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A critical systematic-ethical appraisal of the ethical design by Miroslav Volf within the South African context
Thesis MA Dissertation--University of Pretoria, 2025.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/108077 A critical systematic-ethical appraisal of the ethical design by Miroslav Volf within the South African context Veldsman, Daniel Petrus u21604518@tuks.co.za Van de Wall, Marthinus Wilhelm Theology Christian Ethics Ethics Philosophy GBV Enviroment Racial division Church Modern context Miroslav Volf Framework Systematic Theology Thesis MA Dissertation--University of Pretoria, 2025. This thesis offers a critical systematic-ethical appraisal of Miroslav Volf’s theological ethics within the South African context. Against the backdrop of persistent social fracture marked by gender-based violence, environmental degradation, economic injustice, and ecclesial disengagement, the study investigates whether Volf’s central ethical categories of embrace, memory, and flourishing can serve as credible resources for public theology in South Africa today. Through a qualitative theological method, the research engages in close textual analysis of Volf’s major works, placing them in sustained dialogue with contextual theological voices and lived South African realities. Drawing additionally on David Schweiker’s multidimensional ethical framework, the study evaluates the coherence, limits, and constructive potential of Volf’s ethics when applied beyond their original context. The thesis argues that, when critically reinterpreted and contextually grounded, Volf’s theology offers a compelling moral imagination capable of addressing deep-rooted ethical fractures while resisting reduction to abstract reconciliation or moral idealism. The study ultimately proposes a contextually responsive ethical framework that contributes to contemporary South African theological reflection and public moral discourse. Dogmatics and Christian Ethics Master of Theology specialising in Dogmatics and Christian Ethics Unrestricted Faculty of Theology and Religion SDG-01: No poverty SDG-03: Good health and well-being SDG-06: Clean water and sanitation SDG-08: Decent work and economic growth SDG-11: Sustainable cities and communities SDG-15: Life on land 2026-02-11T07:30:08Z 2026-02-11T07:30:08Z 2026-04-15 2025-09-15 Dissertation * April 2026 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/108077 Disclaimer Letter en © 2024 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Theology Christian Ethics Ethics Philosophy GBV Enviroment Racial division Church Modern context Miroslav Volf Framework Systematic Theology A critical systematic-ethical appraisal of the ethical design by Miroslav Volf within the South African context |
| title | A critical systematic-ethical appraisal of the ethical design by Miroslav Volf within the South African context |
| title_full | A critical systematic-ethical appraisal of the ethical design by Miroslav Volf within the South African context |
| title_fullStr | A critical systematic-ethical appraisal of the ethical design by Miroslav Volf within the South African context |
| title_full_unstemmed | A critical systematic-ethical appraisal of the ethical design by Miroslav Volf within the South African context |
| title_short | A critical systematic-ethical appraisal of the ethical design by Miroslav Volf within the South African context |
| title_sort | critical systematic ethical appraisal of the ethical design by miroslav volf within the south african context |
| topic | Theology Christian Ethics Ethics Philosophy GBV Enviroment Racial division Church Modern context Miroslav Volf Framework Systematic Theology |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/108077 |