CURRICULUM VITAE: ROBERT ROUX VOSLOO
Personal details:
Date of birth: 25 November 1966
Married to Julie Claassens
Children: Jana (20/04/1995) and Roux (01/01/1997)
Address: 171 Dorp Street, Stellenbosch, 7600, South Africa
Tel (o): (021) 808 3256
Tel (h): (021) 880 0604
Cell: 0723413806
Email:
Professional training:
University of Western Cape, South Africa
DTh, 1994
Dissertation: “Verhaal en Moraal: ‘n ondersoek na die narratiewe etiek van Stanley Hauerwas” (Narrative and Morality: An Evaluation of the Narrative Ethics of Stanley Hauerwas). Dissertation advisor: Prof Dirkie Smit.
StellenboschUniversity
MTh. (cum laude), 1991
(mini-thesis on the notion of revelation in the theology of Karl Barth and Harry Kuitert).
BTh. 1988-1990
Major in Systematic Theology and Ethics (mini-thesis on the relationship between Christ and culture in the theology of Richard Niebuhr).
BA (with theological subjects), 1985-1987
Major in Philosophy and Theological Studies.
Professional experience
Current positions:
StellenboschUniversity:
Senior lecturer in Ecclesiology (Church History and Church Polity) in the discipline group of Systematic Theology and Ecclesiology at the Faculty of Theology (since May 2006).
Modules taught include: “South African Church History”; “Church History: The 19th and 20th century”; “Church History: The Reformation and Post-Reformation”; “Church History: The Early Church”; “Reformed Confessions”; “Systematic Ecclesiology”.
Senior Researcher at the Beyers Naudé Centre for Public Theology (since 2006)
Previous teaching and other professional experience:
University of the Western Cape, adjunct lecturer, 1995-1997, 2004-2005
Modules taught: “Theology in the 20th Century (Barth, Tillich, Bonhoeffer, Postliberal Theology, Feminist Theology, Liberation Theology)”; “Sexual Ethics”; “Political Ethics” (on memory, reconciliation and forgiveness); “Virtue Ethics”; “Public Morality”
StellenboschUniversity, adjunct lecturer, 1997
Module taught: “Ethical theory”
HuguenotCollege, Wellington, visiting lecturer, January - May 1994
Modules taught: “Introduction to Systematic Theology”; “The doctrine of creation”; “Eschatology”; “Ethics and Ministry” (post graduate seminar)
Dutch Reformed Church Durbanville, South Africa, Pastor, July 1994 - May 2005:
This includes the usual congregational activities (leading worship services, pastoral work, Bible studies, adult education), as well as the involvement with community projects and ecumenical initiatives.
BUVTON (Institute for Continuing Theological Education), StellenboschUniversity
Chair (with Nico Koopman) of the “Moral orientation” research group. 1999 – 2005.
Member of the “Doctrine and Contemporary life” research group, 2000 – 2005.
University of Cape Town
Member of the Bonhoeffer Circle (weekly meetings lead by Prof John de Gruchy, 2000 - 2002).
Member of “Theological Explorations” group (monthly meetings lead by Prof John de Gruchy), 2003- 2006.
Research grants for visits abroad
The National Research Foundation
- Travel grant to read paper at the AmericanAcademy of Religion in Philadelphia (2005)
- Research grant for a visit as guest scholar, Princeton Theological Seminary, USA (6 weeks), 2003. (Research Project: “The Gift of Hospitality: Toward a Welcoming Ethic”)
- Travel grant to read paper at The International Bonhoeffer Congress in Berlin, 2000.
- Research grant for a visit as guest scholar to DukeUniversity, Durham, North Carolina (five months), 1998/1999. (Research project: “Identity, Otherness and the Triune God”)
- Research grant for a visit as guest scholar, Princeton Theological Seminary, USA (six months), 1993
- Die Stichting studiefonds voor zuidafrikaanse studenten (Foundation for study grants for South African students), The Netherlands.
Bursary for a study visit to the Rijksuniversiteit, Utrecht, Netherlands (12 months), 1992
Research focus
- Methodological questions dealing with memory and historiography
- South African Church History with a focus on the interwoven histories of the Dutch Reformed Church and the Uniting Reformed Church through the lenses of practices (like the Eucharist) and the reception of theologians (especially Calvin and Bonhoeffer).
- The theology of Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Publications
- 2007. “Neem, lees … vertolk, bely! Kantaantekeninge by die teologie van Dirkie Smit. Ned Geref Teologiese tydskrif (NGTT) 48: 1&2, 397-411.
- 2007. “Reconfiguring Ecclesial Identity: In Conversation with Paul Ricoeur on the Representation of the Past”. Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae XXXIII/ 1, 273-293.
-2007. “Beyond Spirituality: Bonhoeffer and Responses to the Dejudaization of Christianity”. Journal of Theology for Southern Africa 127, 82-95.
- 2006. Engele as gaste? In gesprek oor gasvryheid teenoor die ander. Wellington: Lux Verbi.
- 2006. Oom Bey for the Future: Engagements with the witness of Beyers Naudé (co-editor with Len Hansen). Stellenbosch: Sun Media.
- 2006. “Hospitality and Truth-telling: Revisiting the legacy of Beyers Naudé.” In: Oom Bey for the Future: Engagements with the witness of Beyers Naudé . Stellenbosch: Sun Media, 129-136.
- 2006. Resensie van König, A, “Christelike doop én bekeringsdoop”. Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae XXXII/ 1, 380-382.
- 2006. “Body and Health in the light of the theology of Dietrich Bonhoeffer”, Religion and Theology 13/1, 23-37.
- 2006. Review of Paul Griffith, “Lying: An Augustinian Theology of Duplicity”. Interpretation 60/2, 232.
- 2005. “Archiving Otherwise: Some Remarks on Memory and Historical Responsibility.” Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae XXX/2, 379-399.
- 2005. “Facing Homosexuality: From an Ethics of Security to an Ethics of Hospitality.” Mikki van Zyl and Melissa Steyn (eds), Performing Queer: Shaping Sexualities 1994-2004, 323-334.
- 2005. Review of John Webster, “Holiness”; “Holy Scripture: A Dogmatic Sketch”. Interpretation 59/4: 438-439.
- 2005. God se antwoord … is ‘n vraag (with Ockert Meyer and Ian Nell). Wellington, Lux Verbi.
- 2005. Resensie van Piet Naudé, “Drie maal Een is Een: ‘n Besinning oor God vandag”. Die Burger.
- 2005. “Lukas 24: 44-53”. In Orsmond, E en Botha, J (reds), Preekstudies met liturgiese voorstelle, Stellenbosch, BUVTON, 171-175.
- 2005. “9.5 Stellinge oor luister en vernuwing”. Kruisgewys 5/3, 7.
- 2004. “Anderkant etiek: Tradisie, dekonstruksie en verdere weë”. NGTT 45/ 3&4, 936-955.
- 2004. “Etiek as optiek? Oor die rol van beelde en die verbeelding in die morele lewe”. NGTT 45/ 1&2, 137-151.
- 2004. “Identity, Otherness and the Triune God: Theological Groundwork for an Ethic of Hospitality”. Journal of Theology for Southern Africa 119, 69-89.
- 2004. Resensie van Denise Ackermann, “After the Locusts: Letters from a Landscape of Faith”. Die Burger, 16 Februarie 2004.
- 2003. “Public Morality and the Need for an Ethos of Hospitalty.” Scriptura 82/1, 63-71.
- 2003. Resensie van Caryl Phillips, “A Distant Shore”. Die Burger, 6 Oktober 2003.
- 2002. Die ligtheid van die lig: Morele oriëntasie in ‘n postmoderne tyd (co-authored with Nico Koopman). Wellington: Lux Verbi.
- 2002. “The Promise of Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Theological Anthropology for Reconfiguring Holiness”. C. Gremmels and W. Huber (eds): Religion im Erbe: Dietrich Bonhoeffer und die Zukunftsfähigkeit des Christentums. Güterloh: Christian Kaiser.
- 2002. “The Gift of Participation: On the Triune God and the Christian Moral Life”. Scriptura 79/1, 93-103.
- 2002. “Gasvryheid”. In Burger, C W en Nell, I (reds), Draers van die waarheid: Nuwe Testamentiese visies vir gemeentes. Stellenbosch, BUVTON, 305-306.
- 2002. “Triniteit”. In Burger, C W en Nell, I (reds), Draers van die waarheid: Nuwe Testamentiese visies vir gemeentes. Stellenbosch, BUVTON, 325-327.
- 2002. Review of James Cochrane and Bastienne Klein (eds), “Sameness and Difference: Problems and Potentials in South African Civil Society”. Journal of Theology for Southern Africa 113, 112-114.
- 2001. “Reconciliation as the Embodiment of Memory and Hope”. Journal of Theology of Southern Africa 109, 25-40.
- 2001. “Identiteit, Andersheid en die Drie-enige God: ‘n Etiek van gasvryheid (1)” Kruisgewys 1/1, 48-51.
- 2001. “Op soek na tyd: ‘n Etiek van gasvryheid (2)”. Kruisgewys 1/ 2, 4-8.
- 2000. “Openbaring 22:6-21”. In Meyer, O, Nell, I en Botha, J (reds), Preekstudies met liturgiese voorstelle, Stellenbosch, BUVTON, 176-179
- 2000. “Handelinge 2: 1-21”. In Meyer, O, Nell, I en Botha, J (reds), Preekstudies met liturgiese voorstelle, Stellenbosch, BUVTON, 182-187.
- 2000. “Genesis 32:22-31”. In Meyer, O, Nell, I en Botha, J (reds), Preekstudies met liturgiese voorstelle, Stellenbosch, BUVTON, 310-313.
- 2000. Resensie van Van Rensburg, J J, “The Paradigm Shift: An Introduction to Postmodern thought and its Implications for Theology”. Die Burger 12 Julie 200.
- 1999. “Prente van ‘n passie”. Wellington: Lux Verbi.
- 1999. “Being Created in the Image of the Triune God: The Trinity and Human Personhood”. Theological Forum, 27/1&2, 13-33.
- 1999. “Jesaja 52:13-53:12” (met O Meyer). In Meyer, O, Nell, I en Botha, J (reds), Preekstudies met liturgiese voorstelle, Stellenbosch, BUVTON, 134-138.
- 1998. “Exodus 33: 12-23”. In Meyer, O en Nell (reds), Preekstudies met liturgiese voorstelle, Stellenbosch, BUVTON, 254-257.
- 1997. “Back to Virtue? Some Remarks on the Recent Reappraisal of Virtue in Ethics”. Scriptura 62/3, 299-310.
- 1997. “Perspektiewe op die Christelike deugde met die oog op die prediking”. Burger, C W, Muller, B A en Smit, D J (reds), Woord teen die Lig III/4.Wellington: Lux Verbi.
- 1997. “Om gasvryheid te beoefen”. Burger, C W, Muller, B A en Smit, D J (reds), Woord teen die Lig III/4.Wellington: Lux Verbi.
- 1997. “Jeremia 1:4-10”. In Cloete, D, Meyer, O, Nell, I (reds), Preekstudies met liturgiese voorstelle, Stellenbosch, BUVTON, 256-259.
- 1997. “Jeremia 2:4-13”. In Cloete, D, Meyer, O, Nell, I (reds), Preekstudies met liturgiese voorstelle, Stellenbosch, BUVTON, 262-265.
- 1997. “Jeremia 18:1-11”. In Cloete, D, Meyer, O, Nell, I (reds), Preekstudies met liturgiese voorstelle, Stellenbosch, BUVTON, 268-270.
- 1997. “Jeremia 4:11-12; 22-28”. In Cloete, D, Meyer, O, Nell, I (reds), Preekstudies met liturgiese voorstelle, Stellenbosch, BUVTON, 276-279.
- 1997. “Jeremia 32:1-3a, 6-15”. In Cloete, D, Meyer, O, Nell, I (reds), Preekstudies met liturgiese voorstelle, Stellenbosch, BUVTON, 286-288
- 1997. “Jeremia 29: 1, 4-7”. In Cloete, D, Meyer, O, Nell, I (reds), Preekstudies met liturgiese voorstelle, Stellenbosch, BUVTON, 298-301.
- 1997. Review of D. Forrester, “The TrueChurch and Morality: Reflections on Ecclesiology and Ethics”. Missionalia 25/2, 229-230.
- 1997. Review of W. Boesak, “God’s Wrathful Children: Political Oppression and Christian Ethics”. Missionalia 25/3, 467-468.
- 1995. “Etiek en die deugde: ‘n kritiese ondersoek na die resente herwaardering van die deugde in die etiek” NGTT 36/2, 272-283.
- 1994. “Verhaal en moraal: Enkele metodologiese opmerkings oor die narratief-etiese benadering van Stanley Hauerwas” (met Dirkie Smit). NGTT 36/4, 583-592.
Selected presentations
- “Reconfiguring Ecclesial Identity: In conversation with Paul Ricoeur on the representation of the past”. Paper read at the Church Historical Society of Southern Africa, Johannesburg 2007.
- “Body, Health and HIV/ AIDS. Some reflections in the light of the theology of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Paper for research project “Krankheitsdeutung in postsäkularer Gesellschaft”. Bochum, Germany, 15 July 2006.
- “Beyond ‘Spirituality’: Bonhoeffer and Responses to the Dejudaization of Christianity”. Paper read at the meeting of the Theological Society of Southern Africa, Pietermaritizburg, June 2006.
- “Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Beyers Naudé on discernment”. Paper read at the AmericanAcademy of Religion in Philadelphia in November 2005.
- “Bonhoeffer on Freedom and Authority”. Paper read at the Church-State Conference at the University of Stellenbosch, October 2005.
- “Hospitality and Truth-telling: Revisiting the legacy of Beyers Naudé.” Paper read at conference on the legacy of Beyers Naudé, StellenboschUniversity, August 2005
- “Body and Health in the light of the Theology of Dietrich Bonhoeffer.” Theological Society of Southern Africa, University of Stellenbosch, June 2005.
- “The Feeling of Time: Bonhoeffer on Temporality and the Fully Human Life.” International Bonhoeffer Conference, Rome, June 2004.
- “Public Morality and the Need for an Ethos of Hospitality.” Theological Society of Southern Africa, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, June 2002.
- “The Gift of Participation”. Theological Society of Southern Africa, University of Western Cape, South Africa, June 2001.
- “Identity, Otherness and the Triune God”. Theological Society of Southern Africa, Cape Town, South Africa, June 2000.
- “The Promise of Bonhoeffer’s Theological Anthropology”. International Bonhoeffer Congress, Berlin, Germany, August 2000.
- “Verhaal en Moraal” (Narrative and Ethics). Western Cape Theological Society, May 1995.
- “Etiek en die deugde” (Ethics and Virtue). Theological Society of Southern Africa, Grahamstown, South Africa, June 1995.
- “Is Narrative an Adequate Paradigm for Theology and Ethics?” Princeton Theological Seminary, Sept 1993.
Academic Societies
The Theological Society of South Africa (on the executive committee)
The Church Historical Society of Southern Africa
The AmericanAcademy of Religion
The International Bonhoeffer Society
Languages:
Afrikaans
English
Dutch
German
French (reading).
Book Award
2003: The Andrew Murray Price for Theological Literature (for “Die ligtheid van die lig”, co-authored with Nico Koopman).
(Updated May 2007)