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(Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2005)That the twentieth century witnessed massive secularisation in Europe and certain other parts of the world is beyond dispute, as is the fact that the general phenomenon of religion and its role as a factor shaping history ...
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(AOSIS Open Journals, 2014-09-05)The question on what his viewpoint of an eco-theological understanding of life entails is firstly posed in conversation with the South African systematic theologian Johan Buitendag. His standpoint, in which he argues for ...
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(Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2009)In 1978 Michel Foucault went to Iran as a distinguished intellectual but novice political journalist, controversially reporting on the unfolding revolution, undeniably compromising and wounding his reputation in the European ...
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(Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2009)Against the backdrop of the introduction and analysis of Foucault’s Iran writings in the first of two articles, this second article attempts to contribute to an understanding of Foucault’s involvement in the revolution in ...
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(OpenJournals Publishing, 2010-11)This article describes the use of the Bible in Dag Hammarskjöld’s famous and widely read publication, Markings (1988). It asks the question whether his use of the Bible reflects his personal experiences or whether it ...
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(Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2005)The worship service in the Reformed Churches in South Africa has of late come under pressure. On the one hand it is experienced as too rigid and “traditional”. On the other hand superficial forms of renewal create tension. ...
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(Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2005)The aim of this article is to determine what the role of women in the church of the first century was according to Acts. Amongst other things it pertains to the situation of women within the community of believers on a ...
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(Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2006)The article traces Hans Küng’s view on religious plurality over four decades: from “theocentrism” (the earlier Küng) to critical ecumenical dialogue (the later Küng). Küng’s approach to religious plurality portrays a growing ...
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(Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2002)Some aspects of Gadamer's hermeneutics are discussed below: his view on method, the finiteness of being human, the value of prejudices and so forth. With Gadamer's help we are also able to think anew about our South African ...
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(De Gruyter, 2018-02)To argue for the pseudonymity of disputed Pauline letters on the (partial) basis of their disproportional high number of hapax legomena continues to be common practice among New Testament scholars. By means of ...
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(OpenJournals Publishing, 2014-11-20)This article attempts to read the parable of the Sower (Mk 4:3b–8) as a parable of the historical Jesus. In this reading, the focus is different from almost all previous interpretations of the parable. It is proposed ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2013)Please read the abstract in the thesis.
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(University of South Africa, Department of Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology, 2018)The Communist Manifesto begins with the words, ‘A spectre is haunting Europe – a spectre of Communism’. Maybe with the death of the father of Black Theology one could argue that a spectre of Black Theology is haunting ...
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(Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2000)The interpretation of the rejection of Abiathar in terms of the Eli tradition offers an important indication of the intention of the Succession Narrative. The work does not only have a positive as well as a negative tendency ...
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(AOSIS Open Journals, 2018-10-30)The psalmist is deeply convinced that God is a reliable addressee to whom those hurt, traumatised and grieving may turn. Churches, by their mandate to share God’s lovingkindness, are obliged to provide opportunities, ...
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(AOSIS Open Journals, 2017-07-27)Illness is a reality that affects all people, and healing is the main reason why people attend worship services in sub-Saharan Africa. According to the Ritual Studies scholar Ronald Grimes, illness is a social reality; ...
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(AOSIS Open Journals, 2020-04-23)In the late 19th century, colonial powers sought to destroy the Mthwakazi or Ndebele state in what is now Matabeleland in the south west region of Zimbabwe, to subdue and dominate its people. The people of Matabeleland ...
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(OpenJournals Publishing, 2015-09-14)The current phenomenon of Namibian African Independent Churches (NAICs) draws attention from various people in civil society in Namibia. Although the ministries of NAICs are engaged with activities which are unusual for ...
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(Department of Ancient Languages, University of Pretoria, 2012)John's healing narratives are all presented as semeia or spiritual signs in the Gospel. It therefore always has two levels of meaning: the one level narrates a biological and socio-cultural healing act, and at the same ...
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Healing the female body : representation of ideas about healing and the female body in Mark’s gospel (Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology, 2020)Using narrative, reader-response and social feminist approaches, the study takes a discourse analysis of looking into representations of female bodies within the Jewish- Christian healthcare and Greek Hippocratic healthcare ...
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