Browsing HTS Volume 61, Number 3 (2005) by Title

Browsing HTS Volume 61, Number 3 (2005) by Title

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  • The political responsibility of the church : on the necessity and boundaries of the theory of the two kingdoms 
    Van Wyk, I.W.C. (Ignatius William Charles) (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2005)
    The voice of the church has fallen silent in the new political dispensation in South Africa. Many people in the Dutch Reformed Church in Africa (Nederduitsch Hervormde Church) argue that the church should keep its distance ...
  • Preaching and culture 
    Dreyer, T.F.J. (Theunis Frederik Jacobus), 1946- (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2005)
    Before the new political dispensation in South Africa (1994), the Dutch Reformed Church in Africa (Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk van Afrika) referred to the church as a “peoples church” (volkskerk). Owing to political changes ...
  • The relation between church and world/culture in view of the Pauline "as if not" 
    Pelser, G.M.M. (Gerhardus Marthinus Maritz) (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2005)
    In this study, the question is posed whether Paul was of the opinion that, apart from proclaiming the gospel, the church should be involved in cultural matters and even take responsibility for furthering cultural causes. ...
  • Revisiting justice in the first four Beatitudes in Matthew (5:3-6) and the story of the Canaanite woman (Mt 15:21-28) : a postcolonial reading 
    Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.); Rukundwa, L.S. (Lazare Sebitereko) (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2005)
    Reading the Gospel of Matthew from the perspective of postcolonial theory means taking the context of the Gospel seriously. The political and religious circumstances of Palestine under Roman colonization influenced Matthean ...
  • Sexuality and shifting paradigms - setting the scene 
    Dreyer, Yolanda (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2005)
    The social environment of the Biblical world can be distinguished in the Eastern Mediterranean (Semitic) and the Western Mediterranean (Greco-Roman) contexts. From a historical chronological perspective these contexts first ...
  • Spirituality and health : a narrative-pastoral approach 
    Truter, C.J.; Kotze, D.J. (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2005)
    Health is much more than the absence of illness; it is rather a “high level wellness” and a life with “meaningful life-possibilities”. This article indicates how meaningful life-possibilities and a high level of wellness ...
  • Theology and psychology - the interdisciplinary work of Fraser Watts 
    Smith, Willem Jacobus (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2005)
    In the preface to his book, Theology and Psychology, Fraser Watts, a lecturer in Theology and Natural Science at the University of Cambridge, states that he approaches “… the interface between theology and psychology by ...