she was awarded the Irish Tatler International Woman of the Year award. She is the author of “The Verwoerd who Toyi-Toyied”, “Our Madiba”, and “21 at 21”. In 2018 she was ranked one of the top two political analysts in South Africa by the Financial Mail. She writes a weekly column for news24.com.

Withholding good undermines democracy Dr Pali Lehohla Dr Pali Lehohla is a former Statistician General of South Africa and served in this position for 17 years; before that he worked for StatsSA for 34 years. He served as co-chair of PARIS21 and chair of the United Nations Statistics Commission. He was the founding chair of the Statistics Commission of Africa (StatCom Africa) and chairs the African Symposium for Statistical Development (ASSD). He was the Vice President of the International Statistics Institute (ISI) and sponsors the Young African Statistician (YAS) movement. He served as one of the 25 member panel on Data Revolution appointed by the UN Secretary General. Mr Lehohla has been a forceful advocate for improving civil registration and vital statistics systems in Africa. In 2015 Stellenbosch University conferred on him an honorary degree in Commerce, and in 2018 he received an honorary doctorate in Science from the University of KwaZulu-Natal. Dr Lehohla is Professor of Practice at the University of Johannesburg. No nation can win a struggle without faith: the struggle, religion, and the future of our democracy Prof Allan Boesak

Prof Allan Boesak served the church in various ecumenical positions, including as Moderator of the Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa, Senior Vice President of the South African Council of Churches, and President of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches. Under his leadership the WARC declared a sin and a heresy and suspended the two white Dutch Reformed churches in South Africa for their moral and theological justification of the apartheid system. Over the years, Prof Boesak became a world renowned liberation theologian and a coveted speaker at world events. His involvement in public life and South Africa’s freedom struggle began in 1976. In 1983 he called for the formation of the United Democratic Front, which would grow into the largest non-violent, non-racial anti-apartheid formation in the history of the struggle. He worked with President , Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Rev Frank Chikane and a whole array of world leaders to end apartheid. Prof Boesak has taught across the world, and continues his teaching and preaching, while remaining active in global struggles for human rights.

WINTER SCHOOL 2019 | FACULTY OF THEOLOGY, STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY 4 PROGRAMME OVERVIEW

The programme will start every morning with a devotion session led by ministers from different faith communities:

16 July: Rev Mabel Goliath, Methodist Church 17 July: Rev Euodia Volanie, United Congregational Church 18 July: Rev Trevor Hebert, Apostolic Faith Mission

The devotion session will be followed by a plenary session with a keynote speaker on the main theme of the Winter School:

16 July: Ms Melanie Verwoerd will focus on how democracy was strengthened and enhanced during the past 25 years, but also, how it is threatened.

17 July: Dr Pali Lehohla will reflect on democracy using data, making information available in a quantitative manner that can be translated into real life stories and realities on the ground. PROGRAMME OVERVIEW PROGRAMME 18 July: Prof Allan Boesak will speak on the role that religion is playing and should play (or not play!) in strengthening the values that undergird democracy.

Morning parallel sessions will follow the plenary sessions (participants choose one broad theme presented over three days):

P1: Biblical perspectives on democracy P2: Democratic values and the formation thereof by communities of faith P3: Democracy, land and ecology P4: Youth, democracy and religion

After lunch, the programme will break into afternoon parallel sessions participants– choose one session on Tuesday and one session on Wednesday.

REGISTRATION Closing date for registrations: 28 June 2019. No late registrations will be accepted. The following registration categories are available:

• Early bird registration fee before 31 May 2019: R350* • Standard registration fee from 31 May to 28 June 2019: R450 • Single day fee: R150 (spit-braai excluded) • Theology students may attend the Winter School at no cost, but still need to register. Should they wish to attend the spit-braai, a fee of R120 must be paid before 28 June 2019.

* URCSA and DRC pastors from the Cape/Western Cape Synods will be subsidised by their local Synods and will pay R200 for early bird registration. A number of scholarships are also available – please contact Escois Benjamin at ebenjamin@sun. ac.za for more information.

Please complete the attached registration form and return it to Wilma le Roux, [email protected] or fax: 086 563 7128 before 31 May 2019 to qualify for early bird registration.

5 WINTER SCHOOL 2019 | FACULTY OF THEOLOGY, STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY LANGUAGE The Winter School is attended by people from different denominations, some of who do not follow Afrikaans. The programme will be conducted mainly in English. Chairpersons for each session are carefully selected so that they can translate if a person wants to ask a question in his / her mother tongue, e.g. Afrikaans and English, and in some cases isiXhosa. WINTER SCHOOL CHAPLAIN Canon Desmond Lambrechts, Anglican Student Chaplain at Stellenbosch University, will be on duty for the duration of the Winter School. In the past the need for a pastoral safe space became apparent. These pastoral conversations will provide an opportunity to listen and reflect with those for whom the Winter School may evoke strong, even turbulent emotions, and pray with those struggling with issues arising from the discussions. His office is next to the Chapel. REFRESHMENTS AND LUNCH Tea/Coffee/Refreshments will be served at the times indicated in the programme. Please note that provision cannot be made for special dietary requirements. These are delegates’ own responsibility.

Lunch is not included in the registration fee and participants are responsible for their own lunches – there is, however, a cafeteria on the premises with most affordable PROGRAMME OVERVIEW PROGRAMME options.

Please see the note on the optional Reconciliation lunch on Wednesday 17 July. SPIT-BRAAI All participants are invited to a spit-braai on Tuesday 16 July (16:30 – 18:00) – the cost is included in the registration fee. Only pre-registered participants may attend the spit-braai.

The Alumni Relations Office of Stellenbosch University invites all participants who are alumni of Stellenbosch University for pre-drinks in the cafeteria before the spit- braai. ACCESSIBILITY FOR WHEELCHAIRS The Faculty of Theology is unfortunately only partly wheelchair accessible through a side entrance and an elevator. Should you need assistance, please notify the organisers in advance to make arrangements. PARKING There will be a limited number of parking spaces available on the premises and the booms at the Noordwal-West entrance (beside the Communitas and Archive entrance at the back of the faculty building) will be lifted. KEEPING WARM Since central heating is not customary in University buildings, please dress warmly! BOOK SALES Book exhibitions and sales will be conducted by SunMedia, Bible Media and the Beyers Naudé Centre for Public Theology. Credit card facilities will be available. ACCOMMODATION Participants are responsible for their own accommodation arrangements. A list of guesthouses within walking distance of the faculty is available from Wilma le Roux, [email protected]

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Choose ONE theme presented over three days

P1 BIBLICAL PERSPECTIVES ON DEMOCRACY

Twenty-five years since the dawn of democracy, the attention to bibles in South Africa, shows no signs of abating - particularly the Christian Bible. Much like in the past, besides its obvious presence and even prominence in faith communities, the Bible is also invoked in political structures, on sport fields, in classrooms and in social media. In the Biblical Perspectives on Democracy series, members of the Discipline Group Old and New Testament will reflect on the role of the OT and NT in a conversation on democracy.

In the first session, the question will be asked whether the biblical text contains any historical antecedent or basis for the practice of democracy in the faith community. It will show how elements of democracy have always been present with the people of God, even in a theocratic setting. Participants will be invited to reflect on the relationship between the state and faith communities before and after theinstitution of democracy, the impact of contemporary practice of democracy on faith communities, and the role or relevance of faith communities in South Africa’s current democratic dispensation.

In the second session, 1 Peter 3:8-22 will be critically engaged for its potential to facilitate conversation regarding reconciliation. It will be argued that any dialogue or conversation with reconciliation as its ultimate goal, demands a safe and accommodating space for brutally honest conversation to take place. 1 Peter 3:8-22 actually does not contribute constructively to these conversations; it does, however, perpetuate division, alienation, confusion, and further misunderstanding. It is time to create a safe and accommodating space to critically scrutinise 1 Peter 3:8-22.

The final session will consider how, in democratic SA, many elements of the politics of reading have stayed the same as before 1994, especially in terms of perceptions of and about the Bible as scripture, and engagement with it. Some aspects of engagement, however, have changed, especially in terms of the audiences considered engaged readers, and with other scriptures increasingly entering the broader, public, political space.

16 July Democracy in the faith community: The faith community in the age of democracy Presenter: Funlola Olojede, Gender Unit, Old and New Testament, SU

17 July Pietism – How the New Testament failed the dialogue on reconciliation – In conversation with 1 Peter 3:8-22 Presenter: Peter Nagel, Old and New Testament, SU

18 July The New Testament in democratic South Africa: Bible, people, nation Presenter: Jeremy Punt, Old and New Testament, SU

P2 DEMOCRATIC VALUES AND THE FORMATION THEREOF BY COMMUNITIES OF FAITH

In the absence of diverse ways of thinking, being, and acting, there is no opportunity for deliberation and thinking anew about taken-for-granted ways of seeing the world. In ushering in different life-worlds and experiences, diversity presents the spaces for different perspectives, with the aim of cultivating tolerance, understanding and respect. The recognition, and more importantly, the cultivation of diversity, therefore, are in the best interest of a public good, for the simple reason that diversity allows us to engage with that which is different, while simultaneously reflecting upon our own perspectives and beliefs.

7 WINTER SCHOOL 2019 | FACULTY OF THEOLOGY, STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY Twenty-five years after the legal demise of apartheid, South Africa continues to be confronted with the remnants of colonialism and apartheid. Those born after 1994 have, in time, become known as ‘born-free’s; even so, these same children of democracy attempted to deepen our democratic project (via the 2015-16 #FeesMustFall movement). A reflection is needed on the implications of this movement for the church.

The ethics of care places an important emphasis on political power. If the care responsibilities, which the ethics of care, call for, were to be accepted by every citizen, it would be possible to create not only a more caring democracy, but also a democracy that is more just. Care should not be something that is gendered. Care is not something that should be restricted to the private sphere where it often becomes the sole responsibility of women. Class and race should also not have an influence on whose responsibility it is to care. The ethics of care calls for everybody to take up their care responsibilities. Everybody has the capability to care, because we are all dependent human beings at various stages in life. Nobody should get a free pass out of caring and everybody should accept their care responsibilities, whether it be at home, at work, or in the greater society. It is furthermore important to remember that no one should have to choose between rationality and emotion, or care and justice. These two orientations can and should function together to resist the injustices brought about by a patriarchal society and to create truly democratic societies.

16 July Religious diversity as a public good Presenter: Nuraan Davids, Associate Professor of Philosophy of Education in the Department of Education Policy Studies, Faculty of Education, SU 17 July Reflections of a ‘born-free’ fallist Presenter: Mx Ashwin Afrikanus Thyssen, Master of Theology student, SU 18 July Democracy and care? Moving towards a caring democracy to resist injustice in contemporary society Presenter: Carike Noeth, Project Coordinator, Department of Ethics, Philosophy and Religious Studies, Cornerstone Institute

P3 DEMOCRACY, LAND AND ECOLOGY

In Kairos theology in the 1970s and 1980s church leaders were fond of likening our context with the “house of slavery”. Later people used the “wandering through the wilderness” and even the “conquest of Canaan” as biblical images. All of these are rather dangerous, but, of course, also very evocative. In the past it has been said (and the SACC’s document on climate change does too) that our period is perhaps more like the period of reform under King Josiah than the time of Jeremiah. But things have changed. It is too late to avert a looming crisis. It is not only Rhodes, fees or Zuma that will fall, but “Jerusalem” too. And this expresses a form of hope, not only of fear! What “Jerusalem” means and why it will fall, is open for interpretation, but its walls may well have something to do with Wall Street. If so, what are we to do?

The second session will indicate how the Protestant tradition (with special reference to the Reformed tradition), in our reaction to monasticism, lost the steps of the dance betweenora (prayer) and labora (work), resulting in a disabled spirituality. It will also indicate how this activism resulted in us becoming part of the human misuse of creation, contributing to many of the ecological crises we face. It will also point to a possible way forward – a way that could make us good news, that brings joy to the rest of creation.

In the third session the speaker will give a bird’s eye view of the quality of water resources, air, land and service delivery 25 years into our democracy. The root causes of ecological degeneration will be identified, and the link between ecological en social wellbeing explored. The speaker will discuss the scope and depth of the faith community’s responsibility in this regard, looking at various options for a way out of an impending eco-disaster, and reflecting on the individual’s ability to make a difference on grass roots level.

16 July Why I am telling my children that they should expect the 'walls of Jerusalem' to fall within their lifetime Presenter: Ernst Conradie, Senior Professor in the Department of Religion and Theology, University of the Western Cape 17 July We can become eco-good news if we can learn to dance again! Presenter: David Botha, former chair of the joint Eco-task team of the DRC/URC in the Cape 18 July Unearthing the roots Presenter: Anton Doyer, Eco service task team, DRC

WINTER SCHOOL 2019 | FACULTY OF THEOLOGY, STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY 8 P4 YOUTH, DEMOCRACY AND RELIGION

We live in a world where a Prime Minister of a nation is only 37 years old, and yet captures the imagination of the world when responding to the massacre of a faith community with compassion and wisdom. Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister of New Zealand, arguably represented the best of what Christian care for others can mean in the way she expressed solidarity with the Muslim community following the Christchurch mosque massacres on 15 March 2019. Wearing a headscarf as part of a movement of woman showing solidarity across faith communities following the massacre (and being criticised for it), Ardern presents faith communities with several questions on how we practise our faith in the face of a growing global culture and politics of fear, social distances and extremist thinking. This is a world where colonisation takes new forms, freedom requires new perspectives of what faith communities are called to do; a world in which we must ask ourselves how we enact or protest challenges to God’s care for and presence in the world? And, in a year where we must survive a growing rhetoric of racial distance and anger among our younger political leaders, how do we, how do you, as young lions of our democracy, respond to such a world? Are we colonisers, or colonised, or possibly something, someone, different, other, more? And as such may we explore what it means to BE different, THINK differently and DO differently in this world, here and now?

South Africa is one of the most unequal countries in the world and this economic inequality between rich and poor, despite the demise of apartheid, remains racially skewed. Recent events such as the student #Feesmustfall protests against economic inequalities and economic injustice in higher education, the spate of racial slurs and denials of Black pain on social media and the re-racialisation of South African society through identity politics, indicate that South Africa faces significant challenges with regards to dealing with the “sins” of its past and the complexity of our present life. The term “born free” is popularly ascribed to the generation born or raised after the end of the apartheid era. Young people are, however, questioning this freedom, because this inequality is visible in the marked differences in where they live, the schools they go to, their parental income groupings, language and race. Marginalised youth are labelled as depoliticised, selfish and apathetic, however, recent youth protest action reveals them as powerful agents of change with regards to challenging issues of equal access to tertiary education, institutional racism and a decolonised curriculum. This paper seeks to unpack the emerging findings of a current research study focused on how Christian young adults engage the lived theologies of inequality in Stellenbosch, South Africa. It seeks to explore their experiences and lived theologies by posing the question: “In what ways do the lived realities of the continued and intensified realities of inequality in post-apartheid South Africa, impact on the lived theologising and political agency of the ‘born free’ generation of South Africans (18-35 years) with regards to issues of social justice, inequality and reconciliation?”

In his recent book, “Pharaohs on Both Sides of the Blood-Red Waters”, Allan Boesak reflects on what he considers to be a major challenge to faith communities and especially the church today, asking: “What is our response to the renewed struggle for justice, renewed nonviolent revolution for peace, dignity and wholeness that are raging across the globe? Revolutions that are mostly led, like the anti- apartheid struggle in South Africa in its final phases since 1976, by the youth?” (Boesak, 2017). And more than that, how do we abolish the strongholds of sin, Satan, and the world with their “hollow and deceptive philosophies” (Col 2:8) and “every wind of (false) doctrine” (Eph 4:14) which seek to take captive the hearts and minds of our young adults? Ours is a response which lays hold of the “divine power” (2 Cor 10:4, 2 Peter 1:3) afforded the church by Christ to holistically respond to these challenges, with the view that youth and youth adult ministries have a key role to play in shaping their and our country’s future. In the light of these reflections, the purpose of the presentation is to discuss “the role and place of Young Adults Ministries in shaping our youth holistically with the gospel in order to engage the culture and to be what Christ ultimately calls us to”.

16 July Are Christian’s colonisers? Faith, our democracy and the roar of our young lions Presenter: Rudi Buys, Executive Dean, Cornerstone Institute

17 July Born Free? Born Free for what? Exploring the lived experiences of Christian youth in Stellenbosch Presenters: Nadine Bowers-du Toit, Professor in Practical Theology and Community Development, Faculty of Theology, SU; Shantelle Weber, senior lecturer in Practical Theology and Youth Work, Faculty of Theology, SU

18 July True spirituality and the place of Youth and Young Adults Ministries in shaping SA for the next 25 years Presenter: David Cloete, youth pastor, Cape Flats

9 WINTER SCHOOL 2019 | FACULTY OF THEOLOGY, STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY AFTERNOON PARALLEL SESSIONS: 16 JULY – choose one

PS1 STORIES OF HOPE AND RECONCILIATION

Facilitator: Marnus Havenga Panel members: Jan van Zyl, Sipho Mahokoto, Frankie Mabutyana, Thandi Dhlamini, Homba Ngcofe

This session will focus on two reconciliation initiatives in the town of Stellenbosch, namely, the Stellenbosch Reconciliation Lunch, and Indlela. The Stellenbosch Reconciliation Lunch takes place every second Wednesday of the month at the Legacy Centre in Kayamandi and allows members of different communities in Stellenbosch to share a meal together, while listening to one another’s stories. Indlela (the isiXhosa word for “path” or “way”), takes place once a month in the Hofmeyr Hall in Church Street, and can be described as a unique worship service, where members of the DRC Moedergemeente Stellenbosch and the Uniting Reformed Churches of Ida’s Valley, Cloetesville and Kayamandi come together to pray, to sing, to talk, to give, and to serve – all while also sharing a meal with one another. In this discussion, panel members will share some of the inspiring stories of hope and reconciliation that have come out of these two initiatives.

PS2 THE VOCATION OF THE TAIZÉ COMMUNITY AFTERNOON PARALLEL SERIES AFTERNOON PARALLEL Presenters: Brother Paolo, Taizé Community, France David Daniels, President, Moravian Youth Union of South Africa (MYUSA)

The Taizé Community is an ecumenical monastic community located in Taizé, France. It comprises about one hundred brothers from different Christian traditions and more than 30 countries. The community has become an important place of pilgrimage, with a focus on youth. Around 75,000 people from around the world travel to Taizé each year for prayer, Bible study, workshops, and to share in Christian community life. In this session the following questions will be discussed: How does this interdenominational community live a monastic life? How does it engage with young adults from different churches and backgrounds? What is its relationship with the institutional churches? David Daniels is involved with the preparation team for the Taizé Pilgrimage taking place in Cape Town 2019 and will share his experience.

PS3 OUR UMBILICAL CORD FROM AFRICA, IN AFRICA AND FOR AFRICA: A PILGRIMAGE OF 160 YEARS

Presenter: Reggie Nel, Dean, Faculty of Theology, SU

This is a pilgrimage originating from a deep connectedness to evangelical faith in and for our continent towards a future as an African faculty with a global impact. In this session, we will reflect on the deep connections that give life to theological formation in Stellenbosch. We will start at the Hofmeyr Hall in Church Street and, walking, reflecting, and discussing, proceed to the building of the Faculty of Theology in Dorp Street, stopping at the statues of the “founding fathers” in the garden, reflecting and contextualising. We will then proceed to visit various stations in the building, ending up in a space where there is a brief reflection on the significance of the pilgrimage, but also, the future of theological formation from the southern tip of our continent towards the future.

WINTER SCHOOL 2019 | FACULTY OF THEOLOGY, STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY 10 PS4 A PASTORAL RESPONSE TO CHALLENGES OF OUR TIME

Presenter: Stephen Pedro, Minister in Synodical Service, URC-DRC family

This session will discuss trauma counselling in communities – its reality, consequences and what faith-based communities like the church do about it. We will look at the different causes of trauma in communities, especially communities who are part of the legacy of apartheid’s group areas act and forced removals, and who still experience trauma daily. We will also discuss the issue of intergenerational trauma, trauma some communities experienced over generations, and whose legacies they still live with. We will also consider whether faith-based communities like the church realise the effects trauma has on its people, how it influences their being, livelihood and relationships, and what the church does to attend to the reality of trauma, especially from a pastoral counselling point of view. We will conclude with practical proposals as to how churches can attend to trauma counselling within their communities.

AFTERNOON PARALLEL SESSIONS: 17 JULY - choose one

PS5 THEOLOGY FROM BELOW: INSIGHTS FROM EMERGING THEOLOGIANS

Facilitator: Marnus Havenga Panel members: Alease Brown, Louis van der Riet, Tayla Minnaar, Khegan Delport

The Faculty of Theology at Stellenbosch University recently hosted South Africa’s very first postgraduate theology conference. The conference was titled “Theology from Below” and gave over fifty postgraduate students and early career researchers, working across different theological disciplines, the opportunity to present their research and to reflect together on what the role of theology, done “from below”, could (and perhaps should) be in the church and in the wider community today . In this session, a number of up-and- coming theologians and church leaders who participated in the conference will give their impressions of what transpired over the three days, and also share their own thoughts and ideas about the task of theology in South Africa, 25 years after the dawn of democracy.

PS6 STORIES OF HOPE

Presenter: Desmond Lambrechts, Chaplain for Anglican Students at SU

Canon Desmond Lambrechts has been an ordained priest in the Anglican Church for 39 years, of which he served in parochial ministry for 26 years. Since then he served as the Director for HIV/AIDS in the Anglican Church of Southern Africa; Director for Public Health and Religion for the National Religious Association for Social Development in Stellenbosch; and recently Director for Public Policy and Parliamentary Liaison in the Office of the Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town. In this session he will reflect on the role the Anglican Church in Southern Africa has played in creating a meaningful response to the challenges of our time, in particular the mobilisation of pastoral responses to issues such as apartheid, health and water.

PS7 DEMOCRACY AND ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP: WHAT ROLE CAN CHURCHES AND FAITH COMMUNITIES PLAY IN ENHANCING GOOD LIFE IN SOUTH AFRICAN SOCIETY?

Presenter: Sipho Mahokoto, Systematic Theology and Ecclesiology, Faculty of Theology, SU

Since the dawn of democracy in South Africa, people seem to have had different understandings of what democracy is, with many expectations, but less to contribute towards building our democracy by means of enhancing good life in South African society. The question that people often ask, especially those who are on the margins of society, is: what did this democracy bring us? This presentation will mainly focus on the role of churches and faith communities in enhancing good life in South African society through encouraging church members and communities to become active citizens who can participate positively in our democracy. This presentation will conclude that churches and faith communities should take the National Development Plan 2030, especially the part on active citizenship, as key for keeping the South African government, faith communities and civil society accountable for enhancing good life in South African society.

11 WINTER SCHOOL 2019 | FACULTY OF THEOLOGY, STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY THE RECONCILIATION LUNCH

Facilitator: Jan van Zyl, Minister DRC Moedergemeente Stellenbosch

The Reconciliation Lunch has been held in Kayamandi, Stellenbosch for the past six years. Currently it is held at the Legacy Centre in Kayamandi every second Wednesday thirty to fifty people gather around the table at these lunches, and every person is served bread, a warm meal, salads, fruit and cold drinks. It is a table that brings people together from different walks of life to share hearts, to learn and to grow together. The various cultural and racial groups in our nation are often still without regular forums where they can connect relationally and share life. In order for the people of our nation to work together and move forward, people of diverse backgrounds must engage with each other and know each other more deeply. This can only happen in an open, relaxed, safe environment where people find it easy to engage in open dialogue about life and their various experiences. The Reconciliation Lunch creates a space where hearts connect and strangers become family. While we eat, we share stories from our own lives about a particular topic, chosen by the facilitator who mediates the conversation for that day.

Twenty participants of the Winter School will have the opportunity to join the Reconciliation Lunch on Wednesday 17 July from 12:30 to 14:30. After lunch, participants will visit other projects of the Legacy Centre.

Please note: this session is limited to twenty (20) people and tickets will be issued to the first twenty people who register for the lunch. Transport will be provided. The bus will leave at 12:15 from the Faculty of Theology at the Noordwal-West entrance and will return to the faculty at 16:00. Participants will need to excuse themselves earlier from the morning parallel sessions.

WINTER SCHOOL 2019 | FACULTY OF THEOLOGY, STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY 12 ENQUIRIES

Faculty of Theology Helette van der Westhuizen, 021 808 9560, [email protected]

Communitas Wilma le Roux, 021 808 3624, [email protected]

Ekklesia Divine Robertson, 021 808 2827, [email protected]

Beyers Naudé Centre for Public Theology Marita Snyman, 021 808 2538, [email protected]

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