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PROF.
DIRK JACOBUS SMIT
Professor (Systematic Theology)
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 Background
Dirkie Smit was predikant en doseer daarna vir bykans twintig jaar teologie aan die Universiteit van Wes-Kaapland. Hy is lidmaat van die VGKSA en betrokke by verskeie kerklike aktiwiteite, ook ekumenies. Hy doseer Christelike dogmatiek, word dikwels genooi vir openbare optredes en skryf gereeld, ook akademies. Dertig doktorale studente het by hom proefskrifte voltooi van wie meer as twintig later self dosente word in talle lande, insluitende Namibië, Malawi, Zambië, Kenia, Ghana, Nigerië en die VSA, in verskeie akademiese dissiplines. Hy ontvang talle toekennings en is lid van nasionale en internasionale liggame (waar onder Navorsingsgenoot van die Humboldt Stigting, Navorsingsgenoot van die Center of Theological Inquiry in Princeton en Navorsingsgenoot van die Wissenschaftskolleg in Berlyn, was assessor van evalueringspanele van die NNS en is steeds beoordelaar van die Templeton Prize for Theological Promise). In 2008 ontvang hy die D.Phil (h.c) van Umea, Swede.
Career, Degrees, Qualifications
M.A (Stellenbosch, Filosofie); Lic.Theol (Stellenbosch), D.Th (Stellenbosch, Dogmatiek), D.Phil (Umea, Swede, honoris causa)
Selected Publications
Uitgesoekte onlangse publikasies en optredes van die afgelope drie jaar:
Boeke
2008 Geloof en openbare lewe. Versamelde Opstelle 2, red. N N Koopman, Stellenbosch: Sun Press.
2007 Essays in Public Theology. Collected Essays 1, ed. E. Conradie, Stellenbosch: African Sun Media.
2006 Neem, lees! Oor die hoor en verstaan van die Bybel, Wellington: LuxVerbi.BM.
Hoofstukke in Boeke
2009 “In die geskiedenis ingegaan,” in Discerning God’s Justice in Church, Society and Academy. Festschrift for JJF Durand, eds. Ernst Conradie & Christo Lombard, Stellenbosch: African Sunmedia, 131-166.
2009 “’Iets dat diepgaander is dan verplichting en gehoorzaamheid?’ Een Zuid-Afrikaans verhaal over de erfenis van Calvijn” in Het Calvinistisch ongemak. Calvijn als erflater en provocator van het Nederlandse protestantisme, Bert de Leede, Rinse Reeling Brouwer & Klaas Spronk (reds), Kampen: Kok, 117-136.
2009 "Justification and Divine Justice?” in What is Justification About? Reformed Contributions to an Ecumenical Theme, eds. Michael Weinrich & John P. Burgess, Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 88-121.
2009 "Ontdek die eie-aard van gereformeerde erediens," Ontdekkings in die erediens, C Wepener & J van der Merwe (reds), Lux Verbi.BM, 87-108.
2009 ”Krankheit und Vorsehung? Fragen der reformierten Tradition,” Krankheitsdeutung in der postsäkularen Gesellschaft, Hrsg. G. Thomas & I. Karle, Stuttgart: Kohlhammer Verlag, 309-338.
2009 "'Under Pontius Pilate" – on living cultural memory and Christian confession," in Who is Jesus Christ for Us Today? Pathways to Contemporary Christology, eds. A Schuele & G Thomas, Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 19-49.
2009 “Theological assessment and ecclesiological implications of the Accra document ‘Covenanting for justice in the economy and the earth’ – Tentative comments for discussion,” in Globalisation: The Politics of Empire, Justice and the Life of the Earth, Beyers Naudé Centre Series Volume 4, eds. Allan Boesak & Len Hansen, Stellenbosch: African SunMedia, 173-184.
2008 “Apartheid”, Die Religion in Geschichte und Gegenwart, (Band 1), Studienausgabe, Hrsg. H D Betz, Don S Browning, B Janowski, E Jüngel. Tübingen: J.C.B. Mohr (Paul Siebeck), 580-582.
2008. "Nagedink oor relevansie," in W.D. Jonker, Die relevansie van die Kerk. Aktuele teologiese reaksies op die vraag na die betekenis van die kerk in die wêreld, Wellington: BybelMedia, vii-xxii.
2008. ”An experience of Ungleichzeitigkeit,” Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin Jahrbuch 2006/2007, Hrsg. L. Giuliani & D. Grimm, Berlin: Institute for Advanced Studies, 191-195.
2008 “Kirche, Frieden und Gewalt? Südafrikanische Erfahrungen des letzten Jahrhunderts,” Die Ambivalenz des Religiösen. Religionen als Friedensstifter und Gewalterzeuger, eds. B. Oberdorfer & P. Waldmann, Freiburg i. Br.: Rombach Verlag, 133-156.
2008 “Globalization: An orientation?,” in The Humanisation of Globalisation - South African and German Perspectives, eds C. le Bruyns & G. Ulshöfer, Frankfurt: Haag und Herchen, 19-36.
2008 “Human dignity and human rights as guiding principles for the economy? Comments from a theological perspective,” in The Humanisation of Globalisation - South African and German Perspectives, eds C. le Bruyns & G. Ulshöfer, Frankfurt: Haag und Herchen, 59-70, with NN Koopman.
2008 ”On belonging. Doing theology together,” Shaping a global theological mind, ed. D C Marks, Ashgate, 153-162.
2007 “Rhetoric and Ethic? A Reformed Perspective on the Politics of Reading the Bible,” Reformed theology: Identity and Ecumenicity II, eds. W. Alston and M. Welker, Grand Rapids: Wm B Eerdmans, 385-418.
2007 “South Africa,” Encyclopedia of Politics and Religion. Vol 2, ed. R. Wuthnow, Washington: Congressional Quarterly Press, 840-844.
2007 "What does 'public' mean?,Questions with a view to public theology," in Christian in Public. Aims, Methodologies and Issues in Public theology (Beyers Naudé Centre Series on Public Theology. Volume 3). Len Hansen (Ed.), Stellenbosch: African Sun Media, 11-46.
2007 “Public witness in the economic sphere? On human dignity as a theological perspective,” with Nico Koopman, in Christian in Public. Aims, Methodologies and Issues in Public theology (Beyers Naudé Centre Series on Public Theology. Volume 3). Len Hansen (Ed.), Stellenbosch: African Sun Media, 269-280.
2007 "Dit rym nie met gesonde verstand nie. Oor die opstanding van Jesus," God praat – Leef luisterryk. Vir gesprek ook sensitiewe kwessies, Chris Jones (red), Wellington: Bybelmedia, 21-29.
2006 "Südafrika," Theologische Realenzyklopaedie. Studienausgabe. Teil III, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 322-332.
2006 “No ulterior motive – and public theology?,” Religion without ulterior motive. Studies in Reformed Theology Vol 1/1, ed. E A J G van der Borght, Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers, 21-45
2006 “Church unity in freedom?," God’s life in Trinity, eds. Miroslav Volf & Michael Welker, Augsburg Fortress, 73-92.
2006 “Interpreter interpreted. A readers’ reception of Lategan’s legacy,” The New Testament interpreted, eds. C Breytenbach, JC Thom & J Punt, Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers, 3-25
2006 "Apartheid," Religion Past and Present. Vol. 1, Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers, 293-295.
Bydraes in Vaktydskrifte
2009 “En ook gehoor? Vrae rondom die Gereformeerde siening van die kerk,” NGTT 50, Maart & Junie, 198-211.
2009 “The Trinity in the Reformed Tradition?,” Journal of Reformed Theology, Vol 3. Nr 1, 57-76.
2009. “Schreie nach Leben. Eine (süd-) afrikanische Stimme,“ Verkündigung und Forschung 2009/1, 59-69.
2008 "Hoe vertel hulle die storie? Oor Karl Barth," Scriptura 98, Vol 2, 174-184.
2008 “What does it mean to live in South Africa and to be Reformed?,” Reformed World 58(4), Dec, 263-283.
2008 Review of The Hermeneutics of Doctrine, Anthony Thiselton, Grand Rapids, Mi: Wm. B. Eerdmans, Review of Biblical Literature (http://www.bookreviews.org)
2008 “Confessional and ecumenical? Revisiting Edmund Schlink on the hermeneutics of doctrine,” Verbum et Ecclesia, 446-474.
2008 “Challenges for Reformed Churches in Africa: A Contemporary Narrative,” International Journal for the Study of the Christian Church, Vol. 8, No. 4, 319-336
2008 "Mainline Protestantism in South Africa – and modernity? Tentative reflections for discussion, NGTT 49/1&2, 92-105.
2008 ”Shared stories for the future? Theological reflections on truth and reconciliation in South Africa,” with Elna Mouton, Journal of Reformed Theology Vol 2, No.1, 40-62.
2007 "Menswaardigheid – Tema binne Suid-Afrikaanse gereformeerde teologie?," Scriptura 95, 2007/2, 161-165
2007 Views on Calvin's ethics from a South African perspective,” Reformed World, December, 57/4, 306-344
2007 "Notions of the public and doing theology," International Journal of Public Theology, Vol. 1. No. 3-4, 431-454.
2006 “’Bevrydende waarheid?’ – Nagedink oor die aard van die Gereformeerde belydenis,” Acta Theologica jrg 26, Vol 1, 134-158
2006 “Barmen and Belhar in conversation – A South African perspective,” NGTT 47, 1&2, 291-302.
Onlangse Gaslesings en Lesingreekse
January 2005 Present the Josephine So Lectures on Culture and Ethics, China Graduate School of Theology, Hong Kong, China, theme: “On the Christian life.”
September 2005 Invited speaker during Interdisciplinary International Conference, organised by the city of Augsburg celebrating the Religious Peace of Augsburg (1555), theme: “Kirche, Frieden und Gewalt?”
January 2006, Present the Robert Sprunt Lectures, Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America, together with Russel Botman, theme: “Not our own: Comfort and Calling in difficult times.”
December 2006, Present the Haniel Foundation Lectures, Business University of St Gallen, St Gallen, Switzerland, December 11-14, theme: ”Macht.”
May 2007, Present the 6th Annual Berlin Berliner Reden zur Religionspolitik, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany, May 22, theme: “Religion und Politik in Südafrika – gestern und heute?“
October 2008, Public Lecture on occasion of award of honorary doctorate in Faculty of Arts, Umeå University, Sweden, 17 October, theme: ”Public Life and Moral Fabric?”
Oktober 2008, Lewer die Derde W.D. Jonker Gedenklesing, Kaapstad, 26 Oktober, tema: ”’En ook gehoor’? Vrae rondom die Gereformeerde siening van die kerk.”
March – April 2009, Present the M. Eugene Osterhaven Lectures, at Western Theological Seminary, Holland, Michigan, United States of America, theme: ”Iustitiae Amor – Loving Justice in the Reformed Tradition.”
2008-2009, Present several Public Lectures in preparation for and during the 500 year commemoration of John Calvin (at the John Knox Center in Geneva, on invitation from the John Knox Centre, the University of Geneva and the World Alliance of Reformed Churches; in Villigst, Germany, during an International Conference; in Kampen, the Netherlands, during a Consultation of the Protestant University of the Netherlands; in Stellenbosch, during the Calvin Commemoration)
Uitgesoekte Voordragte tydens Konferensies asook Openbare Praatjies en Kursusse
”What is globalisation?,” Opening Paper during Consultation on ”Accra in relation to Church and Civil Society” organised by Globalisation Task Team of URCSA and ERC, Germany, together with the rs Naudé Center for Public Theology, Wellington, 4-6 August 2009.
”Morality and Politics – Secular or Sacred? Calvinist traditions and resources in conflict in the light of recent South African experiences,” Konsultation, Das politische problem religiöser Liberalität in Christentum und Islam, Berlin, Deutschland, 3.-5. Juli 2009
”Oor die aard en rol van belydenisskrifte,” Paneelbespreking aangebied deur die Kommissie vir Leer en Aktuele Sake, NG Groote Kerk, Kaapstad, 11 Junie 2009.
”Reflections on the Notion of Human Dignity,” Congregations and Public Life: Beyond Violence and Crime, Conference organised by Beyers Naudé Center & URCSA Commission on Doctrine and Topical Affairs, and Kerkinactie/ICCO, Netherlands, Mizpah, Grabouw, 11 Junie 2009
”Sistematiese Teologie – Quo Vadis?,” 30-jarige herdenking van Scriptura, Fakulteit Teologie, Stellenbosch, 10 Junie 2009
”Die Teologiese Verklaring van Barmen,” voordrag tydens 75-jarige herdenking van Die Teologiese Verklaring van Barmen, Beyers Naudé Sentrum, Fakulteit Teologie, 1 Junie 2009
”Nagedink oor Calvyn en die Heilige Gees,” kursus vir predikante met die oog op Pinksterprediking 2009, BUVTON, Stellenbosch, 5-7 Mei 2009, saam met Coenie Burger
“’Something deeper than obligation and obedience’? – A South African story about Calvin’s legacy,” Calvin Celebration of Protestant University of Netherland, Kampen, 27 April 2009
”Eigenliebe – Calvin und Calvinismus als Fundament sozialen Lebens?,” International Symposium, Haus Villigst, Schwerte, Deutschland, 16-18 March 2009, and Studientag der EkvW, Villigst, 19 March 2009
”Gebed in die Gereformeerde teologie,” Om met God te wandel – Konferensie oor gebed en spiritualiteit, Communitas, SKG van NGK en VGK, 17-18 Februarie 2009
”Freedom in belonging? John Calvin's paradoxical understanding of human freedom,” International, inter-disciplinary Project on Concepts and Practices of Freedom in the Biblical Traditions and Contemporary Contexts, FFFZ-Düsseldorf, Germany, 15-18 January 2009
”Human dignity – Theme within South African Reformed theology?,” paper during Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung Kolleg on ”Human Dignity – Resources and Challenges for Public-Theological Discourse and Practice in Africa Today,” STIAS, Stellenbosch, 23-26 November 2008.
”Confessing unity in the face of division? Theological convictions and ecclesiological consequences,” Faith and Order Consultation on United Churches, on theme: ”Going the second mile: Towards an ecclesiology of United Churches,” Johannesburg, Oct 29-Nov 5 2008, Uniting Churches, Johannesburg
”Die hermeneutiek van tradisie: Schlink, Wittgenstein, Thiselton,” Inleiding, Buvton Navorsingsgroep oor Leer, 28 Oktober 2008, Buvton, Stellenbosch
”En ook gehoor? Vrae rondom die Gereformeerde siening van die kerk,” Derde W.D. Jonker Gedenklesing, Kaapstad, 26 Oktober 2008.
”Say someting theological!,” Humboldt Kolleg on Global Science, STIAS, Stellenbosch, 23 October 2008.
”Ecclesiological Foundations for More Visible Forms of Communion? A Southern African Response to the Leuenberg Ecclesiology of ’The Church of Jesus Christ’,” Joint Commission of the LWF/WARC, Buenos Aires, Argentine, 2-8 October 2008.
”Meditation on James 1:19-2:2,” Joint Commission of the LWF/WARC, Buenos Aires, Argentine, 7 October 2008
”Overview of joint activities of the Faculty of Theology with the Protestant Church of Germany,” Joint Consultation Faculty of Theology, EFSA and EKD-Delegation, Stellenbosch 17 September 2008.
"Simple and straightforward? On doing theology," Conference in honour of Denise Ackermann, Organised by The Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians, EFSA & UWC Department of Religion and Theology, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, 5 September 2008.
"Kerk en Mall? Nagedink oor Publieke Teologie," Konferensie oor Verantwoordelike Vernuwing, Shepherd & Pelissier, Bloemfontein, 27-28 Augustus 2008.
"Responsible South African public theology in a global era?," Consultation, Center for Public Theology, University of Pretoria, 4-5 August 2008.
"What kind of theology for a responsible public witness?," Challenges and Opportunities facing the Church: How will Pastors Respond?, Ecumenical Conference on Ministerial Formation, Theology Faculty, 28-29 July 2008.
”Theological assessment and ecclesiological implications of the Accra document ’Covenanting for justice in the economy and the earth’ – Tentative comments for discussion,” Joint Globalisation Project, URCSA and the ERK, Consultation at the Evangelical Academy, Arnoldshain, 23-26 May 2008.
”Om Jesus te sien. Oor die kerk in die Evangelie van Matteus”, Pinkster-reeks, Riebeeckstad, Welkom, Mei 2008.
"Wat is 'Publieke Teologie'?," openbare lesing, Sentrum vir Publieke Teologie, Fakulteit Teologie, Universiteit van Pretoria, 23 April 2008.
"The Beyers Naudé Center and the complex meanings of 'public theology'," public lecture, Beyers Naudé Center, Faculty of Theology, Stellenbosch, 22 April 2008.
"Geistliche an den Schalthebeln der Macht? Kirchliche Legitimation und Kritik des Apartheid-Regimes in Südafrika," Tagung, Geistliche in Machtpositionen und als Machtberater, Hamburger Institut für Sozialforschung, Hamburg, Deutschland, 17.-19. April 2008.
"Religion's role in creating conflict in South Africa," International Conference by Guggenheim Foundation and Beyers Naudé Center on "Religion, Reconciliation, and Restorative Justice in South Africa, Uganda and Liberia," Stellenbosch March 10-12, 2008
"Woord van God, Woord van die lewe. Op weg na 'n verantwoordelike teologiese hermeneutiek," Openingsrede, Teologiese Dag, Fakulteit Teologie, Stellenbosch 4 Februarie 2008.
"'Collapsing into modernity?' – the fall of apartheid and the church in South Africa," paper during the meeting of the Southern African Think Tank on Missional Theology and Praxis in partnership with the Allelon International Mission to Western Culture-Project, Faculty of Theology, Stellenbosch, 12 -13 November 2007
"On telling the full story – Karl Barth," Conference on 20th century systematic theology, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, 25-26 October 2007.
"'Ons bely een doop tot vergewing van sonde' (Nicea)," Bybelskool, Ned. Geref. Moedergemeente, Stellenbosch, 11 Oktober 2007
"Jesus in South Africa – lost in translation?", with Elna Mouton, International Consultation, Molucan Church Council, Protestant Church of the Netherlands, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam and Beyers Naudé Center for Public Theology, Houten, the Netherlands, 4-5 October, 2007
Panel member during discussion, "Zwischen Taufschein und Reich Gottes," Evangelische Akademie Berlin-Brandenburg, Wannsee, Berlin, 28-30 September, 2007
"Tradisie?," Verantwoordelike Vernuwing Konferensie, Bloemfontein, 5 September 2007.
"Oor die vraag na die historiese Jesus," praatjie by die bekendstelling van Francois Wessels se Wie was Jesus regtig?, Cape Peninsula Reformed Church, 29 Augustus 2007.
"Oor die lees van die Bybel," Openbare gesprek, NG gemeente Welgemoed, 26 Augustus en 2 September 2007.
"The act of confessing? The authority of confession from a Reformed perspective," study paper for Lutheran-Reformed Joint Commission, 11-17 August 2007
"Law and morality? Theological perspectives," Inter-disciplinary conference on What is law without morality?, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, 3 August 2007
”Introduction to Nazi-propagandafilm ’Ohm Kruger’,” Wissenschaftskolleg, 11 July 2007.
"Confessions as instruments of (dis)unity?," keynote paper during international meeting of International Reformed Theological Institute (IRTI), Cluj, Rumania, 3-8 July 2007.
”Südafrika nach der Apartheid: Zum Verhältnis von Religion und Politik,” Institute for Peace Church Theology, Hamburg University (http://www.theologie.uni-hamburg.de/afk/download/vortrag_smit.pdf), 26 June 2007
“Confessing as gathering the fragments? On the Reformed way of dealing with plurality and ambiguity," International and Interdisciplinary Consultation on Plurality and Ambiguity in Religious Discourse, Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, 21-22 June 2007.
”Christian interpretive cultures in South Africa after apartheid?," Presentation, Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, 19 June 2007 (http://www.wiko-berlin.de/index.php?id=195&no_cache=1&tx_wikofellows_pi1[action]=details&tx_wikofellows_pi1[uid]=618&tx_wikofellows_pi1[backpid]=183&type=98)
"Mainline Protestantism in South Africa – and modernity? Tentative reflections for discussion," International and Interdisciplinary Meeting on Religion and Development: Crisis or New Opportunities?, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Netherlands. 14-15 June 2007 (http://www.bezinningscentrum.nl/Religion_Development/smit.pdf)
"Introduction: Friedrich Wilhelm Graf," Colloquium in Wissenschaftskolleg, 12 June 2007.
”Mainline Protestantism in South Africa today?”, Group Religious Transformation Processes in the Present, Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, 16 May 2007.
"Notions of 'public' – and doing theology," Global Network of Public Theology, Center of Theological Inquiry (CTI), Princeton New Jersey, United States, 1-5 May 2007.
"Freedom in belonging? Calvin on human freedom and the Christian life," international and interdisciplinary consultation on notions of freedom, Düsseldorf 20-22 April 2007
“Why do we celebrate the legacy of John Calvin? Views on Calvin's ethics from a South African perspective,” keynote paper during International Consultation preparing for Calvin Jubilee in 2009, John Knox International Reformed Center, Geneva, Switzerland, 15-19 April 2007 (http://www.calvin09.org/media/pdf/Materialpool/Smit_Calvinsethics_Southafrica.pdf)
"Dealing with the past in 20the century South Africa? Perspectives from church and theology," public lecture, Institut für Asien- und Afrikawissenschaften, Humboldt University, Berlin, 24 January 2007
"Germania in South Africa? Perspectives from Afrikaner nationalism," public lecture, inter-disciplinary consultation at the Deutsche Oper on Alberto Franchetti's Germania, January 21, 2007
”Civil religion – in South Africa?," Conference on Religion and Culture, theological faculties of Humboldt University and Stellenbosch University in the Berliner Dom, Berlin, 25 November 2006
"Religious transformation processes in the present: South Africa," introduction of research project in focus group, Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, 18 October 2006
"Oor ontfermende geregtigheid," Kaapse Sinode, VGKSA September 2006
"On illness and providence? Questions from the Reformed tradition," Inter-disciplinary international conference, University of Bochum, September 2006
Sakramentsleer en doopspraktyk? Basiese oortuigings van die Gereformeerde tradisie, Buvton-konferensie, Stellenbosch, September 2006
”Only inconsequential matters? Reflections on the humanity of the church,” CTI Pastor Theologian Conference, Sedona Arizona, 22-25 June 2006
"Die Gereformeerde siening van belydenis? Enkele algemene gedagtes," studiestuk vir kerklike konvent
”Reading Scripture theologically with Karl Barth – in South Africa” Karl Barth Conference, Princeton New Jersey, 23 May 2006
”Free through belonging? Calvin on human freedom and the Christian life,” Interdisciplinary and International Conference, Concepts of Freedom in the Biblical Traditions, FFF-Zentrum, Düsseldorf, Germany, 11-14 May 2006
”Christian public witness and human freedom denied? A response from the perspective of Reformed public theology in South Africa,” Kuyper Lecture on Reformed Theology and Public Life, Kuyper Center for Public Theology, Princeton New Jersey, 7 April 2006
”On Edmund Schlink’s ecumenical systematic theology,” Center of Theological Inquiry, Princeton New Jersey, 15 March 2006
”Transformation of the church? South African experiences of volkskerk and apartheid,” International Research Consortium, Congregational Mission and the Social Sciences, MF Norwegian School of Theology, Oslo, 4 March 2006
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