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Browsing Research Articles (Church History and Church Policy) by Author "Van der Merwe, J.M. (Johan Matthys)"
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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 ...
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Van der Merwe, J.M. (Johan Matthys) (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2014-12)The years between 1990 and 1994 can be described as some of the most violent years in the history of South Africa. Political turmoil en route to the first democratic election in 1994 brought the country to the brink of ...
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Duncan, Graham A.; Van der Merwe, J.M. (Johan Matthys); Van Wyk, B.J. (Barend Jacobus), 1946- (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)Theology has been an integral part of the University of Pretoria since its inception and Church History has been taught since the establishment of the Faculty of Theology in 1917. At that time, the Presbyterian Church of ...
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Van der Merwe, J.M. (Johan Matthys) (IInternational Institute for Religious Freedom, 2014)The arrival of Jan van Riebeeck in the Cape in 1652 brought the reformed faith to Southern Africa. For nearly two hundred years the government in the Cape not only protected the reformed religion, but also prohibited any ...
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Van der Merwe, J.M. (Johan Matthys) (Teologiese Fakulteit, Universiteit van Stellenbosch, 2010-09)The Cottesloe consultation took place fifty years ago. The declaration after the consultation made a call to the church in South Africa to get involved in the struggle against the unjust system of Apartheid. Although the ...
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Van der Merwe, J.M. (Johan Matthys) (OpenJournals Publishing, 2015-10-13)The advent of democratic change in South Africa in the 1990s led to an exodus of many White Afrikaans-speaking Christians from South Africa. They settled all over the world. One of the countries of choice was New Zealand. ...
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Kruger, Pieter; Van der Merwe, J.M. (Johan Matthys) (Faculty of Theology, Stellenbosch University, 2014-09)The influence of religious discourses and institutions in South Africa, as elsewhere, diminishes because of structural secularisation. Social secularisation as another form of secularisation compromises the 'necessity’ ...
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Die Paasfeesviering van die Henogitiese Quartadecimane in die eerste drie eeue van die Christendom Pretorius, Wilhelm; Van der Merwe, J.M. (Johan Matthys) (AOSIS Open Journals, 2019-09)The celebration of the Passover of the Enoochite Quatradecimans during the first three centuries of Christianity. Development concerning the determination of Passover or Pascha’s annual date took place during the first ...
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Kruger, Pieter; Van der Merwe, J.M. (Johan Matthys) (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2017-09-14)The Dutch Reformed Church (Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk) is in transition because of the influences of the more recent South African epochs of democratisation, Africanisation and globalisation. The histories of these ...
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Van der Merwe, J.M. (Johan Matthys) (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2013)In the recent history of the Dutch Reformed Church two documents played an important role. The documents were Human Relations and the South African Scene in the Light of Scripture of 1974 and Church and Society of 1986. ...
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Van der Merwe, J.M. (Johan Matthys) (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2011-05)The migration of Europeans to the interior of South Africa during the 19th century led to the founding of different churches in the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (ZAR). A unique situation developed in the Rustenburg region, ...
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Van der Merwe, J.M. (Johan Matthys) (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2014)Please read abstract in article.
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Heidelbergse Kategismus en die kategesemateriaal van die Ned Geref. Kerk : n kerkhistoriese oorsig Van der Merwe, J.M. (Johan Matthys) (University of the Free State, Faculty of Theology, 2014)In the year which we commemorate the 450th anniversary of the Heidelberg Catechism, this article follows the historical tracks of the catechism through the history of the Dutch Reformed Church with special focus on the ...
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Van der Merwe, J.M. (Johan Matthys) (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2012)With the advent of a new political dispensation in South Africa in 1994, the newly elected government of South Africa changed the name of the public holiday on 16 December from “the Day of the Vow” to “the Day of ...
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Van der Merwe, J.M. (Johan Matthys); Vos, C.J.A. (Casparus Johannes Adam), 1945- (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)In 1938 the Faculty of Theology Section B was established at the University of Pretoria, which could be likened to a small fountain. As the fountain flowed through the decades of history, it grew and became a river that ...
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Davel, Dewald H.; Van der Merwe, J.M. (Johan Matthys) (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2017-03-28)Postmodernity changed the function, content and structures of church ordinances. This is a reality that cannot be denied by faith communities. New possibilities arise. Every ‘absolute truth’ can be formulated in a ...
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Van der Merwe, J.M. (Johan Matthys) (Faculty of Theology, Stellenbosch University, 2011-09)25 Years have passed since the General Synod of the Dutch Reformed Church accepted a new policy document: Church and Society in Light of Scripture. This document came into being after a several years of struggle. The ...
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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” ...
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Van der Merwe, J.M. (Johan Matthys) (OpenJournals Publishing, 2014-11-20)Poverty is one of the greatest threats to society. In South Africa it is also one of the biggest challenges. This article starts with the challenges put to society by Mr Trevor Manuel at the Carnegie 3 conference. It ...
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Van der Merwe, J.M. (Johan Matthys) (Faculty of Theology, Stellenbosch University, 2013-09)The Open Letter to the Dutch Reformed Church was published on the 9th of June 1982. The Open Letter addressed serious problems in church and society with special regard to reconciliation, church unity and the prophetic ...
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