• The Kingdom of God and the transformation of the world : the call and role of the ecumenical movement 

  Pillay, Jerry (Wiley, 2023-11)

  The article explores how pivotal the kingdom of God has been and still is to the identity of the ecumenical movement. The discussion of the biblical vision of the kingdom, which is coming and yet is also present, offers a ...
• Newman, Wesley and the logic of unity : an inductive approach to ecumenism 

  Morris-Chapman, Daniel John Pratt (AOSIS, 2023-03)

  It is a privilege to be invited to contribute to the Festschrift dedicated to Professor Johan Buitendag, Emeritus Dean, Faculty of Theology and Religion at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. While his own work often ...
• Women’s statement at the 1990 Rustenburg Church Conference : still an important voice from the past 

  Van der Merwe, J.M. (Johan Matthys) (AOSIS, 2022-11-21)

  The Rustenburg Conference of churches that took place in 1990 was a critical turning point for Christianity in South Africa. Besides the important declaration at the end of the conference, a statement was also made by the ...
• A Note on "substomachans" (Augustine, conf. 3.21) 

  Van Oort, Johannes (Hans) (Brill Academic Publishers, 2023-06)

  This brief note explains the curious word “substomachans” in conf. 3.21 from the Manichaean background of both Monnica’s bishop and Augustine. Based on this explanation, the note proposes a new translation of the phrase ...
• Yesterday, today, and tomorrow : Grey college in Bloemfontein as living legacy of Andrew Murray as educationalist 

  Van der Merwe, J.M. (Johan Matthys) (Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology, 2022)

  Rev. Dr Andrew Murray Jr became a well-known theologian in the history of South Africa. He wrote many books and played a founding role in establishing the Huguenot College in Wellington in the Cape Colony. A lesser-known ...
• Transformasie in die diverse Afrikanergemeenskap in die postapartheidera : vier gevallestudies 

  Van Rooyen, Almarie; Van der Merwe, J.M. (Johan Matthys); Van Wyk, Tanya (AOSIS, 2022-09-27)

  Four case studies. Since the end of apartheid in South Africa, Afrikaner people have been faced with disentangling their culture from Afrikaner nationalism. This article argues that the transformation of the Afrikaner ...
• Saving the rainbow nation : education as challenge to the churches in South Africa 

  Van der Merwe, J.M. (Johan Matthys) (AOSIS, 2022-08-25)

  Education in Africa is in a crisis. Some scholars go as far as to say that it is broken. This was also noted when the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, linked to the Agenda 2063: The Africa We Want, were ...
• Beyond the quadrilateral : the place of nature in John Wesley’s epistemology of theology 

  Morris-Chapman, Daniel John Pratt (AOSIS, 2022-07-14)

  Many writers have sought to outline Wesley's conception of how human beings obtain revelational knowledge. In this regard, the use of what has been dubbed the Wesleyan quadrilateral continues to remain widespread in both ...
• Ecclesiological renewal for a relevant ministry and church polity, with reference to UCCSA and UPCSA in Zimbabwe 

  Maseko, Xolani; Dreyer, Willem Akkerhuys (Wim) (Church History Society of Southern Africa and Unisa Press, 2021)

  This article is a critique of Reformed Ecclesiology, particularly as regarding ministry and church polity. It is argued herein that a static ecclesiology results in church ministry that is seemingly deficient in responding ...
• The life and work of Mary-Anne Elizabeth Plaatjies-Van Huffel in church and society with specific reference to the Confession of Belhar 

  Van der Merwe, J.M. (Johan Matthys) (Church History Society of Southern Africa and Unisa Press, 2021)

  The untimely death of Mary-Anne Elizabeth Plaatjies-Van Huffel challenges everybody who knew her to reflect on her life and work. One of the outstanding attributes of Plaatjies-Van Huffel was the way in which she “lived” ...
• 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 ...

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