HTS Volume 53, Number 3 (1997)
http://hdl.handle.net/2263/17396
2024-03-28T19:39:44ZBelief in God among South African youth and its relation to their religious socialization and praxis
http://hdl.handle.net/2263/18194
Belief in God among South African youth and its relation to their religious socialization and praxis
Van der Ven, Johannes A.; Dreyer, Jaco S.
This article investigates belief in God among 538 students from standard 9 who attend Anglican and Catholic schools in the Johannesburg/ Pretoria region, and relates this belief to the students' religious socialization and praxis. The students' belief in God appears to correlate strongly with their religious praxis in the present and less so with
their religious socialization. However, some elements within this religious socialization play a rather important role, namely the parents' religious modelling, communication, and transfer. Two elements do not appear to have any influence at all, namely the parents' church participation and the parents' religious steering of students in the past and present.
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1997-01-01T00:00:00ZFictional transfiguration of Jesus : images of Jesus in literature
http://hdl.handle.net/2263/18192
Fictional transfiguration of Jesus : images of Jesus in literature
Du Toit, C.W.
Over the years the literary world has been one of the most productive and creative sources of Jesus interpretation. This article gives an overview of some aspects of developments in this field with reference to the African and Afrikaner contexts. The way in which Jesus is fictionally transformed may reflect the influence of scholarly research, popular and innovative Jesus interpretations, existential questions, and cultural fluctuations, or simply a celebration of imagination. The relationship between
theology and literature is vital to both fields. Theology is challenged by the freedom of the novel and the novel stimulated by theological findings. After dealing with some categories of fictional narratives, a few examples are discussed. The article gives attention to Jesus in postmodern novels and in postcolonial literature. An African novel is referred
to and then Jesus is dealt with more extensively in Afrikaans poems. Examples are given from the work of Sheila Cussons, Breyten Breytenbach and Adam Small. The article closes with the sentiment that Jesus interpretations remain a critical and creative comment on humankind and its religion.
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1997-01-01T00:00:00ZJesus and cultural values : family life as an example
http://hdl.handle.net/2263/18190
Jesus and cultural values : family life as an example
Osiek, Carolyn
'Family values' is a set of traditional images that most cultures collect, images drawn mostly from an idealized picture of family life in the recent past. For Christians, the popular image of Jesus gets included: the Holy Family as a nuclear family unit, Jesus blessing children, Jesus as advocate of traditional family life. A closer reading of both contemporary family life and the Gospels reveals that things are not what they seem. Contemporary family life in Western societies is structured quite differently than the ideal. Jesus' family life was spent in a peasant village surrounded by relatives and neighbours, with little privacy and strong social pressure towards conformity. The gospel records indicate that he did not conform, and paid the price: rejection and misunderstanding by his extended family. The Synoptic Gospels consistently portray not only an estrangement between Jesus and his family, but Jesus' encouragement of his disciples to break family ties in favour of the surrogate family of the circle of disciples. In a culture in which kinship loyalty was essential, this message caused deep problems for early Christians which the authors of the household codes of Ephesians, Colossians, the Pastoral Epistles, and 1 Peter tried to alleviate.
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1997-01-01T00:00:00ZVoorstellings van Batseba : intertekstualiteit in literĂªre kuns, beeldende kuns en werklikheid
http://hdl.handle.net/2263/18179
Voorstellings van Batseba : intertekstualiteit in literĂªre kuns, beeldende kuns en werklikheid
Bezuidenhout, L.C. (Louis Christiaan)
Interesting parallels between literary and visual arts exist. A text may
possess visuality, while visual arts may possess textuality. In this paper,
the interrelations between the literary description of the story of David
and Bathsheba (2 Sm 11) and depictions of this story in the visual arts
are explored. For some reason, this story possesses exceptional creative
potential. Particular attention is given to the painting 'The Toilet of
Bathsheba (1654)' by Rembrandt. An analysis of this painting sheds
light on the subtle dynamics of the story. Its haunting beauty succeeds in
communicating the complex implications of the story. Sexuality serves as
an interface between the story and reality, luring the reader into this
intrigue. The reader finds himself unexpectedly in David's position. By
acknowledging this kind of intertextuality, new dimensions of meaning
can be explored.
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