Browsing HTS Volume 52, Number 4 (1996) by Title

Browsing HTS Volume 52, Number 4 (1996) by Title

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  • Corpus Christianum in die Middeleeue 
    Botha, S.J. (Schalk Jacobus), 1936- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1996)
    The origin and development of the idea of Christianity as a single society in the Roman Empire under the leadership of the state or emperor and the Church or pope is investigated. The idea developed differently in the East ...
  • Daniël 7-12 in sosiaal-wetenskaplike perspektief 
    Venter, P.M. (Pieter Michiel), 1947- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1996)
    In this social-scientific investigation a group of teaching intellectuals from the Hasidic movement are identified as the authors of Daniel 7-12. Their stance towards society during the crisis, brought about by the drastic ...
  • Dogma en kultuur 
    Koekemoer, J.H. (Johannes Hendrik), 1935- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1996)
    The necessity of a critical interpretation of dogma is evident among two lines. First, by its nature dogma is relative to the Word of God. Second, meanings, understanding and relevancies differ from one cultural setting ...
  • Enkele aspekte van Theodore Beza se politieke teorie, soos verwoord in sy 'De iure magistratuum' 
    Dreyer, Willem Akkerhuys (Wim) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1996)
    Beza's 'De iure magistratuum' had, directly or indirectly, a great influence on the development of political theory in Western Europe. In this paper the historical background of the 'De magistratuum' is discussed, as ...
  • Gebruik van die Ou Testament in die begronding van die kerk se kultuurtaak - 'n hermeneutiese probleem 
    Breytenbach, A.P.B. (Andries Petrus Bernardus), 1944- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1996)
    The conviction within the ranks of the Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk van Afrika that the church has a responsibility with regard to the social order is strongly based on a reading of the Old Testament which can be traced ...
  • Hervormde tradisie as heelmiddel 
    Loader, J.A. (James Alfred), 1945- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1996)
  • Het die kerk 'n politieke verantwoordelikheid? Oor die noodwendigheid en grense van die twee-ryke-Ieer 
    Van Wyk, I.W.C. (Ignatius William Charles) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1996)
    The question is asked whether the Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk van Afrika has a political responsibility in the new South Africa? It is often heard that the church has no political responsibility - especially in the new ...
  • Hoe is Jesus gekruisig? 
    Van der Watt, J.G. (Jan Gabriel), 1952-; Joubert, Stephan Jacobus, 1958- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1996)
    After an overview of various forms of crucifixion in the ancient world, the available archaeological data and artistic renderings of different means of crucifixion are discussed. The New Testament information concerning ...
  • Houding van die Openbaring van Johannes teenoor kultuur 
    Engelbrecht, J.J. (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1996)
    The last book of the Bible was not written in the first instance to say something about the believer's attitude towards and use of culture as such. However, between the lines important information is to be found. Those who ...
  • Kerk - kultuur - volk - owerheid 
    Dreyer, Willem Akkerhuys (Wim) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1996)
    Since 1994 the Republic of South Africa has undergone profound political and cultural changes. The churches in South Africa (including the Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk van Afrika as an Afrikaans-orientated church) need ...
  • Kerk en kultuur - 'n godsdiens-teologiese perspektief 
    Van der Merwe, P.J. (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1996)
    The intimate and symbiotic relationship between religion and culture postulated by various sociologists of religion is accepted as backdrop for an elaboration of the principle of the church being in the world but not of ...
  • Kerk en kultuur by die vryheidsoekende Afrikaner van die 19e eeu - 'n historiese ondersoek 
    Pont, A.D. (Adriaan Drost), 1927- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1996)
    In this study attention is given to the question of the correlation between and/or position of the church vis à vis culture among the republican Afrikaner of the 19th century. Initially attention is given to a ...
  • Kerk en kultuur in 'n postmoderne samelewing 
    Steenkamp, L.J.S. (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1996)
    The church never exists and acts in a cultural vacuum. Its members live within a given cultural framework of values and symbols co-existent in society. This entails a very real danger of the church subserving the pressure ...
  • Kerk se verantwoordelikheid teenoor die onderwys : is Artikel X van die Kerkwet (1986) van die Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk van Afrika teologies verantwoordbaar? 
    Botes, H.J. (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1996)
    This article aims to deal with the selfunderstanding of the Nederduitsch Hervomde Kerk van Afrika. In particular, attention is given on church polity and its effect on the practical implementation of the church's task to ...
  • Kultuurkritiek, eerste-eeuse kulturele wysheid en die alternatiewe visie van Jesus van Nasaret 
    Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1996)
    Culture criticism represents a critical position towards those culturally oriented studies which advocate a positivist subject-object schema in epistemology. In this kind of epistemology, knowing is a one-directional process ...
  • Modaliteite in die Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk van Afrika? 
    Botha, S.J. (Schalk Jacobus), 1936- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1996)
    In view of recent suggestions that opposing theological modalities could develop in the Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk van Afrika, the purpose of this paper is to consider the consequences of such a development. This is done ...
  • Moederskoot van Israel : 'n teologiese besinning oor die nuwe navorsingsresultate met betrekking tot die totstandkoming van Israel 
    Bezuidenhout, L.C. (Louis Christiaan) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1996)
    Recent research concerning the origin of Israel has the potential to cause theological disorientation. The birth of Israel and its religion was unpretentious and not as unique as it may appear in the Biblical accounts. ...
  • Prediking en kultuur 
    Dreyer, T.F.J. (Theunis Frederik Jacobus), 1946- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1996)
    This paper is an attempt to define the relation between culture and preaching. The Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk van Afrika frequently refers to the church as a 'peoples church' ('volkskerk'). Owing to political changes ...
  • Response to Rev S P Mpanza' s paper on the role of the church in the struggle against poverty with reference to the Reconstruction and Development Programme 
    Banda, Z.J. (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1996)
  • The role of the church in the struggle against poverty : a Hervormde Kerk in Suidelike Afrika perspective 
    Mpanza, S.P. (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1996)
    The essence of being a church is love. The church as an organization based on love has the responsibility of loving God, his people and the world which God himself loved first. This paper is about the responsibility of ...