Petrus Paulus Kruger

Reformed Theology and Development | North West University

Dr. Petrus Paulus Kruger was born in Pretoria, South Africa, on the 17th of July 1940. After completing graduate and post-graduate studies at the North West University and at the Free University of Amsterdam (under prof. G. C. Berkouwer) he served as Minister in various Reformed congregations for nearly 40 years. He also served as an Accredited Lecturer of the North West University, being the first head of the Department of Systematic Theology, at the Mukhanyo Theological College (KwaMhlanga, Mpumalanga) for more than 16 years. He holds the degrees of BA and ThD (NWU) and Theologiae Doctorandus (Free University).

At the moment he is involved in the work of the Unit for Reformed Theology and Development of the South African Society, Faculty of Theology at the North West University, as a Research Fellow.

Kindled by his Amsterdam studies and his doctoral thesis that centered on the ecclesiology of the Roman Catholic renewal-theologian Hans Küng, his research on ecumenical relations and convergences between post-Vatican-Two Rome and the Reformation continues. Furthermore, during the past decade a growing appreciation for an emerging ‘Theodramatic’ approach to theology has manifested itself intensively in his research, especially focused on dogma-historical, ecological and land debates.