News

  • Practical theologians contribute to book

    Posted on October 15, 2018

    The volume Pluralisation and Social Change. Dynamics of Lived Religion in South Africa and Germany was presented to Prof Wilhelm Gräb

  • Sexuality scrutinised during Old Testament conference

    Posted on October 02, 2018

    The Department of Old Testament Studies hosted its eighteenth ProPent conference from 1 to 3 September 2018.

  • Dr Peter White awarded an NRF fellowship

    Posted on September 28, 2018

    Dr Peter White has been nominated as a fellow for the 2018 Tuks Young Research Leader Programme.

  • Young Theologians win big during 2018 SRC elections at UP

    Posted on September 25, 2018

    The Faculty of Theology and Religion is pleased to announce that three of its students have been elected to serve on the Student Representative Council of the University of Pretoria from 2018 to 2019.

  • Canadian New Testament scholar awarded honorary doctorate by UP

    Posted on September 10, 2018

    The Faculty of Theology and Religion at the University of Pretoria, during its Spring graduation ceremony last week, conferred an honorary doctorate on Prof John Kloppenborg, Professor of Religion at the University of Toronto, for his contribution to the study of the New Testament.

  • Old Testament Studies convenes international specialists at seminar

    Posted on September 06, 2018

    The Department of Old Testament Studies in UP’s Faculty of Theology and Religion hosted the ProPsalms and ProProphets Seminar 2018 on 30 and 31 August.

  • Faculty administrator contributes to Mandela memorial book

    Posted on August 16, 2018

    Within any university context, the publication of articles, chapters and even entire books is a common occurrence, among academics. Senior management assistant in the Faculty of Theology and Religion at the University of Pretoria (UP), Tania Arrison, bucked this trend by writing a chapter in a...

  • Botswana mission exposure trip

    Posted on July 27, 2018

    From 23 June to 1 July 2018, Theology and Religion student Tswanelo Serumola had the life-changing opportunity to go on a mission trip to two different places of Botswana

  • Jesus’ Healing and Shalom

    Posted on July 23, 2018

    Because of the vision and great efforts of Dr Zorodzai Dube, the Department of New Testament and Related Literature was honoured to host a conference with the theme The Reception of Jesus in Mediterranean and Contemporary Societies on 5 and 6 July 2018.

  • Putting Theology into Practice

    Posted on July 22, 2018

    Thabiso Thoka, a student leader in the Faculty of Theology and Religion, participated as volunteer in the Mamelodi Initiative during the recent holiday.

  • Reconciliation and restitution scrutinised during workshop

    Posted on June 05, 2018

    The Centre for Contextual Ministry presented a workshop on reconciliation and restitution on 1 June 2018.

  • Centre for Contextual Ministry Graduation

    Posted on May 17, 2018

    On 11 May 2018, the Centre for Contextual Ministry hosted its annual certificate ceremony at the Universiteitsoord church in Hatfield, Pretoria.

  • The memory of James Hal Cone

    Posted on May 07, 2018

    Dr James Hal Cone, renowned founder of Black Liberation Theology, passed away on 28 April 2018, at the age of 79.

  • Prof Emmanuel Lartey honoured

    Posted on April 30, 2018

    Prof Emmanuel Lartey, the leading African scholar in the field of practical theology, has received an honorary doctorate from the University of Pretoria.

  • In seminar with Prof Tom Long

    Posted on April 09, 2018

    The well-known Prof Tom Long recently visited South Africa. On 19 and 20 March the Department of Practical Theology together with Excelsus at the University of Pretoria hosted him.

  • 'A Place to Call Home' project launch

    Posted on March 19, 2018

    In recent years, the City of Tshwane, the Tshwane Homelessness Forum, the University of Pretoria and the University of South Africa entered into a social contract focused on the issue of housing scarcity which led to the establishment of a research project entitled Pathways out of Homelessness.

  • Prof Pillay appointed to steer Theology and Religion

    Posted on March 06, 2018

    Prof Jerry Pillay has been appointed as Dean of the Faculty of Theology and Religion, with effect from 1 March 2018.

  • Farewell celebration for Dean Buitendag

    Posted on February 27, 2018

    On 20 February 2018, the members of the Faculty of Theology and Religion at the University of Pretoria gathered to celebrate the end of Prof Johan Buitendag’s two tenures as their dean.

  • LoveReach lifts campus spirits

    Posted on February 20, 2018

    Students of Theology and Religion at the University of Pretoria staged an outreach, called LoveReach, on Valentine’s Day 2018.

  • Dr Tanya van Wyk appointed as Senior Lecturer in Spirituality

    Posted on February 15, 2018

    Spirituality is an exciting and expanding theological and religious subject discipline and now has a home in the Faculty of Theology and Religion at the University of Pretoria.

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