The language of faith in Southern Africa

Abstract

Hermen Kroesbergen studied theology in the Netherlands, and obtained a PhD in systematic theology from the Protestant Theological University, investigating ordinary language of faith from a Wittgensteinian perspective. After serving as a pastor in the Netherlands, he lectured at Justo Mwale University, Lusaka (Zambia) for six years. Now he is a senior postdoctoral fellow at the University of Pretoria and has published widely in leading international journals in theology and philosophy of religion. How can we do justice to what people in Africa say concerning the spirit world? This question is my main concern in my recent book The Language of Faith in Southern Africa; Spirit World, Power, Community, Holism and in this presentation.