Living Water: An interdisciplinary exploration of water as a theological theme

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Manitza Kotzé

Manitza Kotzé is an associate professor in the Faculty of Theology, NWU, Potchefstroom campus, where she teaches Dogmatics and Christian Ethics. Within the faculty, she is affiliated with the Unit for Reformed Theology and the Development of the South African Society. She attained her PhD in Bioethics and Systematic Theology from Stellenbosch University. After a postdoctoral research fellowship at the University of the Western Cape, she was appointed at NWU. Her research interest focuses on the interplay between doctrine and bioethics, particularly questions raised by biotechnology, including assisted reproductive technologies and human biotechnological enhancement.

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Kobus van der Walt

Kobus van der Walt serves as a professor of Philosophy of Science and Technology in the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Agriculture, NWU, Potchefstroom campus. His original training was in Earth Sciences, and he was active in that field for more than 20 years, focusing on sustainable development. The relationship between humankind and creation naturally piqued his interest in the philosophy of natural science field, and for the past decade he has specialised in the relationship between science and faith, particularly allusions to God as revealed by natural sciences.

Synopsis

Water will undoubtedly become an ever more crucial locus of academic reflection, as Christiana Peppard’s concern that “wars of the future will be fought over water, not oil” (2014) stresses. Increasing water shortages worldwide and global warming of water, in particular the salt water of the oceans, beg further reflection from natural and agricultural sciences, the legal field, and also from theology. As a basic human right, water is also closely connected to peace and justice issues. This book is an interdisciplinary undertaking looking at water as a theological symbol in the fields of theology, natural and agricultural sciences, and law. Providing reflections from a variety of disciplines within theology, as well as from other disciplines such as natural sciences and law from the South African context, this book makes a valuable contribution to knowledge in this field.

Chapters

Chapter 1
The water of deliverance

JM (Koos) Vorster
Chapter 2
Adequate water as a global bioethical principle: A broad Protestant-theological foundation in hindsight

Riaan Rheeder
Chapter 3
Saving water? A theological exploration of ‘water as gift’

Nadia Marais
Chapter 4
The river of the water of life: Water as a theological symbol in Christian eschatology

Manitza Kotzé
Chapter 5
The wonder of water

Kobus van der Walt
Chapter 6
The deeper meaning of water: Groundwater reflected in creation

Koos Vivier
Chapter 7
The role of groundwater in the Bible

Stephan J Pretorius
Chapter 8
The uniqueness of water

TN Lemmer
Chapter 9
The transformed property regime of the National Water Act 36 of 1998: Reflections on the conception of stewardship and the dominion over water as a ‘God-given resource’

Germarié Viljoen

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Reformed Theology in Africa Series

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