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Verbum et Ecclesia Volume 30 Issue 3 (2009)
Recent Submissions
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Van der Watt, J.G. (Jan Gabriel), 1952-; Du Toit, Andrie B. (Andreas B.); Joubert, Stephan Jacobus, 1958-
(OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)
This article deals with the history of the Department of New Testament Studies at the University of Pretoria from 1938 to 2008. The focus falls on the permanent staff members and their contributions during this period. The ...
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Meiring, Piet (Pieter Gerhard Jacobus), 1941-
(OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)
During the centenary year of the University of Pretoria (2008), the Department of Science of Religion and Missiology took stock of its activities during the past 55 years, since the first professor in Missiology, H.D.A. ...
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Wethmar, Conrad Johannes
(OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)
This article provides a brief analysis and evaluation of the work done by the Department of Dogmatics and Christian Ethics at the University of Pretoria during its history of 70 years. The respective periods of tenure of ...
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Van der Merwe, J.M. (Johan Matthys); Vos, C.J.A. (Casparus Johannes Adam), 1945-
(OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)
In 1938 the Faculty of Theology Section B was established at the University of Pretoria, which could be likened to a small fountain. As the fountain flowed through the decades of history, it grew and became a river that ...
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Du Toit, P.R. (Philippus)
(OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)
The focus of this article is on the fundamental and practical reasons that led to the establishment of theological training by the Dutch Reformed Church in the northern part of South Africa. The Faculty of Theology (Division ...
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Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.)
(OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)
The article is a contribution to the commemoration of the 2008 centenary celebration of the University of Pretoria. Its focus is on present-day theological trends. The article’s point of departure is the commendation of ...
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Buchner, Elsje P.; Muller, Julian C.
(OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)
This article tells the story of the development of the Department of Practical Theology of the Faculty of Theology at the University of Pretoria. The story goes back to the start of the Faculty in 1938, although the ...
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Van Niekerk, A.S. (Attie)
(OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)
IMER, the Institute for Missiological and Ecumenical Research, was initiated in 1979, when the 20th century missionary movement in the Dutch Reformed Church had already started to unravel. IMER’s history gives us insight ...
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Le Roux, J.H. (Jurie Hendrik), 1944-
(OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)
The Department of Old Testament at the Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, has been in existence since 1938 and this article is an attempt to highlight some aspects of its history. The article consists of two main ...
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Nel, Malan
(OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)
Around the world, most professional people are requested and expected to participate in continuing training, which is often referred to as ‘continuing professional development’. Many denominations expect their pastors and ...
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Duncan, Graham A.; Van der Merwe, J.M. (Johan Matthys); Van Wyk, B.J. (Barend Jacobus), 1946-
(OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)
Theology has been an integral part of the University of Pretoria since its inception and Church History has been taught since the establishment of the Faculty of Theology in 1917. At that time, the Presbyterian Church of ...