• Theology, philosophy and technology : perspectives from the Hervormde Kerk 

  Dreyer, Willem Akkerhuys (Wim) (AOSIS, 2024-05)

  This contribution is located in the field of Historical Theology. It gives an overview (postWorld War II) of the philosophical-theological discourse on technology and humanity, articulated by academics who were members ...
• The mission theology of P.S. Dreyer and his contribution to the Maranatha Reformed Church 

  Dreyer, Willem Akkerhuys (Wim) (AOSIS, 2024-01)

  At the University of Pretoria, Historical Theology consists of various sub-disciplines, that is, History of Christianity, History of Doctrine, History of Theology, History of Missions, Church History, and Church Polity. ...
• Hagar’s spirituality prior to and after captivity : an African and gendered perspective 

  Maseko, Xolani; Soko-de-Jong, Thandi (AOSIS, 2024-05)

  This study is an exploration of the Hagar narrative from the perspective of African Womanist Theology. The article focuses on the spirituality of Hagar before and after her captivity (Gn 16). The research takes an ...
• Anti-racism and the fight against discrimination today 

  Pillay, Jerry; Gunda, Masiiwa Ragies (Wiley, 2024-07)

  This article explores the efforts of the World Council of Churches (WCC) in combating racism and discrimination, emphasizing the importance of anti-racism rather than non-racism. The article underlines the intersection of ...
• Augustine on Israel and Jerusalem 

  Van Oort, Johannes (Hans) (Routledge, 2023)

  This essay is written in view of the heartbreaking crisis in the Middle East, especially the terrible Gaza war. What did the influential (and for many still authoritative) church father Augustine think about Israel and ...
• Called to Transformation 

  Pillay, Jerry (Wiley, 2023-07)

  Against the background of the document Called to Transformation – Ecumenical Diakonia, published in June 2022 by the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, this article argues for a comprehensive approach to diakonia ...
• Black and slave? 'Mestizo' Augustine on Ham 

  Van Oort, Johannes (Hans) (AOSIS, 2023-09-20)

  After discussing the so-called Ham myth in South Africa, my focus is on the African church father Augustine (354–430). All texts from his immense oeuvre in which he mentions biblical Ham are reviewed in chronological ...
• God, vertroue en twyfel : die vroue in die konsentrasiekampe tydens die Anglo-Boereoorlog 

  Van Wyk, I.W.C. (Ignatius William Charles) (AOSIS, 2023-09-11)

  Many books and articles have been written on the religious concept of the Afrikaner women who suffered in and survived the concentration camps during the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899–1902) in South Africa. It seems as if ...
• Expanding our horizons for new discourses about ʾIslam and Islamic living 

  Scatolini, Silvio S.S. (AOSIS, 2023-10-16)

  This article echoes the calls for systemically revisiting the theo-ontology and epistemology from which discourses on ʾIslām and Islamic living are construed. It highlights some Qurʾānic ideas that could contribute to ...
• Divine omnipresence and human suffering 

  Antombikums, Aku Stephen (Brill Academic Publishers, 2024-02)

  Traditionally, it is believed that God is all-powerful and omnipresent. Given the notion of divine omnipresence, why does it seem like God is absent amidst suffering? This paper presents a philosophical and theological ...
• The Kingdom of God and the transformation of the world : the call and role of the ecumenical movement 

  Pillay, Jerry (Wiley, 2023-11)

  The article explores how pivotal the kingdom of God has been and still is to the identity of the ecumenical movement. The discussion of the biblical vision of the kingdom, which is coming and yet is also present, offers a ...
• A critical analysis of the role played by the Presbyterian Church in Cameroon in addressing the political crisis in Cameroon, 1990 – 1992 

  Mokoko, Thomas Mbue (University of Pretoria, 2023-10-23)

  The aim of this study was to critically analyse the role played by the Presbyterian Church in Cameroon (PCC) in addressing the political crisis in Cameroon from 1990 – 1992. This research sourced data from primary and ...
• Towards an understanding of dispensationalism before John Nelson Darby : a transition from Disregard to Dialogue 

  Sanders, Marlin (University of Pretoria, 2023-10-05)

  The broad aim of this study is to recognize the instances where dispensational concepts arose throughout church history in order to dispel the common belief that dispensationalism is a modern phenomenon. The research ...
• Newman, Wesley and the logic of unity : an inductive approach to ecumenism 

  Morris-Chapman, Daniel John Pratt (AOSIS, 2023-03)

  It is a privilege to be invited to contribute to the Festschrift dedicated to Professor Johan Buitendag, Emeritus Dean, Faculty of Theology and Religion at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. While his own work often ...
• African traditional religion : a receptive vessel for the preparation for the Christian faith 

  Nthali, Micah Mhlupheki (University of Pretoria, 2023)

  South Africa has been characterised by affliction of colonialism, apartheid and the failure to love other races, a Christian country which oppressed and forced blacks to embrace western style of life imparted by the ...
• Women’s statement at the 1990 Rustenburg Church Conference : still an important voice from the past 

  Van der Merwe, J.M. (Johan Matthys) (AOSIS, 2022-11-21)

  The Rustenburg Conference of churches that took place in 1990 was a critical turning point for Christianity in South Africa. Besides the important declaration at the end of the conference, a statement was also made by the ...
• The significance of social justice and diakonia in the Reformed tradition 

  Pillay, Jerry (AOSIS, 2022-12-08)

  The Reformed tradition, emerging in the 16th-century Reformation, consists of a variety of sources that often lead to complex and differing views about beliefs, doctrines and ethics. However, this tradition and theology ...
• A Note on "substomachans" (Augustine, conf. 3.21) 

  Van Oort, Johannes (Hans) (Brill Academic Publishers, 2023-06)

  This brief note explains the curious word “substomachans” in conf. 3.21 from the Manichaean background of both Monnica’s bishop and Augustine. Based on this explanation, the note proposes a new translation of the phrase ...
• The Presbyterian church of South Africa : the early years, 1897–1923, and future prospects 

  Duncan, Graham A. (AOSIS, 2022-09-21)

  The formation of the Presbyterian Church of South Africa (PCSA) in 1897 was an acknowledgement of the principle of not doing separately what can be done together. The implementation of this principle was essential to the ...
• South Africa’s Reformed Churches improved aspects of the Dutch church polity in the 19th century 

  Du Toit, P.R. (Philippus) (AOSIS, 2022-09-14)

  Systematic theology determined church polity, and that had an influence on church history. Thus, the Church Order of Dordt (1618/19) was for centuries the standard of church polity within the Reformed Church in the Netherlands ...

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