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

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

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  • Beyond divine command theory : moral realism in the Hebrew Bible 
    Gericke, Jacobus Wilhelm (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009-09)
    Philosophical approaches to ancient Israelite religion are rare, as is metaethical reflection on the Hebrew Bible. Nevertheless, many biblical scholars and philosophers of religion tend to take it for granted that the ...
  • Calvin and mission 
    Labuschagne, Jacobus P. (Kobus) (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)
    It has often been stated or implied that John Calvin and the Reformers in general were indifferent to or even against mission. The aim of this study is to point out that this understanding is not a true version of the ...
  • Calvin’s election mix in small-scale theology 
    Loader, J.A. (James Alfred), 1945- (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009-11)
    This paper shows how Calvin’s ideas about the Old Testament concept of Israel’s election can be dangerous when they are applied uncritically. The main illustration material is drawn from a context the author was himself ...
  • Canon, intertextuality and history in Nehemiah 7:72B-10:40 
    Venter, P.M. (Pieter Michiel), 1947- (OpenJournals, 2009)
    The forming of the Hebrew Bible can be depicted as an ongoing movement from traditum to traditio. Several parallel and interactive phenomena contributed to this process. One of these was intertextuality, which played a ...
  • A canonical-literary reading of Lamentations 5 
    Kang, Shinman; Venter, P.M. (Pieter Michiel), 1947- (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)
    This article presents a canonical and literary reading of Lamentations 5 in the context of the book of Lamentations as a whole. Following the approach by Vanhoozer (1998, 2002) based on speech-act theory, the meaning of ...
  • Challenges and opportunities for Korean missionaries in Southern Africa 
    Meiring, Piet (Pieter Gerhard Jacobus), 1941-; Oh, Kyung Hwan (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2009)
    This article describes the history of missions in Korea as well as the challenges and opportunities for Korean missionaries in Southern Africa. The most significant problems encountered by Korean missionaries include ...
  • The concept of empire as a stumbling stone : aspects of an ecumenical discussion on the theme of empire 
    Wasserloos-Strunk, Martina (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009-11-06)
    The topic of empire is one of the main disputed points in the discussion following the ‘Accra Declaration’. This article evaluates several points of view from the South and North concerning ‘empire’ and shows how the ...
  • Congregational analysis : a theological and ministerial approach 
    Nel, Malan (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)
    The research problem concerned is: What criteria should be used when congregations are analysed? Congregations as faith communities are defined differently. Identifying the local congregation as a defined and as an empirical ...
  • Congregational analysis revisited : empirical approaches 
    Nel, Malan (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)
    The research problem of concern here is: What criteria should be used when congregations are analysed? Congregations as faith communities are defined variously. Discerning the local congregation as a defined and as an ...
  • A contextualised reading of Matthew 6:22–23 : ‘your eye is the lamp of your body’ 
    Viljoen, Francois P. (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009-07)
    For the modern reader the logion ‘The eye is the lamp of the body’ is puzzling. While most scholars concur that it has something to do with greed and envy, they often fail to explain this correlation between inner attitudes ...
  • ‘Covenanting for justice’? on the Accra document, reformed theology and reformed ecclesiology 
    Smit, Dirkie J. (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009-11-06)
    The essay provides a brief summary of the main argument of the Accra Document drafted by the World Alliance of Reformed Churches and entitled ‘Covenanting for Justice in the Economy and the Earth’. The focus is on ...
  • Descendit ad [in] inferna : ‘a matter of no small moment in bringing about redemption’ 
    Buitendag, Johan (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)
    This article endorses Calvin’s conviction that the ‘descendit ad inferna’ of the Apostles’ Creed is part of the ‘summary of doctrine‘ and a matter of ‘no small moment in bringing about redemption‘ (Calvin 1960:Inst. II, ...
  • Die metafoor ‘saam met Christus gekruisig’ in kultuurhistoriese verband 
    Malan, Japie P. (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)
    The metaphor ‘being crucifi ed with Christ’ in sociohistorical context Crucifi xion is a concept that is far removed from the experience and understanding of the 21stcentury post-modern man. To understand the power of ...
  • Down memory lane to a better future 
    Vorster, J.M. (Jakobus Marthinus) (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009-09)
    In the body of research on an ethics of forgiveness, scholars differ about the place of remembrance in the act of forgiveness. One line of thought follows the argument of the philosopher Nietzsche, who maintained that ...
  • Economic and social ethics in the work of John Calvin 
    Freudenberg, Matthias (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009-11-06)
    John Calvin and Reformed Protestantism interlinked questions of life and death with questions of faith. Not only faith and the church, but life in general call for constant renewal through the word of God. These processes ...
  • Economic globalisation and economic justice : covenanting for action between the Reformed churches of South Africa and Germany 
    Damon, Malcolm (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009-11-06)
    The premise of this article is that ethical moral formation or ‘covenanting for justice’ leads to action. The covenanting church itself, in conjunction with other movements, works for justice in all areas of life. The ...
  • ‘Electricity is running through my veins’ : die Symbiose zwischen Mensch und Technologie in Marshall McLuhan’s Medientheorie 
    Kraleva, Valia (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)
    In contrast to a widespread technical-mathematical media model that reduces electronic media to transmission channels, thereby making information into a quantifiable commodity, Canadian media theorist Marshall McLuhan, as ...
  • European dimensions in Romanian theological discourse 
    Chirilă, Ioan (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)
    This article underlines particularly those aspects of Romanian theology that distinguish it from other theological reflections. By making use of liturgical discourse, Romanian theology reflects the ecumenical dimension of ...
  • Farewell and appreciation to Adri Goosen, HTS Publication Coordinator 
    Dreyer, Yolanda (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)
    'Voordat ek by die HTS-span aangesluit het, was ek 'n aantal jare sekretaresse by 'n skool en by die NG Gemeente Lynnwoodrif. Met die kinders nog op laerskool, was die oggendposte ideaal. 'n Hoogtepunt en in diepte ...
  • Farewell to a colleague and friend of HTS : dedication 
    Buitendag, Johan (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)
    Opgedra aan prof. dr P.J. van der Merwe by geleentheid van aanvaarding van emeritaat 31 Desember 2009. Dit is vir die redaksie 'n voorreg en eer om hierdie uitgawe van die HTS Teologiese Studies aan sy langsdienende lid, ...