dc.contributor.author |
Masango, Maake J.S.
|
|
dc.contributor.author |
White, John D.
|
|
dc.date.accessioned |
2020-03-31T13:12:09Z |
|
dc.date.available |
2020-03-31T13:12:09Z |
|
dc.date.issued |
2019-12-05 |
|
dc.description |
This research is part of the
project, ‘Pastoral Care and
Trauma Counselling’, directed
by Prof. Dr Maake Masango,
Department of Practical
Theology, Faculty of Theology,
University of Pretoria. |
en_ZA |
dc.description |
HTS 75th Anniversary Maake Masango Dedication. |
en_ZA |
dc.description.abstract |
This article focuses on the anxiety about whether God loves one or not. In the author’s
nearly 30-year ministry, this pastoral difficulty continues to perplex and afflict. While
the presenting problem is what in theological parlance is ‘a lack of assurance’, a side
difficulty is the poor and incorrect doctrine of God often associated with this. A Baylor
University Study in 2006 characterises the kind of God that different groups of Americans
believe in. While the phrase ‘a lack of assurance’ is a part of dogmatic parlance, and has
fallen out of use, the feeling of not belonging to God can be overwhelming for people. This
feeling may be overwhelming. This makes it a pastoral issue. This article suggests a
pastoral response to this issue and a proposal for a clarification in the nature and character
of God using the therapeutic theology of 19th-century Scottish minister-theologian John
McLeod Campbell. |
en_ZA |
dc.description.department |
Practical Theology |
en_ZA |
dc.description.librarian |
am2020 |
en_ZA |
dc.description.uri |
http://www.hts.org.za |
en_ZA |
dc.identifier.citation |
White, J.D. & Masango, M.J.,
2019, ‘Theological reflection,
assurance and the doctrine
of God’, HTS Teologiese
Studies/Theological Studies
75(4), a5360. https://DOI.org/10.4102/hts.v75i4.5360. |
en_ZA |
dc.identifier.issn |
0259-9422 (print) |
|
dc.identifier.issn |
2072-8050 (online) |
|
dc.identifier.other |
10.4102/hts.v75i4.5360 |
|
dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2263/73890 |
|
dc.language.iso |
en |
en_ZA |
dc.publisher |
AOSIS Open Journals |
en_ZA |
dc.rights |
© 2019. The Authors.
Licensee: AOSIS. This work
is licensed under the
Creative Commons
Attribution License. |
en_ZA |
dc.subject |
Assurance |
en_ZA |
dc.subject |
God |
en_ZA |
dc.subject |
Theological reflection |
en_ZA |
dc.subject |
Parrhesia |
en_ZA |
dc.subject |
Frame of reference |
en_ZA |
dc.subject |
Reframing |
en_ZA |
dc.subject |
Election |
en_ZA |
dc.subject.other |
Theology articles SDG-03 |
|
dc.subject.other |
SDG-03: Good health and well-being |
|
dc.title |
Theological reflection, assurance and the doctrine of God |
en_ZA |
dc.type |
Article |
en_ZA |