Prof. N.N. Koopman

Qualifications
BA (1984); BTh (1985); BThHons (1987); MTh (1993); DTh (2001), all at UWC.

Vision/mission
He deems it a privilege to be engaged with Theology, which stands as scientific reflection on the contents of the Christian faith, in service of the church, society and, ultimately, of God and his coming kingdom.

Background
He served as pastor in the Uniting Reformed Church in Atlantis for four years and, thereafter, for four years as university chaplain at the University of the Western Cape. He also served as lecturer and later as vice-rector of the Huguenot College, Wellington, for six years. Now he teaches Ethics and Dogmatics at Stellenbosch.

Current research / research projects

• He is currently working on books with themes of moral formation in congregations and society, moral decision-making and preaching. He has already written research articles on themes such as industrial ministry, church unity, preaching, racism, church and state relations, the role of the Holy Spirit in ethics and Christian ethics in post-apartheid South Africa.
• Theological anthropology and public morality.
• Public theology in a context of democratization.

Teaching responsibilities

• Public Theology
• Political Ethics
• Economic and Ecological Ethics
• Moral Formation
• Virtue Ethics
• Anthropology and Life View
• Christology, Soteriology, Hamartology

Modules

• ST 142: Christian Anthropology and Values
• ST 334: Sexuality and Life
• ST 354: Economic Ethics and Apologetics
• 55735-888 Ministry and Christian Leadership (3. Church in society)
• Postgraduate programmes.

Membership of:

• Society for Christian Ethics (SCE) (USA)
• Theological Society of Southern Africa (TSSA)
• Society of Practical Theology in South Africa