Dr. Stephen W. Martin
- PhD, University of Cape Town, 1999
- MPhil, Institute for Christian Studies, 1993
- BTh, Eastern Pentecostal Bible College, 1985
Research interests
- South African theology
- Political theology
- Liturgy, culture, and Christian formation
- Anglicanism
Publications
“South Africa—Twenty Years Later,” Political Theology Today, 1 May 2014.
“The Meaning of Mandela,” Political Theology Today, 10 Dec 2013.
“Reconciliation: The Theological Challenge,” Nederduitse Gereformeerde Teologiese Tydskrif 51:3-4 (Nov-Dec 2010) 238-256.
“Civic Sacrament and Social Imaginaries in Transition: The Case of the Churches and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.” Political Theology 12.3 (2011) 386-418.
Guest Editor of a special edition of The Journal of Theology for Southern Africa, March 2011. The articles represented papers given at a special conference on “Tradition and Transformation”, Stellenbosch 2010.
"Sacramental Imagination And Ecclesial Transformation A Proposal For Rethinking Public Theology's "Public" In South Africa." Journal Of Theology For Southern Africa 139 (2011): 42-57
“Beyond Speaking: A Challenge to Public Theology” in Walking Together: Christian Thinking and Public Life in South Africa, edited by Joel Carpenter (Abelene Christian University Press, 2011).
A series of popular articles on contemporary South Africa for Ministry Matters, online journal of The Anglican Church of Canada.
Faith Negotiating Loyalties: An Exploration of South African Christianity Through a Reading of the Theology of H. Richard Niebuhr (Lanham: University Press of America, 2008).
“Faithful Treason: The Theology and Politics of Allan Boesak”. In Bastienne Klein and James Cochrane, eds., From Dark Days to Liberation: Perspectives on the Social History of Christianity in South Africa, 1936-1994. Special edition of The Journal of Theology for Southern Africa, March 2004.
