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(Practical) Theology: A story of doubt and imagination

Theology as a story of doubt and imagination is to be understood in contrast to the traditional paradigm of theology as a system of propositional certainty. The construct of doubt and imagination is part and parcel of Narrative Theology and can be linked to Post-Foundational Theology. The relevance of this theological paradigm will be discussed, as a theology which
• is in touch with its own...

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‘Universal human rights - asking for too much?’

Human rights, as a set of norms that is applicable to everyone, everywhere, has been described as 'the idea of our time'. Prof Christof Heyns, poses the question of whether the current rapid proliferation of human rights systems especially at a regional level is fostering or hampering the universal human rights project. The lecture places the above discussion in the broader context of whether -...