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HTS Theological Studies

On-line version ISSN 2072-8050
Print version ISSN 0259-9422

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THESNAAR, Christoffel H.. Seeking feasible reconciliation: A transdisciplinary contextual approach to reconciliation. Herv. teol. stud. [online]. 2014, vol.70, n.2, pp.01-08. ISSN 2072-8050.

In South Africa scholars in the broad field of practical theology are currently faced with a daunting challenge: to rethink the reconciling role of the institutional church in the light of continued challenges facing reconciliation within post-apartheid and post-Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) South Africa. This contribution investigates whether the transdisciplinary, region-centred scientific research approach with a focus on the Hölderlin perspective on reconciliation could assist scholars in practical theology to address reconciliation in a post-apartheid and post-TRC society. The article proposes a contextual and constructive approach to reconciliation in order to assist South African scholars in the field of practical theology and the institutional church to address the challenges of reconciliation in a postapartheid and post-TRC society. The contribution confirms that this approach does indeed assist the field of practical theology to contribute to reconciliation without the risk of speaking a language that nobody beyond theology can understand.

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