Daniel Louw

Daniel Johannes Louw (* 1944 ) is a South African Protestant theologian, pastoral psychologist and university professor . He is Professor Emeritus of Practical Theology , Pastoral Care and Counseling at Stellenbosch University , South Africa.

Life

After completing his theological training, Louw studied philosophy in Tübingen . He turned to the philosophy of Ernst Bloch and the "theology of hope" ( Jürgen Moltmann ). He then worked as a pastor at the Dutch Reformed Church in Wynberg ( Cape Town ) and in Stellenbosch , and from 1978 he held teaching positions at the University of Stellenbosch.

He qualified in theology and obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Stellenbosch in 1987 , a Bachelor of Theology (BTh) in 1990 and a Master of Theology (MTh) in 1991. This was followed in 1994 with a doctorate (DTh) at the University of the Western Cape .

In his teaching activities, he represents the fields of practical theology, pastoral theology and pastoral counseling. The main focus of his teaching activities are clinic pastoral care and terminal care, marriage and family pastoral care as well as social issues such as poverty and AIDS .

From 2001 to 2005 he took on the role of dean of the theological faculty, after his retirement in 2010 he continues to teach as a visiting professor at the faculty.

Participation in professional associations and projects

• African Network for Higher Education and Research in Theology and HIV (in collaboration with Makumira University College (Tanzania), the Ethiopian Graduate School of Theology in Addis Ababa and the Church of Sweden )
• International Council on Pastoral Care and Counseling (ICPCC) (Vice-President 2007–2011 and President since 2011)

Works (selection)

Publications in book form

As an author

• Illness as crisis and challenge, Johannesburg: Orion 1994.
• Love lasts. A couple's guide to growth and enrichment, (Afrikaans), Cape Town (South Africa), Lux Verbi. 1996, ISBN 978-0-86997-533-6 .
• Liefde is Vir Altyd: 'n Huweliksgids Vir Verloofdes En Getroudes (Afrikaans), Cape Town (South Africa), Lux Verbi; 1997, ISBN 978-0-86997-565-7 .
• A Pastoral Hermeneutics of Care and Encounter. A Theological Design for a Basic Theory, Anthropology, Method, and Therapy, Cape Town, Lux Verbi, 1998, ISBN 978-0-86997-674-6 .
• A mature faith. Spiritual direction and anthropology in a theology of pastoral care and counseling. (English) (= Louvain theological & pastoral monographs, Volume 25), Louvain, William B. Eerdman Co, 1999, ISBN 978-0-8028-4670-9 .
• Pastoraat as Vertolking En Ontmoeting (Afrikaans), Cape Town, Lux Verbi 1999, ISBN 978-0-86997-837-5 .
• Meaning in suffering: a theological reflection on the cross and the resurrection for pastoral care and counseling (= Internationale Theologie, Volume 5), Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Wien 2000, ISBN 3-631-36173- 4 .
• Mechanics of the Human Soul: About Maturity and Life-skills (English), Stellenbosch, African Sun Press 2005, ISBN 978-1-919980-41-6 .
• Ratwerke Van Die Menslike Siel, (Afrikaans) Stellenbosch, African Sun Press 2005, ISBN 978-1-919980-59-1 .
• Cura Vitae: Illness and the Healing of Life in Pastoral Care and Counseling, Cape Town (South Africa), Lux Verbi BM, 2007, ISBN 978-0-7963-0647-0 .

As editor

• (Ed.), With Ulrike Elsdörfer (Ed.) And Takaaki David Ito (Ed.), Encounter in Pastoral Care and Spiritual Healing. Towards an integrative and intercultural approach , Münster 2012, ISBN 978-3-643-90166-8 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Homepage of the ICPCC