The University of South Africa’s contributions to Lutheran theological training in higher education

Verbum et Ecclesia

 
 
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Title The University of South Africa’s contributions to Lutheran theological training in higher education
 
Creator Mashabela, James K.
 
Subject Theology Africanisation and decolonisation; higher education; Victor Vivian Msomi; Oscarsberg Lutheran Theological College; Umphumulo Teachers Training College; University of South Africa; wife theological programme
Description The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa (ELCSA) through its Oscarsberg Lutheran Theological College and Umphumulo Lutheran Theological College has been largely involved in the history of Lutheran theological training with the University of South Africa (Unisa). The ELCSA was very passionate to improve the quality of theological training and decided to further train their theological students at a university level. Oscarsberg Lutheran Theological College (OLTC) leadership started negotiations with Unisa for its theological students to be trained at Unisa.Intradisciplinary and/or interdisciplinary implications: This article focuses on the history of Lutheran theological education in Southern Africa. It discusses a cooperation of Lutheran theological students to be trained at Unisa, the importance of Lutheran Pre-seminary School as a foundation of theological training, a spouse theological training programme, a struggle of the United Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa (UELCSA)’s white theological students training and a call for Africanisation and decolonisation of Lutheran theological education.
 
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Contributor Non of these.
Date 2025-02-26
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — Historical Inquiry
Format text/html application/epub+zip text/xml application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/ve.v46i3.3352
 
Source Verbum et Ecclesia; Vol 46, No 3 (2025); 10 pages 2074-7705 1609-9982
 
Language eng
 
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