Thesis (DTh)--University of Stellenbosch, 2005. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study presents a practical-theological examination of the changing face of theological
education in the Church of Uganda (COU). It explores the hypothesis that both the
effectiveness of the Church’s training and its mission are inextricably tied to their
responsiveness and integrity in the midst of multiple transitions.
As an example of practical theology, it identifies itself with the praxis-centred stance of the
contemporary practical theology movement, an identification that makes it both action-oriented
and contextual. The action-oriented nature of the research is introduced in Chapter
One, where it is described using social-science categories, and is developed in Chapter Two
through an introduction to a specific theological framework for transforming theological
education. This framework guides the study along practical, biblical, missional and local
lines.
The contextual concern is maintained throughout the study. Chapters Three, Four and Five
draw on an extensive primary database and explore the Ugandan context from the socioeconomic,
socio-cultural and ecclesiastical perspectives. That contextual analysis is shaped
by, and continually connects with the concerns of theological education and those chapters
raise and explore a number of issues. These include socio-economic challenges such as
dramatic regional variation and demographic change, the need for theological education to
connect with culture, particularly in relation to its heterogeneity and its oral-literary nature,
and the significance of the unique narrative and identity of the COU for its theological
education.
However, through the synthesis of these contextual findings, two dominant requirements for
the transformation of theological education in the COU emerge, namely integration and
flexibility. The history, curriculum, pedagogy and structures of theological education in the
COU are then evaluated in Chapters Six and Seven in the light of those two requirements, as
well as from the perspective of the discipline of curriculum development. The analysis
recognises where recent developments in the sphere have already begun to incorporate these
values, but it also highlights the need for more radical transformation.
With this in mind, Chapter Eight then examines the implementation of a recent model of
training, Integrated Leadership Development (ILD), into the COU. It suggests that ILD is not
only a valuable programme of transformational training in itself, but that it also serves as a
pointer to and catalyst for wider changes in the education programmes of the COU.
Finally, the study concludes by synthesising the findings into a dynamic curriculum
development model for use in transforming theological education in the COU. Furthermore,
the application of the model demonstrates its relevance and generates some specific strategic
recommendations for change. As such the study contributes to both the local and global
discourse on theological education, and to the field of practical theology. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie studie is ‘n prakties-teologiese ondersoek wat die veranderende gelaat van teologiese
opleiding in die Anglikaanse Kerk van Uganda navors. Die navorsing ondersoek die hipotese
dat beide die effektiwiteit van die kerk se opleiding sowel as sy roeping integraal verweef is
met die kerk se vermoë om met integriteit te reageer op die stroom van veranderinge
waarmee dit gekonfronteer word.
As praktiese-teologiese ondersoek volg dit ‘n praxis-georiënteerde, kontekstueel betrokke
benadering. Hoofstuk een lei dit in, stel die probleem en hipoteses en verduidelik voorts die
sosiaal-wetenskaplike aard van die studie. Die tweede hoofstuk beskryf ‘n bepaalde
teologiese raamwerk vir die transformasie van teologiese opleiding. Dié raamwerk begelei
die studie prakties, bybels, missionêr en kontekstueel.
Die studie ontwikkel kontekstueel. Hoofstukke drie tot vyf gebruik belangrike primêre
navorsingsdata wanneer dit die Ugandese konteks uit verskillende verbandhoudende
perspektiewe beskryf: sosio-ekonomies, sosio-kultureel en ekklesiologies. Die analises is
voortdurend in dialoog met die sentrale tema van teologiese opleiding wat van verskeie
hoeke oopgedek word. Wat uitstaan is die sosio-ekonomiese uitdagings wat teweeggebring is
deur die demografiese veranderings wat plaasgevind het. Die belang van die verband tussen
teologiese opleiding en die kulturele situasie word hoe langer hoe skerper belig en mens
besef die implikasies van die land se kulturele heterogeniteit en sy mondelinge tradisie. Dit
het ‘n bepalende effek or die storie van die Anglikaanse Kerk in Uganda en die aard van sy
teologiese opleiding.
Die sintese van die kontekstuele analise wys twee wesentlike vereistes vir die
transformasieproses van teologiese opleiding in die kerk uit: integrasie en soepelheid. Die
geskiedenis, kurrikulum, opvoedkunde en strukture van teologiese opleiding in die
Anglikaanse Kerk in Uganda word in Hoofstuk Ses en Sewe in die lig van die twee vereistes
ge-evalueer. Dit word ook getoets aan die vereistes van kurrikulum ontwikkeling. Die
analise wys daarop dat resente ontwikkelinge in die vakgebied reeds geïnkorporeer is in die
praktyk, maar toon aan dat radikaler stappe nodig is.
Teen die agtergrond toon Hoofstuk Agt aan hoe die model van Geïntegreerde Leierskap
Ontwikkeling in die kerk geïmplementeer word. As sodanig toon dit aan dat Geïntegreerde
Leierskap Ontwikkeling ‘n waardevolle transformasiegerigte opleidingsprogram is wat die
weg kan aantoon vir verreikende veranderinge in die opleidingsprogramme van die kerk.
Die studie sluit af deur die bevindinge van die studie saam te voeg in ‘n dinamiese model vir
kurrikulum ontwikkeling wat die transformasieproses in teologiese opleiding in die
Anglikaanse Kerk van Uganda kan begelei. Die toepassing van die model wys reeds die
toebaarheid daarvan uit en genereer voortdurend belangrike strategiese voorstelle op die pad
van die transformasieproses in teologiese opleiding. As sodanig lewer dit ‘n praktiesteologiese
bydrae in die plaaslike en globale gesprek oor teologiese opleiding.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:sun/oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/5753 |
| Date | 03 1900 |
| Creators | Hovil, R. Jeremy G. |
| Contributors | Hendriks, H. Jurgens, Carl, Arend E., University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Theology. Dept. of Practical Theology and Missiology, A-6024-2012 |
| Publisher | Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | en_ZA |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | 399 p. : ill., map |
| Rights | University of Stellenbosch |
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