%0 Journal Article %T A dialogue about the South African ˇ°here and nowˇ± with the legacies of the early church fathers as interlocutors %A Thomas J Smith %J Nederduitse Gereformeerde Teologiese Tydskrif %D 2012 %I Stellenbosch University %R 10.5952/52-3-58 %X This article explores what the missional possibilities could be when we explore the present discourse on the Early Church Fathers, with a view to understand our missional calling in the context of post-apartheid South Africa. Three dialogues explore issues of agency, inheritance and consumerism. These dialogues or interruptions open up new conversations that could lead to new imaginations. %K Early Church %K Apartheid %K Consumerism %K Missiology %K Inheritance %U http://ngtt.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/58