Browsing by UP Author "Muis, Jan"

Browsing by UP Author "Muis, Jan"

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  • The doctrine of the Trinity in the early church 
    Muis, Jan (OpenJournals Publishing, 2010-11)
    In this rich work Franz Dünzl, Professor of Early Church History and Patristics at the University of Würzburg, gives an illuminating description of the theological, ecclesial and political developments that resulted in ...
  • God our King 
    Muis, Jan (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2008-03)
    This article discusses whether the metaphor of "king" can still be used in Christian God-talk. Firstly, it is argued that the "king" metaphor for God is an indispensable key metaphor in both the Old and the New Testament. ...
  • Human rights and divine justice 
    Muis, Jan (OpenJournals Publishing, 2014-11-20)
    This article discusses the view of the Leiden professor Paul Cliteur that human rights are essentially secular and require rejection of God’s will as source of moral authority. Firstly, it analyses Cliteur’s reception ...
  • Our spatial reality and God 
    Muis, Jan (AOSIS, 2021-10-20)
    Modern scientific models of cosmological space and the theological concept of God’s immensity seem to exclude the possibility that God himself is personally present with us humans at particular places in space. Are God ...
  • Rethinking the creative power of God 
    Muis, Jan (AOSIS Open Journals, 2016-11-24)
    Because the notion of ‘power’, and of ‘absolute power’ in particular, is associated with coercion, violence and oppression, it is problematic to attribute power to God. Jürgen Moltmann and Eberhard Jüngel reject a ...
  • Schrift, het dogma en de dogmatiek 
    Muis, Jan (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2003)
    In this article it is argued that in actual systematic reflection on the Christian faith we cannot a priori assume that the dogma has the same content as Scripture, because it is strongly determined by its cultural-philosophical, ...