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08 April 2020
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Story Prof Francois Vreÿ, and Prof Hussein Solomon
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The international response to the Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) as a health security threat stimulated an international response that commenced with drastic, but localised actions in China, but responses rapidly manifested in more extreme measures in the rest of the world. Amidst international efforts imposing extraordinary national and international movement restrictions and a rush to find a medical cure, two questions arise. First, how does COVID-19 as a health security threat feature within the global security debate and second, how to explain the harsh responses that one observes.
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UFS's Jonathan Edwards Centre enjoys international prominence
2009-11-05
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Prof. Dolf Britz, Director of the UFS’s Jonathan Edwards Centre.
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The Faculty of Theology at the University of the Free State’s (UFS) Jonathan Edwards Centre enjoys a good deal of prominence on the Yale University’s web page. This occurrence is another realisation in the UFS Faculty of Theology’s pursuit of being an international acknowledged theological faculty.
The UFS Jonathan Edwards Centre serves as a research, education and publication hub for the study of Edwards and evangelical history. Jonathan Edwards was an important American theologian, philosopher and, more specifically, America's greatest contributor to mission theology in Southern Africa. |