Aanbidding en sport: ’n Ruimtelik-liturgiese ondersoek

Abstract

Th e main aim of this article is to look into the possible connection there is between worship and sport. Th rough participatory observation an attempt was made to answer the basic practical theological question, namely "what is going on?" Two spaces in Atteridgeville were visited and compared, the one a worship space and the other a sport space. Similarities and diff erences were pointed out. Th ereaft er an attempt was made to answer the second question of practical theological interpretation, namely "why is this going on?" Two themes were used in doing so: spatiality and rituals. Both spaces are important in the lives of the community. Th e spaces and the rituals create an axis mundi where participation in life can take place through the rituals performed. Th e information in this article is an abstract of a study that culminated into a model for social cohesion.

Engaging the Fourth Industrial Revolution - Perspectives from theology, philosophy and education

“…They made it clear that there are now liturgical movements (plural) and that the discipline should include more expressions of (liturgical) ritual as objects of research (see Barnard 2006;Barnard & Schuman 2002;Post & Van Tongeren 2011;Spinks 2010). These developments can also be seen in liturgical studies in South Africa (see Pieterse 2017:7) and research projects such as those by Flynn (2015) on sport, De Klerk (2016) on pilgrimage, Wepener (2017Wepener ( , 2019b on literature, and more recently the work of Matthee (2019) and Labuschagne (2015) on cyber-liturgy.…”

Prayer and being church in postapartheid, multicultural South Africa

“…However, this relationship is not unique and has been explored before (cf. De Klerk 2016:6;Flynn 2015;Scott 2013Scott , 2018Scott & Wepener 2017;Wepener 2005Wepener , 2009. In the proceeding sections, the interdisciplinary relationship between theory from Liturgical Studies and Systematic Theological Ecclesiology will be explored in detail, as it aids the development of a theory for praxis that is concerned with 'being church' in a multicultural, urban South Africa.…”

The tradition of Practical Theology at the University of Pretoria

“…Cas Vos is a renowned Afrikaans poet with a rich theological oeuvre and a special emphasis on Homiletics. Daléne Flynn has just joined the Department and is continuing her research on sport as ritual (see Flynn & Wepener 2015). In the year 2017, the Department of PT is a large and active department in the FT, proud of its rich past and excited about the future.…”