Department of Biblical and Ancient Studies
Prof GP Hendricks
| College of Human Sciences | |
|---|---|
| School of Humanities | |
| Department: Biblical and Ancient Studies | |
| Associate Professor | |
| Tel: | 012 429 6614 |
| E-mail: | hendrgp@unisa.ac.za |
Qualifications
- Diploma of Theology
- BTh (Hons)
- B.A. Hons
- MTh
- PhD
Fields of academic interests
- Orality and Literacy and the New Testament
- Philosophical Hermeneutics
- Subaltern Studies (Otherness in the Reading of the Text)
Field of Specialisation
- New Testament (John’s Gospel)
- Orality and Literacy-New Testament
- Philosophy of Religion - Derridarean Deconstruction
- Systematic Theology (Wesleyanism)
Journal articles
- 2012. "Logos, deconstruction-writing, ideology and the false social construction of meaning and representation." Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae 38 (Supplement): 153-79.
- 2014. "A Derridarean critique of Logocentrism as opposed to Textcentrism in John1v1." Koers 79.1:1-8 (online).
- 2014. "A philosophical and historical interpretation of the concept Logos in John 1:1 From the perspective of orality and literacy." Scriptura 113.1:1-13.
- 2015. "Deconstruction the end of writing: 'Everything is a text, there is nothing outside context.'" Verbum et Ecclesia 37.1:1-9 (online).
- 2019 “Connectivism as a Learning Theory and Its Relation to Open Distance Education.” Progressio 41.1.2019
- 2019 “Orality-if anything, Imagination, resistance in dialogue with the discourse of the historical ‘Other’ HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies 75(4)
Professional positions, fellowships & awards
Former treasurer of the New Testament Society of Southern Africa (NTSSA)
Projects
- Project 2012 - Founder of the Unitech Learning, Teaching and Career Development Centre - Durban
- Project 2016 - Working on the first online Wesleyan Seminary for KZN
- 2021-Odel Research Project