Browsing Research Articles (University of Pretoria) by UP Author "Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.)"

Browsing Research Articles (University of Pretoria) by UP Author "Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.)"

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  • Albert Geyser’s resignation speech on 03 September 1968 
    Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.) (AOSIS Open Journals, 2017-07)
    On 01 October 1962, Albert Geyser resigned as professor of the University of Pretoria after having been found guilty of the charge of heresy. The Rector Professor C.H. Rautenbach, under pressure from church leadership, ...
  • "Anthropological rabbits" and "positive ducks" : an experiential reflection on Pieter Craffert's "shamanic Jesus" 
    Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.) (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2008-06)
    This article aims at conversing with aspects of the contribution Pieter Craffert (New Testament scholar from the University of South Africa) has made in his book on the historical Jesus, The life of a Galilean shaman : ...
  • Armoedekultuur : die leefwêreld van die Nuwe Testament en die situasie in Suid-Afrika vandag 
    Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1996)
    In this article poverty in the world of the New Testament is explained in the light of the social dynamics of the first century Eastern Mediterranean. The focus is on the sub-culture of the disreputable poor. Features of ...
  • Besinning oor die interpretasie van die geloof wat in die belydenis van die maagdelike verwekking van Jesus geleer word 
    Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2000)
    The aim of this article is to reflect on the hermeneutical premises related to doctrinal criticism. The dogma of the virginal conception of Jesus as recorded in the Heidelberg Catechism and the Belgic Confession serves as ...
  • Bybelse modelle van die huwelik : ’n kritiese perspektief 
    Dreyer-Kruger, Anet (Anna) Elizabeth; Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.) (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2007)
    The Christian marriage finds itself in a crisis. Churches worldwide are struggling to find answers to address the problem in their communities. The book of Adrian Thatcher “Marriage after modernity, Christian marriage ...
  • The "cause of Jesus" (Sache Jesu) as the Canon behind the Canon 
    Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2001)
    God, and not the Bible as such, is the church's primary authority. Jesus of Nazareth is the manifestation of God in history. In a post-Aufkllirung environment one cannot escape the demand to think historically. To discern ...
  • Christelike etiek vanuit die perspektief van naasteliefde : Rudolf Bultmann en Stoïsynse etiek 
    Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.) (OpenJournals Publishing, 2015-06-15)
    This article consists of various sections. The first concerns a cultural-sensitive explanation of the meaning of the term ‘neighbour’. The second exemplifies Rudolf Bultmann’s understanding of the meaning of the love ...
  • A commemoration of the legacy of Rudolf Bultmann, born 130 years ago 
    Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.) (2014-05)
    The article commemorates Rudolf Bultmann’s legacy and the date of his birth 130 years ago. It demonstrates Bultmann’s historical critical exegesis of the New Testament and his theological hermeneutics. The article explains ...
  • Continued importance of Jesus 
    Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1997)
    The different aspects of the influential nature of Jesus' life were handed down only after his death by those who met God on the basis of the traditions with regard to Jesus. The historical Jesus is therefore to be ...
  • Cultural criticism as an imperative for Christians 
    Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.) (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2005)
    In this article cultural criticism is approached from an epistemological perspective, in other words from the viewpoint of a theory of knowledge that includes matters such as the nature of knowledge, its sources, criteria, ...
  • Dekonstruksie van dogma : 'n eietydse ondersoek na die spore van die leer van die twee nature van Jesus 
    Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1999)
    The article presumes that religious language develops according to four phases: a movement from foundational religious experience to metaphorical language usage to confessional formulae to dogma. It is argued that Jesus’ ...
  • ‘Doctor of the academy’ : Ernst Fuchs 
    Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.); Van Wyk, Tanya (OpenJournals Publishing, 2016-09-30)
    This article focuses on the ‘New Hermeneutics’ as a development of the hermeneutics of Schleiermacher, Dilthey, Heidegger and Bultmann. The notion ‘hermeneutical theology’ is explained. From the perspective of the ...
  • ‘Doctor of the church’ : Gerhard Ebeling 
    Van Wyk, Tanya; Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.) (OpenJournals Publishing, 2016-09-30)
    This article’s point of departure is the camaraderie of two eminent Protestant theologians, Gerhard Ebeling and Ernst Fuchs. From the perspective of Eberhard Jüngel, Ebeling is described as a ‘doctor of the church’. ...
  • Does Historical Jesus research have a future? 
    Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2003)
    The aim of this article is to reflect on the work of historical Jesus scholars who represent the three facets in the research, referred to as the "New Quest", the "Third Quest", and the "Renewed New Quest". This is followed ...
  • The earliest Jesus group in Jerusalem 
    Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2004)
    Church formation in the history of early Christianity emanated from the kerygma about Jesus after his death. The kerygma was based on memories of Jesus which were used in the Christian cult as both explanation and apology ...
  • Ecodomy : life in its fullness – if love rules the oikoumene 
    Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.) (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2015-07-03)
    In the article related terms are deconstructively compared with each other, such as oikodomē (encouragement), dioikēsis theia (divine administration) and oikoumenē (inhabited world). The article aims to identify the ...
  • "Evangelie" van Paulus 
    Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2002)
    This article focuses on Paul's use of the term "gospel". It argues that the "gospel of Christ" is God's power for the recreation of humankind. Paul is Christ's apostle who is sent to proclaim this message. The message is ...
  • Fatherless in Galilee : ’n outobiografiese refleksie 
    Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.) (OpenJournals Publishing, 2013-09-05)
    The article is a academic, reworked version of a public speech in which the author explains his position expressed in his book Fatherless in Galilee: Jesus as Child of God, published in 2001 and which has created ...
  • Fatherlessness in first-century Mediterranean culture: the historical Jesus seen from the perspective of cross-cuitural anthropology and cultural psychology 
    Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1999)
    In the peasant society of Jesus' world the family revolved around the father. The father and the mother were the source of the family, not only in the biological sense, but because their interaction with their children created ...
  • First Testament in the Gospel of Matthew 
    Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1997)
    Matthew is to be read as a narration with an ongoing plot and an open end. There is a correlation between the (post-paschal) Jesus' commission and the risen Jesus' presence in his disciples' (post-paschal) commission until ...