• A few remarks on the Inedita Pseudo-Chrysostomic Homily De transfiguratione et eleemosyna (CPG 5009; BHGn 1996t) 

  Garbacea, Radu (OpenJournals Publishing, 2021-08-27)

  The article presents the preliminary results of the author’s study of the unedited homily De transfiguratione et eleemosyna (CPG 5009; BHGn 1996t), ascribed to John Chrysostom. The question of the manuscript tradition ...
• Emerging ecumenical church polity, 1965-2010 : lessons from efforts at church unity in Zambia 

  Msiska, Godfrey; Duncan, Graham A. (Church History Society of Southern Africa and Unisa Press, 2020)

  This article explores an emerging ecumenical church polity in Zambia from a church historical perspective. While church polity and church unity literature has acknowledged the role of church polity and church unity in ...
• Armoede : ’n uitdaging aan die Afrikaanse gereformeerde kerke (1994–2019) 

  Van der Merwe, J.M. (Johan Matthys) (Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology, 2020)

  This contribution gives an overview of how four of the important reformed churches in South Africa responded to the challenge of poverty from 1994 to 2019. Following an introduction, the first part of the chapter defines ...
• Missionale ekklesiologie in die Afrikaanse gereformeerde kerke sedert 1990 

  Dreyer, Willem Akkerhuys (Wim) (Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology, 2020)

  This article argues that “missional ecclesiology” in the last decades became a new mission paradigm for churches in South Africa, especially after the demise of apartheid. After an overview of the development of a “missio ...
• Afrikaanse gereformeerde kerke in die sleurgang van die tydgees : 1990 en verder 

  Kruger, Pieter (Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology, 2020)

  During the past nearly 30 years the epochs of democratisation and globalisation became intertwined with the South African society, determining its spirit of the age. The democratisation of South African since 1994 has ...
• The Rustenburg Church Conference of 1990 : a call to the churches in South Africa after 30 years 

  Van der Merwe, J.M. (Johan Matthys) (AOSIS, 2021-06)

  The Rustenburg Church Conference took place in 1990, 30 years after the historic Cottesloe Church Consultation of 1960. Both these conferences had a huge influence on the history of the churches in South Africa. Thirty ...
• Benedikt Dreyer (1480–1555) : kunstenaar in konteks van die kerkhervorming 

  Dreyer, Willem Akkerhuys (Wim) (LitNet, 2020)

  Benedikt Dreyer was ’n kunstenaar en beeldsnyer wat in die eerste helfte van die 16de eeu in Lübeck gewoon en gewerk het. Dit was ’n tyd waarin die Renaissance, Humanisme van Erasmus en die Kerkhervorming oor Europa ...
• Positioning LGBTIQ as the human sexuality agenda for black theology of liberation - reflection on Vuyani Vellem's black theology of liberation 

  Duncan, Graham A. (AOSIS, 2020-12)

  Vuyani Vellem was an outstanding Black Theologian of Liberation (BTL), who was approaching the zenith of his career when he died at the age of 50 years in 2019. This paper begins with a personal memoir to Prof. Vellem ...
• Sinode van Emden : bakermat van die Nederduitse Kerke in Suid-Afrika 

  Dreyer, Willem Akkerhuys (Wim) (AOSIS, 2020-09)

  The Synod of Emden: Cradle of the Netherdutch churches of South Africa. The Synod of Emden, which took place from 04 to 13 October 1571 in the city of Emden, is of great importance to the reformed churches in South Africa. ...
• A theological response to collective trauma in South Africa 

  Dreyer, Willem Akkerhuys (Wim) (AOSIS, 2020-12)

  This contribution in the field of public theology explores two questions: (1) Could South Africa be regarded as a traumatised society, presenting with acute symptoms of post-traumatic disorder and (2) what would be an ...
• An artful contribution to our planetary concerns 

  Losch, Andreas (Wiley, 2021-03)

  Adam Pryor's fresh understanding of the imago Dei as a refraction of the Divine is much needed in an age of science and climate change. Well informed by astrobiological insights, his approach presents what I would call a ...
• Wither black theology of liberation? Perspectives from the late Professor Vuyani Vellem 

  Pillay, Jerry (AOSIS, 2020-12)

  The future of a black theology of liberation (BTL) has been in question since the demise of apartheid in South Africa. The constitution of democracy in the country has raised questions about the relevance and purpose of ...
• The priesthood of believers : the forgotten legacy of the reformation 

  Dreyer, Willem Akkerhuys (Wim) (AOSIS, 2020-10)

  This contribution revisits the priesthood of believers. It is placed within the current discourse on relevant ecclesiologies and ecclesial praxis for 21st-century reformed churches. Luther placed much emphasis on the ...
• The poor of Christ in the Roman Church : role and relevance for today 

  Muller, Horst; Pillay, Jerry (AOSIS, 2020-12)

  A lay movement known as the Poor of Christ, incorrectly referred to as the Waldensians, started in the Roman Church in 1176 and rapidly spread through Europe despite severe persecution by the church. Through their values ...
• Can God create humans with free will who never commit evil? 

  Thai, Lee Pham; Pillay, Jerry (AOSIS, 2020-10)

  Can an omnipotent and omnibenevolent God create humans with free will without the capacity to commit evil? Scholars have taken opposite positions on the contentious problem. Using scripture and the rules of logic, we ...
• Godsdiens en die reg : herwaardering van die Hervormde Kerk se Besluit 41 (2016) oor homoseksualiteit1 

  Janse van Rensburg, Antoinette; Dreyer, Willem Akkerhuys (Wim) (Suid Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap and Kuns, 2021-03)

  In 2016, the General Assembly of the Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk van Afrika (Netherdutch Reformed Church of Africa, or NHKA) passed a resolution on homosexuality. In one section, Resolution 42 (2016) it is claimed that ...
• The religious vision of nature in the light of Laudato Si’ : an interreligious reading between Islam and Christianity 

  Puglisi, Antonino; Buitendag, Johan (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2020-09)

  The environmental crisis is undoubtedly one of the most critical and urgent problems of our times. Many people are raising their voices in support of nature to build a better future for humanity and for our planet. In ...
• Developing our planetary plan with an 18th United Nations sustainable development goal : space environment 

  Losch, Andreas (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2020-09)

  ‘Planetary sustainability’, as developed in this article, is a transitory term, marking the conceptional change from perceiving the Earth as a globe to recognising it rather as a planet. Although the traditional Brundtland ...
• The dynamics of economic action and the problems of its social embedding – ethical challenges in view of the nascent commercial use of outer space 

  Jahnichen, Traugott (AOSIS Open Journals, 2020-08-13)

  As a result of the increasing economical exploitation of outer space, humanity faces a new challenge that, as well as having economic advantages, also entails a great many ecological hazards. At present, the human race ...
• John de Gruchy’s understanding of the Kingdom of God as articulated in “The Church Struggle in South Africa" 

  Dreyer, Willem Akkerhuys (Wim) (Church History Society of Southern Africa and Unisa Press, 2019)

  In 2019, John W. de Gruchy turns 80 and it will be 40 years after his influential The Church Struggle in South Africa was published. This contribution reflects on the last chapter of De Gruchy’s book, titled The Kingdom ...

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