Workshop: The meaning of suffering in our spiritual formation & how to respond to suffering within a pastoral context

By Upside Community Services NPC https://upside.org.za

Sat Nov 11, 09:30 - Sat Nov 11, 12:30

Southside Church

ABOUT

Upside is excited to host a workshop facilitated by Prof. Daniel Louw, Professor in Theology and Pastoral Care at the University of Stellenbosch.

Prof Louw has extensive experience on this topic, and this is a unique opportunity to engage with a thought leader in this field.


AGENDA

The workshop will be in two parts:

  1. Presentation by Prof Louw
  2. Question and Response time


WHO SHOULD ATTEND

The workshop is accessible to the public, and we hope all people will benefit from a greater understanding of the real issue of suffering in our lives.

However, if you currently work in pastoral, counselling or caregiving space, this topic is of special benefit to you.


DETAILS

Saturday 11 November 2023

Starting promptly at 9:30 am to 12:30

The workshop is hosted at Southside Church in Sun Valley near Fish Hoek


TICKET PRICING

R50 per adult or R35 for pensioners.

All monies raised from ticket sales go towards supporting UPside Community Services' work.

As a registered NPC, UPside requests that attendees cover booking and processing fees; hence, final ticket prices will be slightly higher than advertised.

DANIËL LOUW


After completion of his theological training, Prof. Daniël Louw furthered his studies in Philosophy at the University of Tübingen, Germany, on the principle of hope (E Bloch) and theology of hope (J Moltmann). He served as minister at Wynberg and Stellenberg and, since 1978, was a lecturer at the University of Stellenbosch.
He was responsible for Practical Theology, Pastoral Theology and Pastoral Counselling. Pastoral Care focuses on chaplaincy, terminal care, marriage and family enrichment, as well as on social issues, such as poverty and Aids. After his retirement he continued to co-operate in these fields.
Other activities:
Project Leader: of a HIV/AIDS theological research program in Africa in co-operation with the African Network for Higher Education and Research in Theology and HIV in conjunction with the M. Th. in Clinical Pastoral Care/Stellenbosch, the Ethiopian Graduate School of Theology in Addis Ababa, Makumira University College, Tansania, Natal University, All African Counsel of Churches, Evangelical Lutheran Church of America and Faculty of Theology Uppsala Sweden. The agreement with Upssala is the outcome of deliberations and discussions held by Prof Louw in 2004 with theologians in Uppsala Sweden.
Member of International Council on Pastoral Care and Counselling (Vice President 2007-2011 and President since 2011)
Favourite passtime: Painting.
Daniël Louw is married to Hermien and they have two daughters and two sons.
In September 2009 Daniël was honoured with a book of essays dedicated to him: Caring for the Soul and Life - Essays in honour of Daniël Louw
Books and publications include:
  • Illness as crisis and challenge, Orion 1994
  • Love lasts. A couple's guide to growth and enrichment, Lux Verbi, 1996
  • Liefde is Vir Altyd: 'n Huweliksgids Vir Verloofdes En Getroudes, Lux Verbi, 1997
  • A Pastoral Hermeneutics of Care and Encounter. A Theological Design for a Basic Theory, Anthropology, Method, and Therapy, Lux Verbi, 1998
  • A mature faith. Spiritual direction and anthropology in a theology of pastoral care and counseling (= Louvain theological & pastoral monographs, Band 25), Louvain, William B. Eerdman Co, 1999
  • Pastoraat as Vertolking En Ontmoeting, Lux Verbi 1999
  • Meaning in suffering : a theological reflection on the cross and the resurrection for pastoral care and counselling (= Internationale Theologie, Band 5), 2000
  • Mechanics of the Human Soul: About Maturity and Life-skills, Sun Press 2005
    Ratwerke Van Die Menslike Siel, Sun Press 2005
  • Cura Vitae: Illness and the Healing of Life in Pastoral Care and Counselling, Lux Verbi , 2007
  • Encounter in Pastoral Care and Spiritual Healing. Towards an integrative and intercultural approach (Editor with Ulrike Elsdörfer and Takaaki David Ito), 2012
  • Icons - Imaging the Unseen - On Beauty and Healing of Life, Body and Soul, African Sun Media, 2014
  • Intercultural and Interreligious Pastoral Caregiving (Editor with Karl H. Federschmidt), 2015