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Academic Publications

Prof Botman has a proven track record as a researcher, and has published widely on such topics as reconciliation, human rights and transformation in national and international academic journals and in books. His most important publications are listed here:

 

 

2012​

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Taking Africa beyond the MDGs: The role of higher education in development. In Rorden Wilkinson and David Hulme (eds.). The Millennium Development Goals and Beyond: Global Development after 2015. Routledge.​

 

2011

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African theology. In Ian A McFarland, Karen Kilby and Ian R Torrance (eds.). The Cambridge dictionary of Christian theology. Cambridge University Press.

 

2010

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The case for the relevant university. In South African Journal of Higher Education, special edition, 24(7) of 2010, with the single theme “Revisiting a ‘pedagogy of hope’: Implications for Higher Education”.

 

2007

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Rejoice in hope: The Bible and the current crisis of despair. In WM Alston Jr and M Welker (eds.). Reformed theology: Identity and ecumenicity II: Biblical interpretation in the Reformed tradition. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans.

 

2004

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Belhar and the white Dutch Reformed Church: Changes in the Dutch Reformed Church: 1974-1990. In W Weisse and C Anthonissen (eds.). Maintaining apartheid or promoting change? The role of the Dutch Reformed Church in a phase of increasing conflict in South Africa, 123-134. Münster/New York: Waxmann.

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Human dignity and economic globalisation. Nederduits Gereformeerde Teologiese Tydskrif, 45(1 & 2):317-327.

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Turning the tide of the city: An ecumenical vision of hope. Nederduits Gereformeerde Teologiese Tydskrif, 45(3 & 4):508-517.

 

2003

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A cry for life in a global economic era. In WM Alston and M Welker (eds.). Reformed theology: Identity and ecumenicity, 375-384. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans.

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Human dignity and economic globalization. In K Sporre and HR Botman (eds.). Building a human rights culture: South African and Swedish perspectives, 20-34. Falun: Institutionen för humaniora och språk.

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Sporre, K and Botman, HR (eds.). Building a human rights culture: South African and Swedish perspectives. Falun: Institutionen för humaniora och språk.

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Gospel and culture: Circles of embrace or lines of exclusion. In MA Oduyoye and HM Vroom (eds.). One gospel – many cultures: Case studies and reflections on cross-cultural theology, 149-171. Amsterdam: Editions Rodopi BV.

 

2002

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The end of hope or a new horizon of hope? An outreach to those in Africa who dare hope. Nederduits Gereformeerde Teologiese Tydskrif, 43(1 & 2), March & June.

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Should the Reformed join in? Reformed World, 52(1), March.

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“Being human: The endangerment of human dignity and the promises of God”, submitted to the Center of Theological Inquiry, Princeton, New Jersey, USA, 8 February.

 

2001

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Belhar and the white Dutch Reformed Church: Changes in die Dutch Reformed Church 1974-1990. Scriptura, 1(76).

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Hope as the coming reign of God. In W Brueggeman (ed.). Hope for the world: Mission in a global context, 69-81. Louisville: John Knox Press.

 

2000

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Discipleship and practical theology: The case of South Africa. International Journal of Practical Theology, 4:231-242.

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Ethics and socio-political transformation: Towards a model for partnerships in the public arena. Scriptura: International Journal of Bible, Religion and Theology in Southern Africa, 72(1):97-104.

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Is blood thicker than justice? The legacy of Abraham Kuyper for Southern Africa. In LE Lugo (ed.). Religion, pluralism and public life: Abraham Kuyper’s legacy for the twenty-first century, 342-359. Michigan: Eerdmans.

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Moraliteit in die nuwe Suid-Afrika: Die rol van die godsdiens. In Klein-Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees 2000, Die Burger-lesingreeks: Die Suid-Afrika van die nuwe millennium, 99-109.

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The church partitioned or the church reconciled? South Africa’s theological and historical dilemma. In WE van Vugt and GD Cloete (eds.). Race and reconciliation in South Africa: A multicultural dialogue in comparative perspective, 105-119. Maryland: Lexington Books.

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Theology after apartheid: Paradigms and progress in South African public theologies. In WM Alston (ed.). Theology in the service of the church: Essays in honor of Thomas W Gillespie, 36-51. Michigan: Eerdmans.

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Die bevryding van Kain? Etiese nadenke oor die dader in die versoeningsproses. Scriptura: International Journal of Bible, Religion and Theology in Southern Africa, 69(1):111-124.

 

1999

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Towards the embrace of political reconciliation. The Way: Review of Contemporary Christian Spirituality, 39(4):338-348.

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The offender and the church. In J Cochrane, J de Gruchy and S Martin (eds.). Facing the truth: South African faith communities and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, 126-131. Cape Town: David Philip.

 

1998

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Value system conflict and unity: The Dutch Reformed Church and the Uniting Reformed Church in South Africa. In D Luidens, C Smidt and H Stoffles (eds.). Reformed vitality: Continuity and change in the face of modernity. New York: University Press of America.
Gereformeerdheid en die Belydenis van Belhar (1986). In WA Boesak and PJ Fourie (eds.).Vraagtekens oor Gereformeerdheid, 94-111. Belhar: LUS.

 

1997

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Afterword: Is Dietrich Bonhoeffer still of any use in South Africa?. In J de Gruchy (ed.). Bonhoeffer for a new day: Theology in a time of transition, 366-372. Michigan: Eerdmans.

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Towards a world-formative Christianity in South Africa. In M Guma and L Leslie Milton (eds.). An African challenge to the church in the 21st century. Cape Town: Salty Print.

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Die moed om te vergewe. In C Burger, DJ Smit and BA Muller (eds.). Prediking oor die deugde. Woord teen die Lig series. Cape Town: Lux Verbi.

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John 17:20: Die geloofwaardigheid van die kerk. In C Burger, DJ Smit and BA Muller (eds.). Prediking oor die kerkeenheid. Woord teen die Lig series. Cape Town: Lux Verbi.

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Justice that restores: How reparation must be made. Track Two: Constructive approaches to community and political conflict, 6(3 & 4):17, 38.

 

1996

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Botman, HR and Petersen, R (eds.). To remember and to heal. Cape Town: Human & Rousseau.

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Narrative challenges in a situation of transition. In HR Botman and R Petersen (eds.). To remember and to heal, 37-44. Cape Town: Human & Rousseau.

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Pastoral care and counselling in a rainbow country: Types and forms of pastoral work. In HR Botman and R Petersen (eds.). To remember and to heal, 154-162.
Reformed integrity and the Confession of Belhar. In WA Boesak and PJ Fourie (eds.). Gereformeerde integriteit. Belhar: LUS.

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Black and Reformed and Dutch and Reformed in South Africa (lecture delivered during the inauguration of Dr Gaylen J Byker as President of Calvin College). In R Wells (ed.). Keeping faith. Michigan: Eerdmans.

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Who is ‘Jesus Christ as community’ for us today? The quest for community: A challenge to theology in SA. Journal of Theology for Southern Africa, 97:30-38.

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The new quest for ecclesial forms: The story and challenge of the Uniting Reformed Church in South African reflection. Practical Theology in South Africa, 11(1):1-13.

 

1995

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Dealing with diversity. In D Buchanan and J Hendriks (eds.). Meeting the futureChristian leadership in South Africa, 163-174. Randburg: Knowledge Resources.

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Managing endings and transforming continuities. In C Villa-Vicencio and C Niehaus (eds.). Many cultures, one nation: Beyers Naude Festschrift, 152-162. Cape Town: Human & Rousseau.

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Waarheid en verzoening in Zuid-Afrika. Rondom het woord: Theologische radioleergang, 37(2):75-80. Zoetemeer: NCRV.

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De rol van de kerk bij het proces van vrede en verzoening. In Mensenrechten en verzoening in Zuid-Afrika (publication in commemoration of the 25th year of Kairos), 23-38. Utrecht: Kairos. (Also in Bevrijding en verzoening, a publication of the General Diaconal Council of the Dutch Reformed Church, 31-40. Driebergen: NHK.)

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Pastoral care and counselling in a rainbow country: Types and forms of pastoral work. The Journal of Pastoral Ministry, 7:4-11.

 

1994

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Discipleship as transformation? Towards a theology of transformation. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. UWC.

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A testimony on the decisions of the Dutch Reformed Church. In P Reamonn (ed.). Farewell to apartheid? Church relations in South Africa, 42-47. Conference of the WARC, held in South Africa, Johannesburg, 1-5 March, No 25. Genève: WARC.

 

1993

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The cultural positivism of the Dutch Reformed Church’s document: Kerk en Samelewing(1990). Published as part of the documents of the WARC for its conference at the Koinonia Centre, Johannesburg, 3-5 March.

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Die groot gebod: Matt 22:34-40. In C Burger, DJ Smit and BA Muller (eds.). Riglyne vir prediking oor reg en regverdiging, 183-190. Woord teen die Lig series. Cape Town: Lux Verbi.

 

1992

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On amnesty: The theological position. In Amnesty: Christians need to know! Information leaflet of the SACC. Cape Town: Western Cape Provincial Council of Churches.

 

1991

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Verwirrung unter den Propheten – Die Südafrikanischen Kirchen zwischen Befreiungstheologie und Herrschaftslegimitation. Der Überblick – Zeitschrift für ökumenische Begegnung und internationale Zusammenarbeit. Quartalsschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Kirchlicher Entwicklungsdienst (AGKED), 27.