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Knowledge-based Design:
The assumptions underlying this book are that urban & regional design can be developed into a societally relevant science, that this depends on the view held regarding the significance of urban & regional design to society, and what is considered to be the object of the discipline derived from this view. The author bases these assumptions on the knowledge and insights she has acquired during the last fifteen years; the first ten years within the Chair of Urban & Regional Design, and after that within the Chair of Spatial Planning, both of the Faculty of Architecture of the Delft University of Technology
Open-Ended Narrative and Moral Formation
A narrative approach for moral formation must take the shortcomings of abstract reason seriously. Two specific attempts to a narrative approach, narrative as a means to an end and the supra-narrative approach, do not address these shortcomings and are inadequate approaches for moral formation.An open ended narrative approach considers reason as an important phenomenon for moral formation. The shortcomings of using abstract reason such as the neglect of tradition, community and the particular finds relevance in the way reason is used in an open ended narrative approach. Reason is not rejected, but it is used in a more holistic way that includes critical reflection
Towards an approach to development as mission: the category of personhood as addressed by Amartya Sen?
This paper is concerned with the role of personhood in development. I will be looking
at the extent to which the influential model of development proposed by Amartya Sen
does justice to the category of personhood. I will provide an overview of the work of
Sen in the area of development and then provide some critical engagement. Drawing
from the work of Sen this article provides some pointers or markers towards an
approach to development as missionary role. Bosch's phrase 'creative tension'
provides a key principle for an approach to development.DHE
The Ecumenical Movement and development: The role of personhood
This article is part of several contributions that was presented at the 2015 Southern
African Missiological Society (SAMS). The conference theme was undergirded by
the theme of the World Council of Churches (WCC) assembly in Busan, South Korea
and the recent Encyclical of Pope Francis of the Roman Catholic Church; 'Together
towards life'. The specific contribution of this article lies with the role of personhood
in development. The question that I seek to address is to what extent the influential
models of development proposed by Korten and more importantly, the ecumenical
movement, can do justice to the category of personhood. A secondary question is
the complex process through which people come to accept responsibility for addressing
their situations.DHE
Practical theology: A critically engaged practical reason approach of practice, theory, practice and theory
Browning's influential use of practical reason for his fundamental practical theology is
analysed. His correlation of theory and practice in his three stages of theory, practice and theory
is also critiqued because his approach reduces practical theology almost to professionalism
and principles for ministry. His approach could also result in an antagonistic relationship
between practice and theory as practice is reduced to theory or academics. This article seeks
to present a critically engaged practical reasoning approach in which theory and practice have
an in-ter-dependent relationship. Practical reason is an activity in which engagement happens
at every stage. For this to happen, theory and practice interact as equal variables that have
a bearing on each other not to reduce the one to the other, but to complement each other in
a lateral hermeneutical process. This process has four stages, unlike Browning's three-stage
correlation. The stages are schematically presented as practice, theory, practice and theory.DHE
The interplay between theology and development: How theology can be related to development in post-modern society
This article attempts to make a contribution to the discourse of missiology by engaging
critically with the much debated studies of theology and development. The two widely
used definitions of development are analysed to point out commonalities and
weaknesses. A theology of relationality is then introduced with reference to the Trinity,
relationships and personhood. Some pointers then emerged to form a more integral
understanding of development. I then make some connections between human and
social development and the Trinity and perichoresis and to point out the missiological
and ecclesiological implications for the mission of the church.DHE
Youth ministry at the margins and/or centre as space of the other: Reflections on the resolutions of the Anglican dioceses in the Western Cape 2017
Youth within the context of faith-based organisations carry with them certain power relations
and misconstrued connotations. These power relations and connotations can contribute to
alienation and marginalisation. The resolutions taken at the recent synods of the three
dioceses within the Western Cape reflect and identify the areas - both liturgical and
governance - of marginalisation of youth within the Anglican Church in southern Africa. The
resolutions also call on the church governing bodies and the leaders to create safe spaces
for the youth to be a central part of the mission of the church. Areas such as liturgy, training
and formation, contemporary worship and nurturing relationships are identified within
the resolutions. Theological notions of personhood within the Anglican tradition are to be
investigated as possible motivations for more acceptable power relations of the youth and
leaders and governance structures. What implications do such theological formulations have
for the space that the youth occupy within the margins of the church? A critical reflection of
the synod resolutions answers such questions and points to some contours for sense making
of the youth within the margins of the church from a faith-based organisational perspective
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