Browsing HTS Volume 63, Number 4 (2007) by Title

Browsing HTS Volume 63, Number 4 (2007) by Title

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  • Karl Barth as a homilist 
    Dreyer, T.F.J. (Theunis Frederik Jacobus), 1946- (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2007-11)
    Any tribute to Karl Barth as the most important theologian of the 20th century must show an awareness of the many facets of his work. He will long be remembered for his monumental contribution to church dogmatics. The ...
  • Karl Barth's definition of church in politics and culture : growth points for the church in South Africa 
    Bentley, Wessel (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2007-11)
    The article describes briefly Karl Barth's views on church, its role in politics and how it relates to culture. This is done by identifying the way in which the church participates in the social realm through its relationship ...
  • Karl Barth's epistemology : a critical appraisal 
    Veldsman, D.P. (Daniel Petrus), 1959- (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2007-11)
    Can the great 20th century systematic theologian Karl Barth justify the fundamental beliefs he holds regarding the priority of God's revelation in Jesus Christ as put forward in his impressive and comprehensive Kirchliche ...
  • Karl Barth's male-female order : a kingpin of dogmatic disparity 
    Dreyer, Yolanda (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2007-11)
    Karl Barth's gender perspective is often analysed with reference to his so-called "theoethics" or "creational theology". This perspective perpetuates an asymmetry in gender relations that was prevalent in Biblical times, ...
  • Karl Barth's male-female order as asymmetrical theoethics 
    Dreyer, Yolanda (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2007-11)
    This article is to argues that Karl Barth's revelation-based theology represents male bias entrapped within patriarchal Christian tradition. The rigid way of using the revelation-based model in exegesis and theology goes ...
  • Karl Barth's role in church and politics from 1930 to 1935 
    Groenewald, Andre Johannes (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2007-11)
    Karl Barth saw in natural theology a threat to the church of Christ. He was convinced that the so-called "German Christians" under the influence of the National Socialist Party practised natural theology. He advocated the ...
  • Karl Barth’s understanding of mission : the Church in relationship 
    Bentley, Wessel (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2009)
    As the Church is moving towards its 21st century of existence, it is confronted by challenges it has never known before. This changing world demands self-reflection within the Church. It has to consider its place, identity ...
  • On reading Karl Barth in South Africa today : Karl Barth as public theologian? 
    Laubscher, Martin (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2007)
    This article investigates the specific nature by which Karl Barth could be considered as a public theologian in post-apartheid South Africa. The aim is to enrich the debate in the current field of public theology in ...
  • Some Barthian perspectives on the present science-religion debate : what is the place of "natural theology" today? 
    Du Toit, Cornel W. (Cornelius Willem), 1953- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2007)
    As an example of the context-relatedness of Barth’s work, this article compares his crisis theology with Heidegger’s philosophy of Being. Further examples are Barth’s reaction to the modernism of his time, with its accent ...
  • Tambach remixed : "Christians in South African society" 
    Senokoane, B.B. (Tumi); Kritzinger, J.N.J. (Johannes Nicolaas Jacobus), 1950- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2007)
    This article flows from the previous one, which analysed Karl Barth’s Tambach lecture in its original German context. It uses the musical metaphor of “remixing” to describe the recontextualising of Barth’s Tambach approach ...
  • "Was sollen wir tun?" Theological reflections on aspects of the ethics of Karl Barth 
    Van Wyk, J.H. (Amie) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2007)
    The author investigates some aspects of the ethics of the wellknown Swiss theologian Karl Barth. The article focuses on to the coherence between dogmatics and ethics, aspects of theocentricity and christocentricty, followed ...
  • Who is the sinner? The view of Karl Barth 
    Van Zyl, F.J. (Francois Jacobus) (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2007-11)
    This article focuses on Karl Barth's view of the human being as sinner. In accordance with his christological approach to all theological matters, the article aims to argue that Barth describes the image and character of ...