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  • The parables of Jesus as critique on food security systems for vulnerable households in urban townships 
    Van Eck, Ernest; Mashinini, Meshack Mandla (OpenJournals Publishing, 2016-08-23)
    A recent empirical study on food shortage in South African urban townships indicates that food shortage embodies multi-faceted aspects with broader social implications, such as the sense of personal dignity, the ability ...
  • Was Paul among the contemplatives? 
    Panaggio, James; Van Eck, Ernest (OpenJournals Publishing, 2016-09-30)
    This article offers a critique of the contemporary Contemplative Tradition’s view of spiritual transformation from the lens of the universally accepted letters of Paul. The article argues that contemporary contemplatives, ...
  • Mythology, Weltanschauung, symbolic universe and states of consciousness 
    Malan, Gert Jacobus (OpenJournals Publishing, 2016-07-15)
    This article investigates whether different religious (mythological) worldviews can be described as alternative and altered states of consciousness (ASCs). Differences between conscious and unconscious motivations for ...
  • Witnesses to the truth : Mark’s point of view 
    MacDonald, Deven K.; Van Eck, Ernest (OpenJournals Publishing, 2016-08-12)
    This article presents a narratological reading of the Gospel of Mark with special attention given to the role, function and rhetorical impact of point of view. It is argued that through the use of ‘witnesses’ ranging ...
  • Bible subversion : an ideology critique of the manner and motif behind the use of scriptures by politicians 
    Speckman, McGlory (OpenJournals Publishing, 2016-09-30)
    The use of biblical texts by politicians in recent years has led to a proliferation of critical publications by biblical scholars. Some focus on reconstructing the rhetoric itself, others on analysing the historical ...
  • ‘Doctor of the church’ : Gerhard Ebeling 
    Van Wyk, Tanya; Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.) (OpenJournals Publishing, 2016-09-30)
    This article’s point of departure is the camaraderie of two eminent Protestant theologians, Gerhard Ebeling and Ernst Fuchs. From the perspective of Eberhard Jüngel, Ebeling is described as a ‘doctor of the church’. ...
  • ‘Doctor of the academy’ : Ernst Fuchs 
    Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.); Van Wyk, Tanya (OpenJournals Publishing, 2016-09-30)
    This article focuses on the ‘New Hermeneutics’ as a development of the hermeneutics of Schleiermacher, Dilthey, Heidegger and Bultmann. The notion ‘hermeneutical theology’ is explained. From the perspective of the ...
  • The Gift of the Spirit in John 19:30? A Reconsideration of ... 
    Smit, Peter-Ben A. (Catholic Biblical Association of America, 2016-07)
    Based on insights from the history of interpretation, a Synoptic comparison, linguistic considerations, and narrative observations, I argue that the unusual expression in John 19:30 indicates primarily that Jesus has ...
  • Paul's use of the Synoptic Jesus tradition 
    Hiestermann, Heinz Arnold (University of Pretoria, 2016)
    This dissertation compares the Jesus traditions in Paul s genuine letters to the synoptic Jesus tradition. The aim is to identify parallels between Jesus traditions in the Pauline letters and synoptic gospels and to determine ...
  • Luther and the Law in the Lutheran Church of Uganda 
    Ekyarikunda, Enoch Macben (University of Pretoria, 2015)
    This study with the title Luther and the Law in the Lutheran Church of Uganda investigates how the Law is understood and interpreted by Lutherans in the Church of Uganda. It studies the Lutheran understanding of the Law ...
  • Paul and Spiritual transformation 
    Panaggio, Jim Angelo (University of Pretoria, 2016)
  • Allegiance, opposition, and misunderstanding : a narrative critical approach to "Son of God" in Mark's gospel 
    MacDonald, Deven Keith (University of Pretoria, 2016)
  • Ritual failure in Romans 6 
    Smit, Peter-Ben A. (OpenJournals Publishing, 2016-08-05)
    Ritual studies are slow to make a large impact on New Testament studies, despite a number of notable exceptions. This notwithstanding, rituals occur frequently in the New Testament, in particular when there is a problem ...
  • Crucifiction? The reimagination of crucifixion as failed imperial ritual in Philippians 2:5–11 
    Smit, Peter-Ben A. (Sage, 2016)
    In this paper the famous “hymn” in Philippians 2:5–11 is considered from the perspective of the study of ritual failure. It is argued that the crucifixion of Jesus, as it is mentioned in this text, can well be considered ...
  • Social equality and Christian life in Paul's first letter to the Corinthians 
    Tilly, Michael (SUNMeDIA, 2016)
    This contribution seeks to clarify how the category of eschatological equality in 1 Corinthians is to be ascertained. Is equality, in this instance, to be understood as the annulment of status differences within the ...
  • Combining Ricoeur and Bultmann on myth and demythologising 
    Malan, Gert Jacobus (OpenJournals Publishing, 2016-07-08)
    A previous article investigated Ricoeur’s stance on myth and demythologising. The intersection of Ricoeur and Bultmann’s work in this field was noted and a future comparison was envisaged with a view to a possible merger. ...
  • Säkularisierung : theorie und kontext. Säkularisierungstheorien aus systematischer und historiographischer Sicht 
    Smit, Peter-Ben A. (Internationale kirchliche Zeitschrift (IKZ), 2016)
    Dass ich mich heute aus systematischer Sicht zum Thema «Theorien und Auswirkungen der Säkularisierung» äussere, mag auf den ersten Blick überraschen, da ich in Bern zwar zu einem neutestamentlichen Thema doktoriert habe ...
  • Ensiklopedie van die Evangelie van Matteus : transtekstuele eggo’s 
    Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.) (AOSIS Open Journals, 2016-06-28)
    This article argues that the Gospel of Matthew should be interpreted as a commentary on Mark in light of Derrida’s notion ‘difference’, Barthes’ understanding of ‘fictional encyclopaedia’ en Gennette’s ‘transtextuality’. ...
  • Ricoeur on myth and demythologising 
    Malan, Gert Jacobus (OpenJournals Publishing, 2016-07-08)
    Since Jean Paul Gustav Ricoeur’s passing away in 2005, there has been a significant international resurgence of interest in his work. Coming to grips with the sheer extent of Ricoeur’s publications on a variety of subjects ...
  • Myth as metaphor 
    Malan, Gert Jacobus (OpenJournals Publishing, 2016-07-08)
    Modern Christianity has failed to update its myths and has even eliminated them, thus, excluding the metaphysical experience indispensable to religion (Jung). Myths should be interpreted, not eliminated. Answering the ...