Prof A van Schalkwyk

Faith communities’ contribution to community organisation, development and activism in urban and rural contexts
The contributions of South African women to transformation and SHALOM
Ecofeminist theology, ecofeminist spirituality and action for sustainable livelihoods and societies
Christian mission as oiko-mission, or Christian mission as earth care and eco-justice
Indigenous knowledge systems, land justice and sustainable economic alternatives to neo-colonial macro-economics and development

2002. “The story of Anne Hope: A white woman’s contribution towards South African liberation” in (eds) I A Phiri, D B Govinden & S Nadar. Her-stories: Hidden histories of women of faith in Africa. Pietermaritzburg: Cluster Publications.

2012. “Women, religion and sustainability in post-apartheid South(ern) Africa” in (eds) I Swart, T Ekstrand, A Gouws, P Petterson. Women, religion and gender in post-apartheid South Africa: A South African – Nordic European exchange of perspectives. University of Uppsala: CSRS Series / Stellenbosch: SUN Publishers.

2011 “Sallie McFague’s understanding of salvation”. Section in chapter on “Western ecofeminist theologies”, in Creation and salvation: Essays on recent theological movements, Volume 2: A Mosaic of Selected Modern Christian Theologies, edited by Ernst Conradie. Berlin: LIT Verlag.

1994: Christian witness and women’s issues, in International Review of Mission Vol. LXXXXII (No. 328, January), 105-114.

1996: The church, community development and liberation: A search for answers to basic questions, in Missionalia Vol. 24 (No. 1, April), 40-62.

1997: Masincedane Community Service. A case study, in Missionalia Vol. 25 (No. 3, November), 429- 449.

1997: Women’s research from the periphery: An epistemological and methodological base for feminist missiological/historical research amongst contemporary South African women, in Missionalia Vol.25 (No. 4, December), 607-632.

1999: A gendered truth: women’s testimonies, the TRC and reconciliation, in Journal of Constructive Theology, Vol 5 (no1, July 1999), 3-48.

2000: Writing South African women’s stories of transformation: Some methodological aspects, in Journal of Constructive Theology, Vol 6 (no 2, December 2000), 21-39.

2001. The story of Anne Hope’s quest for transformation, in Missionalia Vol 25 (No 3, November)

2001. On stigmata, racism and reconciliation in a post-TRC South Africa, in Missionalia Vol 26 (No 4, December)

2002. Heretic but faithful: The reclamation of the body as sacred in Christian feminist theology, in Religion and Theology Vol 9-1/2 (Special edition on “The body and religion”), 135 - 159.

2006. “On healing, spirituality and culture: the stories of Afrikaans women and African women’s theology” in Journal of Theology for Southern African (JTSA), Vol 124 (March 2006), 4 – 19.

“Women, religion and sustainability in post-apartheid South(ern) Africa” in Journal of Theology for Southern Africa (JTSA), March 2008.

“The cosmos as the body of God: The interpretation of the Christian story in Sallie McFague’s oeuvre” in Scriptura, April 2008, 204-221.

2008. “Ecofeminism, ecofeminist spirituality and sustainability” in Grace and Truth (Special edition on ecology and the environment), Vol 25 (No 1 – April 2008).

2011. “Sacredness and sustainability: searching for a practical eco-spirituality.” in Religion and Theology (R&T) (Special edition on spirituality), Vol 18/1-2, November 2011; 57-76.

2012 “Welbeing, values and the oikos cycle: an ecofeminist ethical perspective of care” in Journal of Theology for Southern Africa (JTSA), March 2012; 98-119.

2013 “A place where we all stand together: The new creation story as opportunity and imperative for interreligious dialogue” in Theology Vol 116 No1; 43-46.

2014 “Ecological activism and an interreligious dialogue of life – a case study of the Southern African Communities’ Environmental Institute” in Scriptura Vol 112 (2013).

2014 “Space, place and ecology: Doing ecofeminist urban theology in Gauteng”, in HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies Vol 70(3).

2014 “Coming home to the body: an ecofeminist body theological reading of the Song of Songs”, in SA Journal of Semitic Studies. November 2014 edition.

UPCOMING: “Living in the land: An oiko-theological response to the Amadiba Crisis Committee of Xolobeni’s struggle for Ubuntu, land and ecology” in Missionalia.