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Browsing Theology by Author "Beyers, Jaco"
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Beyers, Jaco; Mphahlele, Dora N. (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2009)Jesus Christ, the Son of God, Son of Man, Son of David, Lord (Kyrios), Rabbi and Messiah. These are some of the names used by Christians today and even by the people from the era of Jesus Christ to address Him or to ...
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Beyers, Jaco; Kriel, Lize (Brill Academic Publishers, 2020-09)The artworks produced at the Evangelical Lutheran Church Art and Craft Centre at Rorke’s Drift, KwaZulu-Natal, have been highly appraised and appreciated in South African art-historical circles, not in the least so as ...
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Beyers, Jaco (AOSIS, 2023-07)The ‘dramatic poem’, Nathan der Weise [Nathan the Wise], was written in 1779 by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing in Germany. The scene is set in medieval Jerusalem, where Sultan Saladin rules and where the wealthy merchant Jew, ...
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Beyers, Jaco (Faculty of Theology of the University of the Orange Free State, 2013-06)Religion is a social phenomenon. Society and, therefore, religion will continue to exist as long as human beings exist. This article explores this syllogism, by analysing two 19th-century social theories on the future of ...
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Beyers, Jaco (AOSIS Open Journals, 2012-10-22)Human nature has been depicted as being utilitarian. This means that man considers all social action in terms of an optimalisation of privilege for the self. Marcel Mauss challenged this theory by investigating the ...
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Beyers, Jaco (AOSIS, 2021-07-13)The ideas of Friedrich Schleiermacher contributes hugely to the understanding of the concept of religion. Many scholars have published on the significance of Schleiermacher for theology, philosophy and hermeneutics. In ...
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Beyers, Jaco (AOSIS Open Journals, 2017)Inter-godsdienstige verhoudinge was nog altyd problematies. Teologie van godsdiens en teologie van godsdienste is die wyse waarop die Christendom oor die teenwoordigheid en aard van ander godsdienste besin. Die kerkhervormers ...
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Beyers, Jaco (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2002)Although the term syncretism does not appear in the Old Testament, syncretism is widely seen as the process resulting from the contact of religions. All forms of cultural and religious contact can however not be identified ...
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Muller, Julian C.; Beyers, Jaco (Society for Practical Theology in South Africa, 2007)Pastoral care to homosexual persons and those close to them is discussed from the perspective of George Lindbeck's (1984) theological typologies. The cultural-linguistic model is emphasised, its links to narrative practice ...
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Beyers, Jaco (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2016-11-18)Religious Studies is concerned with studying religion or the absence thereof. The concept of religion has been discussed, disliked and dissected over centuries. Some have predicted the disappearance of religion, others ...
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Reconstructing black identity : the Black Panther, Frantz Fanon and Achilles Mbembe in conversation Beyers, Jaco (AOSIS Open Journals, 2019-10-30)It is dehumanising to identify people in terms of colour. Stereotyping and discrimination come with racial identification. Black identity has been expressed in different forms over the centuries. For a long period black ...
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Beyers, Jaco (AOSIS, 2023-11-27)The aim of this contribution is to reflect on the relation between religion and morality. An overview of the different theories of the origin of morality is provided. According to Blanchard, there are four traditional ...
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Beyers, Jaco (AOSIS Open Journals, 2017-07)Religion and culture always exist in a close relation. Together with aesthetics and ethics, religion constitutes culture. As ethnicity becomes part of the related concepts, the relation with religion needs explanation. ...
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Beyers, Jaco (AOSIS, 2018-11)Violence is not only because of religious differences. Violence is part of human nature. While expressing and living a unique identity, people may experience animosity from 'the other' in society. The natural human response ...
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Beyers, Jaco (Association for the Study of Religion, 2015-08)Religion can be an effective instrument in politics. This has been a phenomenon all over the ages and different political contexts. Politicians utilise religion in order to gain political goals. This paper wants to ...
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Beyers, Jaco (OpenJournals Publishing, 2011-08)Human consciousness instinctively tries to make sense of reality. Different human interpretations of reality lead to a world consisting of multiple realities. Conflict occurs when differing realities (worldviews) encounter ...
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Beyers, Jaco (AOSIS Open Journals, 2013-06-12)The question as to the calling of the church is not a practical but a theological issue. The church can easily keep itself busy with activities that seem important. However, are these activities really the motivation ...
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Niemandt, Cornelius Johannes Petrus (Nelus); Beyers, Jaco (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2017)The history and contributions of the Department Science of Religion and Missiology at the UP have been described with a particular focus on a discussion of the understanding of both disciplines. In the case of Science of ...
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Beyers, Jaco (AOSIS Open Journals, 2018-08-14)During 2017, the year of its centenary celebration, the Faculty of Theology at the University of Pretoria finalised the process to change its name to the Faculty of Theology and Religion. This indicates an inclusivity ...
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Beyers, Jaco (OpenJournals Publishing, 2015-11-13)The concept of self-secularisation has been identified by Wolfgang Huber, bishop of the German Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland (EKD), when he reflected on the context of the church in Germany. Self-secularisation ...
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