Browsing HTS Volume 65, Number 1 (2009) by Title

Browsing HTS Volume 65, Number 1 (2009) by Title

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  • Pieterse, Hendrik J.C. (Hennie) (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2009)
    Preaching on the kingdom of God: A challenge in a new context of poverty. The question addressed by this article has to do with the content of preaching in the context of laws about affirmative action affecting white ...
  • Mobie, Titus R.; Masango, Maake J.S. (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)
    This article emphasises the importance of water resources, which are vital to the sustenance of life. Water is essential for various reasons: for drinking, for personal hygiene, for cooking, for watering crops, for cleaning ...
  • Vos, C.J.A. (Casparus Johannes Adam), 1945- (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2009-03)
    In many ways, the psalms fulfil a bridging function between divergent denominations that previously avoided each other. In the Hebrew text of the Psalter, most of the psalms have specific titles. However, none of these ...
  • Francis, Leslie John; Robbins, Amanda; Village, Andrew (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009-08)
    A sample of 389 experienced preachers completed a measure of psychological type. They then read Mark 1:29–39 and recorded their evaluations of the four refl ections on this passage proposed by Francis (1997) and which ...
  • Kok, Jacobus (Kobus); Niemandt, Cornelius Johannes Petrus (Nelus) (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)
    In this article, a few of the elements and dynamics of social movements will be explored. It will be argued that the traditional institutional church is in a critical period in the cycle of movements, where the need for ...
  • Wainwright, Elaine Mary, 1948-; Society of Biblical Literature. Matthew Section. Meeting (2008 : Boston, Mass.) (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)
    This article responds to the diversity of approaches in the five papers presented at the Matthew Section of the Society of Biblical Literature, held in Boston (Massachusetts), 21–25 November 2008. This response focuses on ...
  • Meylahn, Johann-Albrecht (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2009)
    The article seeks to respond to the question: What role can the sacred texts play in the construction of a Christian identity that is responsible to the other in a pluralistic global world? The sacred texts of the ...
  • Chirilă, Ioan (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)
    This article offers an overview of the development of Romanian theology through the 20th century, especially after 1989, which constituted a new era for the evolution of Romanian theology. The author believes that the ...
  • Harris, Johannes Christiaan Frederik; Venter, P.M. (Pieter Michiel), 1947- (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)
    This article reflects on the various nuances in meaning of the relationship terminology used in Hosea. These words are used in combination with one another, although used differently in different contexts. The different ...
  • Burger, Brian; Muller, Julian C. (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)
    Fighting crime in the new South Africa has taken on new challenges under a new constitution. Using a narrative approach to research, the stories of police officers were listened to and reflected upon theologically. This ...
  • Boesak, Allan Aubrey, 1946- (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009-11-06)
    Since the meeting of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches in Accra, Ghana (2004), and the adoption of the Accra Declaration, a debate has been raging in the churches about globalisation, socio-economic justice, ...
  • Haase, Hans-Wilfried (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009-11-06)
    This article provides a critical evaluation of the Accra Confession (WARC 2004). The misery in various regions of the southern hemisphere poses an extreme ethical challenge for the Christian faith; the outcry for justice ...
  • Weaver, Dorothy Jean (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)
    To read Matthew’s Gospel within the global context is to read this narrative vis-à-vis the urgent challenges facing the global community. One such challenge concerns the exercise of political power within the public arena. ...
  • Du Toit, Cornel W. (Cornelius Willem), 1953- (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009-08)
    This article explores a context for designing a new natural theology. The starting point is that traditional developments in this regard, from Augustine to Aquinas, Paley, Boyle and Barth, do not get us much further. Our ...
  • Brunsdon, Alfred R. (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009-10)
    Consolation as a unique outcome within a pastoral-narrative approach to grief The pastoral counselling of those who grieve poses new challenges to pastoral care. Because of the shift away from a modernist paradigm, the ...
  • Goosen, Daniel P. (Danie) (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009-09)
    Daar word dikwels in die literatuur na die teologies-politieke probleem as ’n konstante probleem in die geskiedenis van die mens verwys. Want, word gesê, die aansprake van die politieke en die godsdienstige verteenwoordig ...
  • Lombaard, Christoffel Johannes Stephanus (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009-11)
    The prosaic Mosaic death in Deuteronomy 34 leaves the way of life [foreign font omitted] as constituted in [foreign font omitted]. That is, par excellence: Life [foreign font omitted] is found in words. In Qohelet, another ...
  • Muller, Julian C.; De Beer, Sanrie (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2009)
    Sometimes we need a source of encouragement for restoring our own lives, to help us re-create ourselves. Using text as narrative texts opens up a multitude of possibilities in the work with clients in therapy. The story ...
  • Nel, Marius (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009-08)
    Children enjoy the tales of Daniel and his three friends, whether told in Sunday school, day school, by parents or grandparents. These tales are cast essentially in violent terms. In this article a specifi c version of ...
  • Venter, Philip P. (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)
    This article examines the ideology of the body, specifically in terms of the gender of Wisdom and God, from an ecojustice perspective. Femininity within a God construct could contribute to a value system that incorporates ...