Zimmermann, Ruben, 1968-(Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2008)
Within a culture of "Looking the Other way" there are not only empirically ascertainable reasons why help is not given in acute emergency situations, there is also a "Theory of Not-Helping" that attempts to demonstrate ...
Zimmermann, Ruben, 1968-(Faculty of Theology of the University of the Orange Free State, 2009-06)
For many years, the exegesis of the parables of Jesus was determined by assumptions that were largely purported by Adolf Jülicher and subsequently underwent only insignificant modification. The Kompendium der Gleichnisse ...
Zimmermann, Ruben, 1968-(New Testament Society of South Africa, 2009)
If ethics are defined as the theory of moral action, we must ask whether it makes sense to examine the New Testament narrative and epistle texts with regard to ethics, considering them as more than simply instructional ...
Zimmermann, Ruben, 1968-(Faculty of Theology of the University of the Orange Free State, 2011-12)
A fundamental change in the understanding of marriage becomes apparent in the first century A.D., described by M. Foucault as the transition from a “matrimonial” to a “conjugal” marital concept. While early Christianity ...
The central question concerning how mission and ethics are related arises within the context
of the understanding of ethics itself and in this way often leads back to the familiar ‘indicative
and imperative’ model. This ...
