Browsing HTS Volume 63, Number 3 (2007) by Issue Date

Browsing HTS Volume 63, Number 3 (2007) by Issue Date

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  • Romans 1:18-32 amidst the gay-debate : Interpretative options 
    Punt, Jeremy (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2007)
    The prominence of Romans 1:18-32 in the gay-debate is the subject of various and wide-ranging opinions as far as the most adequate interpretation of this passage. This contribution puts the debate about the text into ...
  • Missional theology and social development 
    Hendriks, H. Jurgens (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2007)
    The article describes a theological paradigm shift taking place in congregations in South Africa that empower them to become involved in development work as a way of serving their neighbor. It also opens the possibility ...
  • The identification and examination of the elements that caused a schism in the Johannine community at the end of the first century CE 
    Van der Merwe, D.G. (Dirk Gysbert) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2007)
    A group of people within the Johannine community (2:18) contributed towards destroying the fellowship of this community. Because 1 and 2 John do not provide direct evidence of the identities of the community’s ...
  • Pre-natale sterfte en ritueel : die behoefte aan 'n betekenisvolle ritueel in die hantering van 'n miskraam of aborsie 
    Nel, Johan (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2007)
    Both religion and ritual amongst others are ways by which people can express feelings in their relationships with others, the world and the Almighty God. Religion and ritual are often used to come to a better understanding ...
  • Defining poverty as distinctively human 
    Lotter, H.P.P. (Hendrik Petrus Pienaar) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2007)
    While it is relatively easy for most people to identify human beings suffering from poverty, it is rather more difficult to come to a proper understanding of poverty. In this article the author wants to deepen our ...
  • Krities-hermeneutiese perspektief op die huwelik in ’n postmoderne era 
    Dreyer-Kruger, Anet (Anna) Elizabeth; Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.) (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2007)
    This research report consists of two articles. The first part is titled: Biblical models of marriage: A critical perspective. In the first article the book of Adrian Thatcher (1999) Marriage after modernity: Christian ...
  • Undoing the sleights of hand : prophets and scholars - two mythic discourses 
    Van den Heever, G. (Gerhard) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2007)
    By comparing the historical recalibration of the myth of the Mother of the Gods in Athens with the scholarly construction of the mysteries in nineteenth and twentieth century religio-historical scholarship, this essay ...
  • Sosiaal-wetenskaplike kritiese eksegese van Nuwe-Testamentiese tekste : ’n kritiese oorsig van die eerste resultate 
    Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.) (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2007)
    The article is the second of a series that aim to introduce socialscientific exegesis of New Testament texts. Social-scientific criticism represents an exegetical approach by means of which the rhetoric of texts is ...
  • Tussen secularisering en religiositeit : de dynamiek van protestantse theologiebeoefening 
    Immink, F. Gerrit (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2007-09)
    In Protestantism the notion of faith is a core category. It expresses a specific and dynamic relationship between God and the human world. In the development of modern Protestant theology, processes of subjectivism and ...
  • Demistifikasie van die metafoor "die kerk as bruid" 
    Botha, Annelie; Dreyer, Yolanda (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2007-09)
    Because of the important role language, imagery and metaphors plays in the lives of human beings, it is necessary to explore the origins and implications of metaphors that could be potentially harmful to the quality of ...
  • Feministiese narratief-pastorale perspektief op die huwelikbevestigingsformuliere van die Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk 
    Botha, Annelie; Dreyer, Yolanda (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2007-09)
    This article is the second which focuses on the metaphor "the church as bride". Its aim is to demystify this metaphor's use in the marriage formulary of the Nederduitsch Hervormde Church of Africa from the perspective of ...
  • Historical understanding and rethinking the foundations 
    Le Roux, J.H. (Jurie Hendrik), 1944- (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2007-09)
    This article contributes to the fundamental rethinking of New Testament scholarship being undertaken by New Testament scholars attached to the University of South Africa (UNISA), Pretoria, South Africa. The thrust of the ...
  • Old Testament exegesis : reflections on methodology 
    Groenewald, Alphonso, 1969- (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2007-09)
    The question of methodology remains important in dealing with biblical texts, given the fact that the Hebrew Bible is not an uncomplicated book. Its meaning is embedded in the history of the people who wrote it, read it, ...
  • The formation of postcolonial theory 
    Rukundwa, L.S. (Lazare Sebitereko); Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.) (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2007-09)
    The purpose of this article is to outline certain options and struggles, which gave rise to postcolonial theory. The author deals with various experiences of anti-slavery and anti-colonial movements in Western and ...
  • Sosiaal-wetenskaplike kritiese eksegese van Nuwe-Testamentiese tekste - 'n voortgaande debat sonder einde 
    Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.) (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2007-09)
    The aim of this article is to describe the multifarious facets of social-scientific critical exegesis. It consists of a discussion of the theoretical epistemological premises behind anthropological models employed in the ...
  • Huwelik as identiteitsmerker in die Ou Testament 
    Venter, P.M. (Pieter Michiel), 1947- (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2007-09)
    The formularies used for consecrating marriages in the Nederduitsch Hervormde Church reflect this church's view on matrimony. As the biblical bases of the formularies are deficient, new ways of exploring biblical information ...
  • A clash of symbolic universes : Judeanism vs Hellenism 
    Cromhout, Markus (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2007-09)
    This article investigates how Judeans responded to Hellenism in order to maintain the integrity of their ethnic identity. Judeanism and Hellenism are regarded as alternative "symbolic universes". It is shown that Judeans ...
  • The growth of partnership in mission in global mission history during the twentieth century 
    Duncan, Graham A. (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2007-09)
    Partnership in mission came to be a byword for developing missionary relationships during the twentieth century. During this time its meaning and practice changed, often imperceptibly. This is seen in the regular conferences ...
  • Gebruik van 'n handpop as medeterapeut en 'n vyfjarige kankerpasient : 'n narratief-terapeutiese benadering 
    Du Plessis, Yolandi; Muller, Julian C. (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2007-09)
    This article reflects on the use of a hand puppet (Billy Bear) in narrative therapeutic conversations with a five year old girl (pseudonym Lisa) who has been diagnosed with leukaemia (blood cancer). The first part of this ...
  • Schellings Wesensbestimmung des Christentums in den Vorlesungen über die Methode des akademischen Studiums 
    Danz, Christian (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2007-09)
    This article focuses on Schelling's lectures on scientific methodology, published in 1802. In these Vorlesungen Schelling developed his theory about the essence of Christianity against the background of a "philosopy of ...