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Verbum et Ecclesia Volume 26 Issue 3 (2005)

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Verbum et Ecclesia Volume 26 Issue 3 (2005)

 

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  • The resurrection of Jesus : do extra-canonical sources change the landscape?
    Viljoen, Francois P.; Buglass, A.E. (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2005)
    The resurrection of Jesus is assumed by the New Testament to be a historical event. Some scholars argue, however, that there was no empty tomb, but that the New Testament accounts are midrashic or mythological stories about ...
  • Human dignity and sexual behaviour - a theological perspective
    Vorster, Nico (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2005)
    This article compares the sex ethic of Scripture with the anthropological values that underlie modern sexual morality and gives guidelines for a responsible sex ethics that can safeguard human dignity. As point of departure ...
  • Ecocide, the integrity of creation and the rights of the next generation
    Vorster, J.M. (Jakobus Marthinus) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2005)
    Environmental Ethics is currently a highly important theme in Christian Ethics. This is due to the disturbing results of the current ecological research. Scholars today speak of "ecocide" - a term which describes the ...
  • A rhetorical analysis of Philippians 1:27-2:18
    Snyman, A.H. (Andreas Hartman), 1943- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2005)
    A new trend in rhetorical analysis is to reconstruct Paul's rhetorical strategy from the text itself, rather than applying ancient or modern rhetorical models to his letters. A proposal for such a text-centred approach, ...
  • Waarheids- en Versoeningskommissie as "Simulacrum" en die rol van belydenis, vergifnis en versoening
    Slabbert, Melodie Nothling (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2005)
    This paper examines the relevance and validity of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Christian leitmotiv in relation to the victim hearings. It is suggested that the Commission's emphasis on religious themes such ...