Browsing Research Articles (Science of Religion and Missiology) by Author "Beyers, Jaco"

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Browsing Research Articles (Science of Religion and Missiology) by Author "Beyers, Jaco"

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  • The allegiance of white American evangelicals to Donald Trump 
    Bieber Jr, Kenneth R.; Beyers, Jaco (Brill Academic Publishers, 2020-05)
    This article discusses why American evangelical Christians, particularly white evangelicals, have granted overwhelming support to Donald Trump, first as a presidential candidate in 2016, and then as president since his ...
  • The apparatus theory : 'religion in the city' 
    Geel, Leon; Beyers, Jaco (AOSIS Open Journals, 2018-07-26)
    The apparatus theory is used to challenge the interpretation of religion and also to determine whether religion is a factor to contend with in modern society. Religion could be the element that keeps the city intact or ...
  • Appropriating spiritual help for traditional healing : why ancestors are needed 
    Beyers, Jaco (Institute for Afro-Hellenic Studies, 2021)
    This study investigates the use of traditional medicine by traditional healers in a South African context in the fight against Covid-19. Appropriating spiritual help in fighting the symptoms of the virus would be part of ...
  • Belang van Prof. F.J.van Zyl vir hervormde teologie 
    Beyers, Jaco (AOSIS Open Journals, 2017-09-22)
    In this article the contribution of professor Frans J. van Zyl (1913–2008) will be scrutinised as to determine the influence his thoughts had on the theology of the Netherdutch Reformed Church. As Van Zyl was seen as a ...
  • Beyond denial and exclusion : the history of relations between Christians and Muslims in the Cape Colony during the 17th–18th centuries with lessons for a post-colonial theology of religions 
    Beyers, Jaco (OpenJournals Publishing, 2016-04-08)
    Learning from the past prepares one for being able to cope with the future. History is made up of strings of relationships. This article follows a historical line from colonialism, through apartheid to post-colonialism ...
  • Can symbols be ‘promoted’ or ‘demoted’?: symbols as religious phenomena 
    Beyers, Jaco (AOSIS Open Journals, 2013-03-06)
    Religious symbols are part of our world, relating to another world. In order to understand the process by which symbols grow and develop, the particular context of a symbol is important. In this article a particular ...
  • Christianity and Shona religion and ecology : an ethical-practical perspective 
    Beyers, Jaco; Muza, Kudakwashe (Brill Academic Publishers, 2022-03)
    The biggest single threat to ecology and biodiversity is human-induced climate change. This study assesses ethics and attitudes in an African context for coping with climate change. This assessment takes place within an ...
  • The church and the secular : the effect of the post-secular on Christianity 
    Beyers, Jaco (AOSIS Open Journals, 2014-07-14)
    Paradigms determine relationships. During the Enlightenment period Emile Durkheim proposed a relationship between the sacred and the profane. Religion, which is concerned with the sacred, was defined in terms of being ...
  • The church as a catalyst for transformation in the society 
    Akanbi, Olusola Solomon; Beyers, Jaco (AOSIS Open Journals, 2017-11-14)
    This article evaluates the activities of the church, especially the Pentecostal Movement in Nigeria, and their contribution to national development. It identifies the social, economic and political problems in Nigeria ...
  • A critical evaluation of the understanding of God in J.S. Mbiti’s theology 
    Han, Yong Seung; Beyers, Jaco (University of the Free State, Faculty of Theology, 2017)
    This article investigates how Mbiti articulates the theological reflections on the understanding of God from an African perspective. Mbiti systematises data of the African concepts of God in a set of Western Christian ...
  • Deskriptiewe-analitiese ondersoek na die verskynsel van sinkretisme 
    Beyers, Jaco; South African Society for Greek Philosophy and the Humanities (South African Society for Greek Philosophy and the Humanities, 2001)
    The traditional definition of the term syncretism is not only vague and cryptic, but it is also used in a pejorative sense. Many attempts have been made to re-define the term syncretism. All definitions are determined by ...
  • The effect of religion on poverty 
    Beyers, Jaco (AOSIS Open Journals, 2014-08-14)
    Poverty is a human condition. Social, economic, psychological and political factors affect society and can alleviate as well as stimulate poverty. Religion provides a unique perspective on the phenomenon of poverty. This ...
  • Fathoming religion studies : treading on the spider’s web 
    Beyers, Jaco (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2017)
    Any attempt at understanding religion proves to be a perilous undertaking. Understanding Religion Studies as it is envisioned to function in the Faculty of Theology and Religion at the UP already implies some perils. To ...
  • Festschrift : WA Dreyer 
    Beyers, Jaco (AOSIS, 2023)
    No abstract available.
  • Feuerbach, religion and post-theism 
    Beyers, Jaco (AOSIS, 2022-08-18)
    How subject and object relate is perceived differently. This has been identified and discussed by philosophers. Hegel built on Plato's notion that true reality only exists in ideas and is, therefore, objectively true. Hegel ...
  • Gawe van onderskeiding as spieël vir die kerk 
    Beyers, Jaco (OpenJournals Publishing, 2014-08-12)
    In the encounter between man and the Holy, man reacts with the ambivalent emotion of fear and fascination. Man is confronted by something incomprehensible. How will man know whether this is God? Any response by man, ...
  • A historical overview of the study of the theology of religions 
    Beyers, Jaco (AOSIS Open Journals, 2017)
    A brief overview is given by the editor of the development of the discipline of theology of religions to indicate how in a postmodern era an almost non-foundational approach has become evident. For a Christian understanding ...
  • How scientific is theology really? A matter of credibility 
    Beyers, Jaco (AOSIS Open Journals, 2016-10-28)
    The criteria for what is considered as science have been debated for a very long time. This article assumes the scientific nature of Theology as a given. This article discusses in three concentric circles the scientific ...
  • Imperial reliance : a comparative missiological consideration of emperor figures and missionaries in Christianity and Buddhism 
    Bieber Jr, Kenneth R.; Beyers, Jaco (Southern African Missiological Society, 2020)
    The institution of formal empire is not limited to studies of the past, but shows itself as a present possibility. This article employs the new discipline of comparative missiology to examine the relationship between ...
  • Insights from Hans Achterhuis applied to the violence on LGBT communities in Uganda 
    Beyers, Jaco (Association for the Study of Religion, 2016)
    There are many reasons for violence. Like an approaching thunderstorm is a clear indication of possible lightning to follow so the current world conditions is conducive for violence. Violence is inevitable and immanent in ...