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Ecclesial Reform and Deform Movements in the South African Context

Ecclesial Reform and Deform Movements in the South African Context

Ecclesial Reform and Deform Movements in the South African Context

Ecclesial Reform and Deform Movements in the South African Context

Overview

Ecclesial Reform and Deform Movements in the South African Context is the fourth volume in a series on the interface between ecumenical theology and social transformation in the (South) African context. Ecclesial movements are amongst the most significant drivers of social transformation. The essays in this volume identify, describe and assess a variety of ecclesial movements. Such movements are often highly contested so that the same movement

may be described by some as a reform movement and by others as a deform movement.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781920689766
Publisher: African Sun Media
Publication date: 05/01/2015
Series: EFSA Series on Ecumenical and Development Perspectives , #4
Pages: 134
Product dimensions: 5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x 0.29(d)

About the Author

Ernst M. Conradie is Senior Professor and Miranda Pillay is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Religion and Theology at the University of the Western Cape.

Miranda Pillay, (now retired) senior lecturer at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) remains affiliated to this institution where her current academic status is that of research fellow. Describing herself as a "Theo-ethical Feminist Biblical scholar" she continues to research, write and speak from her experience as a 'coloured' woman of faith living in a (post-apartheid) South African context. She serves on the Theological Advisory Council on Gender-based Violence of the South African Faith and Family Institute (SAFFI) which gives her a platform to explore the interrelatedness between theory and praxis. Her relationship with this (and other) organizations involves working on gender-justice issues from inter-faith and multi-cultural perspectives. Based on insights gained from Feminist Biblical Hermeneutics, Womanist Ethics, and the research and writing done by the Circle of Concerned African Woman Theologians, Miranda Pillay's current research focus is primarily on the impact of skewed gender power-relations - a lived-reality often justified by the ways traditions and religions uphold, defend, maintain and reinscribe normative patriarchal power. As a member of the Anglican Church Miranda Pillay continues to serve the community on parish, Diocesan and Provincial levels in her capacity as gender-justice activist and theologian.

Table of Contents

Introduction ........................................................................................... 7

On the dynamism of reform movements

Ernst Conradie and Miranda Pillay

1 Reformed or deformed? ..................................................................... 11

The orientation and role of Kairos Southern Africa

Edwin Arrison

2 Embodying more of Christ's body ................................................. 18

A movement towards inclusivity regarding sexual orientation

and gender identity within the church

Ecclesia de Lange and Laurie Gaum

3 Becoming more real ............................................................................. 30

On the fruits of retrieving and practising the classic disciplines

Carel Anthonissen

4 Greening Christian institutions and practices ........................... 40

An emerging ecclesial reform movement

Kate Davies

5 Mighty men, mighty families ........................................................... 61

A pro-family Christian movement to (re)enforce

patriarchal control?

Miranda Pillay

6 A movement emphasising the need for an intellectually

plausible understanding of the Christian faith ........................... 78

Julian Müller

7 A movement seeking to embody support of patriarchal

structures and patterns in church and society ........................... 86

Gretha Wiid's Worthy Women movement

Lilly Nortjé-Meyer

8 A movement seeking appropriate forms of Christian

gathering and worship other than through

congregational structures .................................................................. 95

An exploration of Fresh Expressions

Ian Nell and Rudolph Grobler

9 A movement seeking to mediate and unlock the richness

of God's manifold blessings, especially but not only

amongst the urban poor ..................................................................... 117

Ezekiel Mathole

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