Browsing Research Articles (Dogmatics and Christian Ethics) by Title

Browsing Research Articles (Dogmatics and Christian Ethics) by Title

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  • Food justice and Christian ethics 
    Bedford-Strohm, Heinrich (OpenJournals Publishing, 2012-12-06)
    The article dealt with the moral and political problem of international food justice in which the deep contradiction between the present situation of malnourishment and starvation in large parts of the global population ...
  • For and about Etienne de Villiers as ethicist of responsibility 
    Veldsman, D.P. (Daniel Petrus), 1959-; Wethmar, Conrad Johannes (OpenJournals Publishing, 2012)
    No abstract available.
  • Foreword to the Van Aarde Festschrift 
    Buitendag, Johan (OpenJournals Publishing, 2011)
    Gesien vanuit die perspektief van die Universiteit van Pretoria in die algemeen en van die Fakulteit Teologie in die besonder, is dit verblydend dat erkenning op hierdie manier aan ‘n begaafde teoloog en eksegeet gegee ...
  • Fornication and adultery in the city of Debrecen (1547–1625) compared with the morality of Geneva 
    Magyar, Balazs D. (AOSIS, 2023-04)
    To be sure, the more productive field of the international research on Protestantism is related to the subject of social history. In the case of the Calvin studies, for instance, readers will see, much has been written ...
  • Four concepts of Africa 
    Fourie, Willem (OpenJournals Publishing, 2015-05-12)
    What makes the words ‘Africa’ and ‘African’ possible and useful? In this article it is argued that at least four internally coherent concepts of Africa exist, and that none of these concepts are ethically neutral. The ...
  • Freedom of conscience and freedom of religion within the context of human security and authenticity in Vito Mancuso’s lay secular theology 
    Simut, Corneliu Cristian (De Gruyter, 2017)
    Vito Mancuso, one of Italy’s most famous intellectuals and author of best-selling books on religion – such as L’anima e il suo destino [The Soul and Its Destiny] (2007) and Io e Dio. Una guida dei perplessi [I and God. ...
  • From the religious a priori to intending the absolute : reflections on the methodological principles in Otto and Tillich against the backdrop of their historical problematic 
    Danz, Christian (AOSIS Open Journals, 2013-08-23)
    This contribution examines Rudolf Otto’s and Paul Tillich’s theories of religion against the background of the debates around 1900. Beginning with Wilhelm Windelband’s motifs and Ernst Troeltsch’s philosophies of religion, ...
  • The future of theology at a public university 
    Ford, David F. (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2017-11-27)
    In exploring the future of theological reflection at a public university, the Irish Anglican theologian David Ford considers the study of theology in university settings that are multireligious and multi-secular. He ...
  • Gaan na die mier, kyk na sy weë en word wys : metafoor of paradigma? 
    Buitendag, Johan (AOSIS Open Journals, 2013-07-22)
    This article takes as its point of departure two citations. The one is from Marshall and Zohar’s contention that the wave-particle dualism is more than a metaphor and the other is from Clayton claiming that indeterminacy ...
  • Gee die Bybel nog vandag aan ons morele oriëntering oor kwessies soos homoseksualiteit? 
    De Villiers, D.E. (Dawid Etienne) (Faculty of Theology of the University of the Orange Free State, 2006-06)
    In the introduction to this article an attempt is made to indicate why this issue has become relevant, if not urgent, in the so-called Afrikaans churches. The next section highlights the emphasis by contemporary biblical ...
  • Geen water, geen volheid : die dringende boodskap van die eksistensieël-teologiese betekenis van water 
    Veldsman, D.P. (Daniel Petrus), 1959- (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2015-10-08)
    Kok (2014:15) omskryf dit soos volg: ‘The term οἰκοδομέω as verb denotes the act of building or edifying and as noun (οἰκοδομὴ) it denotes physical buildings like the temple or figurative buildings like the community of ...
  • Geneem en gelees : oor Dirkie Smit as hermeneutiese teoloog 
    Veldsman, D.P. (Daniel Petrus), 1959- (Faculty of Theology, Stellenbosch University, 2013-09)
    Met spesifieke toespitsing op die werk Neem, lees! (2006) van die sistematiese teoloog Dirkie Smit van die Fakulteit Teologie, Stellenbosch, word krities gevra na sy benadering tot en verstaan van die plek van hermeneutiek ...
  • “Genes Я us” - Of juis nie? Oor determinisme en voluntarisme by die mens met verwysing na homoseksualiteit 
    Buitendag, Johan (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2005)
    This article has as its departure point the conviction of some that human genome mapping predisposes human beings genetically and as a consequence, the homosexual person becomes a mere victim of circumstances. Biological ...
  • The genetic mechanism of fallness : St. Maximos the Confessor revisited 
    Moldovan, Sebastian (AOSIS, 2021-09-09)
    Through a close reading of the two definitions of evil in the Introduction to Responses to Thalassios, this article points out a circular, cognitive-affective-somatic, genetic mechanism that St. Maximos the Confessor ...
  • Glaube in der multireligiösen gesellschaft : zur bildungskompetenz evangelischen glaubensverständnisses 
    Danz, Christian (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2007-03)
    The article argues that when different religions and cultures live together in modern societies, it will result in a great deal of conflict. It is also true of Systematic Theology driven by confessions if contact among ...
  • God in de (Post)moderne cultuur - George Steiner over transcendentie in kunst en cultuur 
    Stoker, W. (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2008)
    In his 1989 study Real Presences the well-known philosopher and literary scholar George Steiner argues that there is a crisis in philosophy, art and literature. The contract between word and world has been broken, whereby ...
  • God in de economie 
    Van den Hoogen, Toine (AOSIS Open Journals, 2012-11-12)
    During the 20th century, in Christian churches and amongst Christian theologians a new interest was found in economics as an object of theological reflection. This article researches the nature of such theological ...
  • God in gesprek – ’n dialogiese Christologie 
    Dreyer, D.J. (Daniel) (AOSIS Open Journals, 2018-09-27)
    A world view claims to give a true picture of reality. As the insights of the sciences change our picture of reality, theology must take the new views on the world serious to maintain its integrity and the Gospel its ...
  • "God met ons" : gelowig nagedink oor die Skrif 
    Buitendag, Johan (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2008-09)
    The theme of the article is a revisiting of the understanding of Holy Scripture from a dogmatic viewpoint. It is the author’s conviction that the point of departure for such an exposition is revelation, which, of course, ...
  • God our King 
    Muis, Jan (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2008-03)
    This article discusses whether the metaphor of "king" can still be used in Christian God-talk. Firstly, it is argued that the "king" metaphor for God is an indispensable key metaphor in both the Old and the New Testament. ...