7th Annual Steve de Gruchy Memorial Lecture

The Annual Steve de Gruchy Memorial Lecture is part of a lecture series organised by the Ujamaa Centre at the University of KwaZulu-Natal that is held in the memory of Professor Steve de Gruchy, an outstanding Activist-Environmental Theologian who died tragically in a tubing accident. The 2016 lecture focused on ‘The Bible as a Site of Struggle: an on-going dialogue with Steve De Gruchy’ which was delivered by Professor Gerald West. The 2017 lecture was delivered by Bishop Geoff Davies on ‘Christian Faith and the Environment.’ The write-up can be found here.

THE SEVENTH ANNUAL

STEVE DE GRUCHY MEMORIAL LECTURE

will be delivered by

PROF TRYGVE WYLLER

(Professor of Theology, and Former Dean of Faculty of Theology,

University of Oslo Norway)

PERFORMATIVE MIGRATION THEOLOGY

MODEST REFELECTIONS ON HOW CHURCHES IMPACT POLITICS

Time: 17.30 on Thursday 19 April 2018

Venue:  Lecture Theatre A1, New Arts Building, Golf Road Campus, UKZN (Pietermaritzburg)

Refreshments will be served

This lecture is hosted jointly by

THE PIETERMARITZBURG CLUSTER OF THEOLOGICAL INSTITUTIONS

The Pietermaritzburg Cluster of Theological Institutions is an association of the following institutions:

• School of Religion, Philosophy and Classics (UKZN)
• Seth Mokitimi Methodist Seminary
• St Joseph’s Theological Institute
• The Anglican House of Studies
• The Congregational House of Formation
• The Evangelical Seminary of Southern Africa

The member institutions support and strengthen one another in their common task of educating and equipping people for Christian ministry in the church and society in Africa.

Directions to the A1 Lecture Theatre (New Arts Block)

If you are coming in from Durban, you are on Alan Paton Rd (formerly Durban Rd). When you get to Ridge Rad, turn left. (This is the second set of lights you will come to.) Drive until you reach the intersection of Ridge and Golf Roads, and then turn left Drive along Golf Road and enter the University Campus in through Gate G1. Parking is available behind the New Arts Building. Lecture Theater A1 is found on the ground floor at the front of the New Arts Building.