Recurriculation: a pedagogical necessity for theological education at a post-apartheid public university

Education, especially theological education at institutions of higher learning has taken on a new form. Some institutions have discontinued the theological and religious pedagogies and curricular, while others have re-aligned themselves to conform to the new South Africa. Christian faith still enjoys the privilege of dominance in theological education offered by postapartheid public universities in South Africa. It is an inevitable task to complete a critique of the hegemony manifested in the history of theology at universities. In line with decolonisation of theological education, recurriculation has become a challenge for the historically Calvinistic reformed tradition. The demographics of public universities has changed dramatically. Due to the multicultural, multilingual, multi-ethnic, and multireligious institutions, universities are currently the melting pot of South Africa, governed by a secular constitution that abhors prejudice or discrimination against sexual orientation, racism, disability, and religious conviction. Doing postcolonial theology entails both critique and reconstruction. There is a need for an alternative way of doing theology as well as an alternative vision of reality.