Browsing by UP Author "Dreyer, Willem Akkerhuys (Wim)"

Browsing by UP Author "Dreyer, Willem Akkerhuys (Wim)"

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  • The amazing growth of the early church 
    Dreyer, Willem Akkerhuys (Wim) (AOSIS Open Journals, 2012-11-02)
    The church grew rapidly during the first centuries. The question is: Why? Generations of scholars approached this question from different perspectives and with different methods. Historical research, analysis of early ...
  • Barth on election and the Canons of Dort 
    Dreyer, Willem Akkerhuys (Wim) (AOSIS Open Journals, 2018)
    After the Second World War, a renewed interest in the doctrine of election became evident. Several influential and leading theologians published monographs on divine election. One reason for this was the publication of ...
  • Being church in the era of ‘homo digitalis’ 
    Dreyer, Willem Akkerhuys (Wim) (AOSIS Open Journals, 2019-11)
    This article discusses practical ecclesiology, which reflects on the church of the 21st century from historical, empirical, hermeneutical and strategic perspectives. We live in the era of digital revolutions and ‘homo ...
  • Benedikt Dreyer (1480–1555) : kunstenaar in konteks van die kerkhervorming 
    Dreyer, Willem Akkerhuys (Wim) (LitNet, 2020)
    Benedikt Dreyer was ’n kunstenaar en beeldsnyer wat in die eerste helfte van die 16de eeu in Lübeck gewoon en gewerk het. Dit was ’n tyd waarin die Renaissance, Humanisme van Erasmus en die Kerkhervorming oor Europa ...
  • Calvin on church and government 
    Dreyer, Willem Akkerhuys (Wim) (Bureau for Scholarly Journals, 2010)
    This article examines Calvin's understanding of civil government as well as the relationship between church and government against the background of radical political change during the sixteenth century. It becomes clear ...
  • Calvin, Van Lodenstein and Barth : three perspectives on the necessity of church reformation 
    Dreyer, Willem Akkerhuys (Wim) (AOSIS Open Journals, 2017)
    During 2017, churches with their roots in the 16th-century Reformation, will be celebrating the legacy of the Reformation. It affords theologians and churches the opportunity to reflect on the principles of the Reformation ...
  • Church and government in Reformed perspective 
    Dreyer, Willem Akkerhuys (Wim) (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2005)
    The new political dispensation since 1994 requires the Reformed churches in South Africa to redefine their role in society and their relationship with the government. This short journey through history helps us to understand ...
  • Church, mission and ethics. Being church with integrity 
    Dreyer, Willem Akkerhuys (Wim) (OpenJournals Publishing, 2016-06-07)
    This article is an exercise in Practical Ecclesiology. The author reflects on church, mission and ethics from historical, hermeneutical and strategic perspectives. Using the ecclesiology of Karl Barth as a point of ...
  • Conversio ad docelitam : Calvyn oor bekering en Christenwees 
    Dreyer, Willem Akkerhuys (Wim) (AOSIS Open Journals, 2014-09-08)
    This contribution describes John Calvin’s understanding of what it means to be a Christian. When Calvin ‘converted’ to the Reformation in the early 1530s, the term ‘Protestant’ did not exist. There was no systematic ...
  • Ecclesiological renewal for a relevant ministry and church polity, with reference to UCCSA and UPCSA in Zimbabwe 
    Maseko, Xolani; Dreyer, Willem Akkerhuys (Wim) (Church History Society of Southern Africa and Unisa Press, 2021)
    This article is a critique of Reformed Ecclesiology, particularly as regarding ministry and church polity. It is argued herein that a static ecclesiology results in church ministry that is seemingly deficient in responding ...
  • Enkele aspekte van Theodore Beza se politieke teorie, soos verwoord in sy 'De iure magistratuum' 
    Dreyer, Willem Akkerhuys (Wim) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1996)
    Beza's 'De iure magistratuum' had, directly or indirectly, a great influence on the development of political theory in Western Europe. In this paper the historical background of the 'De magistratuum' is discussed, as ...
  • From Noyon to Geneva 
    Dreyer, Willem Akkerhuys (Wim) (Bureau for Scholarly Journals, 2010)
    This article contains a brief biography of John Calvin. It serves as an introduction to the publication of the Conventus Reformatus on the occasion of celebrating Calvin's birth 500 years ago. The article follows Calvin's ...
  • From proto-missional to mega-church : a critique of ecclesial ‘growth’ in Korea 
    Lee, Yongsoo; Dreyer, Willem Akkerhuys (Wim) (AOSIS Open Journals, 2018-03-13)
    In the last couple of decades, the Korean church experienced a loss of credibility as well as a decrease in membership. The premise of this contribution is that the mega-church phenomenon in Korea contributed to this ...
  • Godsdiens en die reg : herwaardering van die Hervormde Kerk se Besluit 41 (2016) oor homoseksualiteit1 
    Janse van Rensburg, Antoinette; Dreyer, Willem Akkerhuys (Wim) (Suid Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap and Kuns, 2021-03)
    In 2016, the General Assembly of the Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk van Afrika (Netherdutch Reformed Church of Africa, or NHKA) passed a resolution on homosexuality. In one section, Resolution 42 (2016) it is claimed that ...
  • The Heidelberg Catechism : a 16th century quest for unity 
    Dreyer, Willem Akkerhuys (Wim) (OpenJournals Publishing, 2014-10-08)
    In this contribution the view is presented that the Heidelberg Catechism should be regarded as an attempt to promote unity between 16th century reformers and churches in the Palatinate. This, to some extent, determined ...
  • Heilige, algemene kerk 
    Dreyer, Willem Akkerhuys (Wim) (OpenJournals Publishing, 2015-06-18)
    The Nicene Creed and the Apostolicum went through different processes of growth and development. In the early development of both creeds, it is noticeable that articles about ‘the church’ are absent. In this contribution ...
  • Heretic or rebel? The heresy trial of Albert Geyser 
    Dreyer, Willem Akkerhuys (Wim) (AOSIS Open Journals, 2016-11-25)
    During September 1961, a charge of heresy was laid against New Testament scholar and antiapartheid activist Prof. A.S. (Albert) Geyser. The charge was brought by three senior theological students of the University of ...
  • Hervormde Kerk en apartheid 
    Dreyer, Willem Akkerhuys (Wim) (AOSIS Open Journals, 2013-06-12)
    This contribution examines the changing attitude of the Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk van Afrika (NHKA) towards apartheid, specifically since the Second World War. The NHKA’s views started with a theological justification ...
  • Historical theology : content, methodology and relevance 
    Dreyer, Willem Akkerhuys (Wim); Pillay, Jerry (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2017)
    In this contribution, the authors reflect on historical theology as theological discipline. The authors propose that historical theology be applied to different areas of research, namely prolegomena, history of the church, ...
  • Histories-vergelykende ekklesiologie - oppad na 'n omvattende Praktiese Ekklesiologie 
    Dreyer, Willem Akkerhuys (Wim) (OpenJournals Publishing, 2011-11-04)
    Practical Ecclesiology is a theological discipline, which opens up the possibility of a multi-disciplinary approach to ecclesiology. One aspect of such a multi-disciplinary Practical Ecclesiology is a historical-comparative ...