GRADUATION CONFERENCE: M.TH WITH THE FOCUS ON
GENDER AND HEALTH
CLASS OF 2013
Universities of Stellenbosch and KwaZulu-Natal
TUESDAY 22 APRIL 2014
TIME / ACTIVITY / RESPONSIBLE PERSON / CHAIR / VENUE11:00 / Welcoming tea/coffee / Room 2003
11:30 / Official welcome / Prof. Nico Koopman / Dr. Charlene van der Walt / Room 2003
12:00 / Introduction lecture / Prof. Julie Claassens / Dr. Charlene van der Walt / Room 2003
“Tamar’s Cry: Female Resistance in 2 Samuel 13.”
13:00 / Lunch / Chapel Foyer
14:00 / Student Presentation 1 / Annemarie de Kock / Dr. Len Hansen / Room 2003
Acting with integrity and wisdom: Insights from the letter of James in challenging rhetorical situation.
14:30 / Student Presentation 2 / Jacob Kutsira / Room 2003
The role and contribution of Religious Health Assets within AICs to maternal health: A case of Johane Marange Church (JMC).
15:00 / Student Presentation 3 / Marius Gertzen / Room 2003
Innocent Metaphors? Violence and Patriarchy in Ezekiel 16 and 23 in the context of Intimate Partner Violence in South Africa
15:30 / Tea/Coffee
16:00 / Student Presentation 4 / James Miriago / Prof. Elisabeth Gerle / Room 2003
A critique of the Church Forum's Response to Sexual and Reproductive Rights in Swaziland
18:30 / Student Dinner / Slug and Lettuce
18:30 / Staff Dinner / Bukhara
WEDNESDAY 23 APRIL 2014
TIME / ACTIVITY / RESPONSIBLE PERSON / CHAIR / VENUE8:30 / Morning Coffee / Room 2003
9:00 / Devotion / Dr. Charlene van der Walt / Chapel
9:30 / Student Presentation 5 / Anlen Marais / Dr Lillian Siwila / Room 2003
Sleeping in the arms of Christ whilst sleeping in the arms of the other:
The relationship between gender, health and religion in The Genadendal Diaries (1792-1796)
10:00 / Student Presentation 6 / Thathu Mokoena / Room 2003
A Critical Analyses of the Religio-Cultural Understanding of Male Circumcision as Health Asset Among the Xhosa within Eastern Cape
10:30 / Tea/Coffee / Room 2003
11:00 / Student Presentation 7 / Nina Müller van Velden / Prof. Julie Claassens / Room 2003
Crucifixion of hypermasculinity for the sake of human dignity: a queer (re)reading of the Lukan narrative of the cross
11:30 / Student Presentation 8 / Thandi Ntuli / Room 2003
“Re-thinking Premarital and Marriage theological teaching in the Anglican Church of Southern Africa (ACSA) in the context of domestic and gender based violence (DGBV) from a feminist perspective.”
12:00 / Student Presentation 9 / Rozelle Robson / Dr. Roderick Hewitt / Room 2003
Flourishing? A Feminist Theological Perspective
12:30 / Lunch / Chapel Foyer
14:00 / Student Presentation 10 / Lilly Phiri / Room 2003
Intersection of same sex orientation and the Imago Dei
14:30 / Student Presentation 11 / Rethie van Niekerk / Room 2003
Re-membering the Body of Christ: Considering the Body of Christ in 1 Corinthians as Theological Response to Rape
15:00 / Tea/Coffee / Room 2003
15:30 / Student Presentation 12 / Sokfa Francis John / Dr. Saras Reddy / Room 2003
Other Ways of Being a Real Man: Alternative African Masculinities in Selected writings of G. West, E. Chitando and A. van Klinken
18:30 / Conference Dinner / Middelvlei Boerebraai
THURSDAY 24 APRIL 2014
TIME / ACTIVITY / RESPONSIBLE PERSON / CHAIR / VENUE8:30 / Morning Coffee / Room 2003
9:00 / Devotion / Dr.Lillian Siwila / Chapel
9:30 / Student Presentation 13 / Neeltjé van Staden / Prof. Sarojini Nadar / Room 2003
Nurturing an alternative masculinity in the Sunday service
10:00 / Student Presentation 14 / Goodwin Zainga / Room 2003
Sexual Rights Violations Affect Human Dignity: An African Feminist Theological Reflection on Women Employed in Domestic Work in Malawi
10:30 / Tea/coffee / Room 2003
11:00 / Final Reflection and Closing / Dr. Charlene van der Walt / Room 2003
12:00 / Lunch / Room 2003