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Jerry Pillay

Religious Studies

#2039

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#4200

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Christian Theology

#192

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#285

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Theology

#1768

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#4523

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Jerry Pillay's Degrees

Bachelors Theology University of Pretoria
Masters Theology University of Pretoria
Doctorate Theology University of Pretoria

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According to Wikipedia, Jerry Pillay is a Reformed pastor, member of the Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa, professor of theology at the University of Pretoria where he heads the Department of History and Ecclesiology and is Dean of the Faculty of Theology and Religion. He was elected president of the World Communion of Reformed Churches in 2010 and, in June 2022, General Secretary of the World Council of Churches , to take office on 1 January 2023.

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Jerry Pillay's Published Works

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Analysis, context and action: An introduction to community psychology. In N. Duncan, A.V. Naidoo, J. Pillay, & V. Roos (Eds.) (2007) (41)
The church as a transformation and change agent (2017) (33)
COVID-19 Shows the Need to Make Church More Flexible (2020) (29)
Racism and xenophobia: The role of the Church in South Africa (2017) (18)
An exploration of the idea of ecodomy in Calvin's view of God and the world: Its implications for churches in South Africa today (2015) (12)
The missional renaissance: Its impact on churches in South Africa, ecumenical organisations, and the development of local congregations (2015) (11)
Faith and reality : the role and contributions of the ecumenical church to the realities and development of South Africa since the advent of democracy in 1994 (2017) (6)
Ecumenism in Africa: Theological, Contextual, and Institutional Challenges (2015) (6)
The Accra Confession as a response to empire (2018) (5)
Historical Theology at public universities matter (2017) (4)
Reformation and transformation today: Essentials of reformation tradition and theology as seen from the perspectives of the South (2017) (3)
The Presbyterian Church of southern Africa and its reformed influence on the socio-political and economic development of Zimbabwe (1890–1990) (2018) (3)
The relevance and necessity of contextualising theological education and ministerial formation in South Africa (2020) (3)
Ecodomy - Life in its fullness (2017) (2)
The Correlation and Separation of Academic Theology and the Local Church (2018) (2)
Apartheid in the Holy Land: Theological reflections on the Israel and/or Palestine situation from a South African perspective (2016) (2)
African Neo-Pentecostal capitalism through the lens of Ujamaa (2021) (2)
From the tower to the pews: A call for academic theology to re-engage with the local context (2019) (1)
Historical Theology: Content, methodology and relevance (2017) (1)
Are we going back to our roots? The restoration of early church Ecclesiology in the modern church today (2018) (1)
The significance of social justice and diakonia in the Reformed tradition (2022) (1)
Theology at the University of Pretoria – 100 years (2017) (1)
Wither black theology of liberation? Perspectives from the late Professor Vuyani Vellem (2020) (1)
Between African and American Neo-Pentecostalism: An Examination of the Link, Influence, Merits and Demerits (2021) (1)
A Semi Number-Theoretic Approach and Proposed proof that CH is false (2013) (0)
Transformative Diaconia: (2021) (0)
The editors: Biographical notes. In N. Duncan, A.V. Naidoo, J. Pillay, & V. Roos (Eds.) (2007) (0)
A Historical Survey of the Acceptance and Impact of the Belhar Confession since 1986 (2022) (0)
A Resolution to Hilberts First Problem. (2013) (0)
The SACC since 1994: Ecumenism in Democratic South Africa (2019) (0)
Mission in the context of the poor with special reference to the Isipingo farm community, Durban. (1991) (0)
Baptist Confessionalism: Unity and Diversity among Baptist Associations in the Southern States during the Nineteenth Century (2019) (0)
Colloquium on Youth Day 16 June 2017: The Commission of Faith and Order of the World Council of Churches in association with the Faculty of Theology of the University of Pretoria and its centennial celebration in 2017 (2017) (0)
Provability and the Continuum Hypothesis . A Letter . Institute of Actuaries Scotland (2012) (0)
A historical survey of the African Neo-Pentecostals’ response to digital transformation (2023) (0)
Presbyterian Indians in South Africa (2016) (0)
Theological Education and Missional Formation in the South African Context (2018) (0)
The Poor of Christ in the Roman Church: Role and relevance for today (2020) (0)
Theology, economy and environment (2021) (0)
Huldyrch Zwingli’s contribution to the Reformation (2019) (0)
Revival and unity of reformed churches: how to deal with this challenge? Allan Boesak on reformed churches and theology (2017) (0)
Inner Model and the Continuum Hypothesis . Institute of Actuaries & University of Pretoria (2012) (0)
Can God create humans with free will who never commit evil? (2020) (0)
A Mission of Unity and a Unity of Mission: A Look at the Work of the Church Unity Commission (2015) (0)

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