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  • 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 ...
  • The love for the poor neighbour : in memory of her (Matthew 26:6-13) 
    Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.) (University of the Free State, Faculty of Theology, 2016)
    This article explores whether the Jesus saying in Matthew 26:11 contradicts the Jesus tradition about caring for the poor. Bultmann’s understanding of the love commandment provides a key to understanding this perceived ...
  • Why did people choose for the Jesus-Movement? 
    Verhoef, Eduard (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2016-06-10)
    The must have been critical factors that made the growth of Christianity possible. What factors made it possible for Christianity to grow from 0 to 10 per cent of the population of the Roman Empire in the year 300, and ...
  • The imago Dei weltanschauung as narrative motif within the Corinthian correspondence 
    Kok, Jacobus (Kobus); Maqoma, Phumzile Walter (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2016-06-13)
    This article reflects on the doctrine of humanity to explore that God created humankind in his image and likeness, and this means that all human beings have an inherent capacity to know the difference between good and ...
  • A kairos for the lowly? Reflections on Luke’s story of a rejected fortune or tyche and lessons for South Africa 
    Speckman, McGlory (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2016-06-17)
    This article argues that failure of Jerusalem to accept or recognise its fortune (Lk 19:41–44) may be ascribed to a difference in expectations between the Temple rulers and the lowly, who interacted with Jesus at their ...
  • Discursive investigation into John's internalised spirit identity and its implication 
    Dube, Zorodzai (OpenJournals Publishing, 2016-05-31)
    What does it mean to live in a society where everything good is located within one ethnicity, and geography? In reading the gospel of John, one gets the impression that faithful disciples, the Holy Spirit and morality ...
  • Luther and the law in the Lutheran Church of Uganda 
    Ekyarikunda, Enoch; Van Eck, Ernest (OpenJournals Publishing, 2016-05-26)
    This article investigates the role of the Law in the Lutheran Church of Uganda. It investigates how the Law is understood and lived among Lutherans in Uganda. Luther, the sixteenthcentury Reformer, understood and interpreted ...
  • Strengthening the Ubuntu social canopy after the Afrophobic attacks 
    Dube, Zorodzai (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2016-05-23)
    In view of the aftermath of the Afrophobic attacks in South Africa, this study regards Paul’s emphasis concerning common humanity and morality as a possible lacuna towards strengthening Ubuntu. Paul taught that both the ...
  • Abraham and Jesus as ancient migrants : an African migration perspective 
    Dube, Zorodzai (De GruyterOpen, 2016)
    The study is a response to the call for papers that focuses on African issues and, I chose to discuss the issue of migration. Though not a historical document, the Bible records various journeys that the ancient people ...
  • Engaging Conradie’s theses 
    Loubser, Gysbert Matthys Hendrik (Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology, 2015)
    Conradie’s twelve theses form a concise and dense text that aims to engage a wide range of conversations between theologians and other scientists. It reads like a mission statement in which he addresses the characteristics and ...
  • Affirmative action as an approach to economic restitution in post-apartheid South Africa : a reading of Luke 19:1-10 
    Harold, Godfrey (Baptist Union of Southern Africa, 2015)
    In an article entitled “Race and Racism” Andrews (2014:402) quoting Shivers (2008), argues that to build on the cornerstones of repentance and reconciliation requires us to deal with racism’s legacy. While the South African ...
  • The text form of LXX Genesis 28:12 by Philo of Alexandria and in the Jesus-Logion of John 1:5 
    Steyn, Gert Jacobus (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2015-08)
    Most studies on the explicit quotations in the New Testament in the past mainly occupied themselves with their application and reinterpretation within their new contexts. Recent research on the Antiochene text (formerly ...
  • The use of biblical themes in the debate concerning the xenophobic attacks in South Africa 
    Dube, Zorodzai (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2015-11-04)
    The study draws from the ideas of Jürgen Habermas, Daniel Trotter and Christian Fuchs, Zizi Papacharissis, Yochai Benkler and Christian Fuchs to investigate the use of social media as a platform to express ideas against ...
  • The radicality of early Christian oikodome : a theology that edifies insiders and outsiders 
    Kok, Jacobus (Kobus) (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2015-11-30)
    In this article a study is made of the concept ‘oikodome’ and its derivatives in the New Testament and early Christianity. Hence, in this essay the focus is limited to the use of the term οἰκοδομέω/οἰκοδομὴ(ν) in the New ...
  • Student leadership and advocacy for social cohesion : a South African perspective 
    Speckman, McGlory (African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes, 2015)
    This article utilises the insights of sociology and social psychology in defining social cohesion, outlining the ideal state and making a case for the role of student leadership in social cohesion. It draws from ...
  • Sleepy scribes and clever critics : a classification of conjectures on the text of the New Testament 
    Kamphuis, Bart L.F.; Krans, Jan L.H.; Castelli, Silvia; Peerbolte, Bert Jan Lietaert (Brill Academic Publishers, 2015-01)
    This article presents a classification of conjectures on the text of the New Testament. It focusses on the types of arguments used by conjectural critics. The argumentation for a conjecture basically comprises (1) the ...
  • The Social Gospel movement revisited : consequences for the church 
    Jacobs, Pierre J. (OpenJournals Publishing, 2015-08)
    This article introduces South African churches to the reasons why elements of the late 19th and early 20th century Social Gospel movement encourages local churches to participate in their respective communities through ...