A dialogue about the South African “here and now” with the legacies of the early church fathers as interlocutors

Authors

  • TJ Smith University of Pretoria

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5952/52-3-58

Keywords:

Early Church, Apartheid, Consumerism, Missiology, Inheritance

Abstract

This article explores what the missional possibilities could be when we explore the present discourse on the Early Church Fathers, with a view to understand our missional calling in the context of post-apartheid South Africa. Three dialogues explore issues of agency, inheritance and consumerism. These dialogues or interruptions open up new conversations that could lead to new imaginations.

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Published

2012-01-26

Issue

Vol. 52 No. 3&4 (2011)

Section

Articles | Artikels

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