• Teologie kroniek/Theology chronicle : the politics of salvation: values, ideology, and the South African National Curriculum 

  Jansen, J. (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2004)

  The South African experience offers dramatic examples of how the curriculum remains a lightning rod for the values contestation in divided societies. Despite its overwhelming election mandate, the ruling party found that ...
• Psalm 2 as lied teks - 'n literere en teologiese evaluering 

  Vos, C.J.A. (Casparus Johannes Adam), 1945- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2004)

  The publishing of the Liedboek (2001) emphasizes the importance of the psalms for liturgy and hymnology. All 150 psalms in the Liedboek were versified by T T Cloete. In this article Psalm 2 is analysed from different ...
• Trinity and mission : challenges to a reformed witness in Africa today 

  Venter, R. (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2004)

  The paper explores the possibility of a Reformed missional response to the present moment in Southern Africa. The basic thesis is that two of the Reformed tenets - theo-centrism and intellectual reflection as part of a ...
• "Toward a full fledged action theory from a perspective of musical transcendence" 

  Hess, Lisa Maguire (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2004)

  Practical theology as a discipline has struggled historically in the gaps between theory and practice, academy and church. A recognized scholar recently urged pursuit of "a full-fledged action theory" with a "perspective ...
• Understanding the role the Bible Society of South Africa played in the development of missions in South Africa 

  Sieberhagen, F. (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2004)

  This article argues that the development of missions in South Africa could be directly linked to the founding of Bible Society work in South Africa. The article focuses on the development of missions and how the availability ...
• Jung, the Pentateuch and ethics 

  Scheffler, Eben (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2004)

  This article reflects on the contribution that can be made to the interpretation of the Bible by employing the analytical psychology of Carl Jung. After some relevant biographical considerations on Jung, his view of religion ...
• Franciscus van Assisi : sy betekenis vir vandag! 

  Van Aarde, R.B. (Botha) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2004)

  St. Francis' views on religious life, as explained in a previous article in this journal, had its foundations in a well-founded theology of compassionate ministry. This origin of all compassion according to St. Francis is ...
• The earliest Jesus group in Jerusalem 

  Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2004)

  Church formation in the history of early Christianity emanated from the kerygma about Jesus after his death. The kerygma was based on memories of Jesus which were used in the Christian cult as both explanation and apology ...
• De Rationaliteit van de Religieuze ervaring fideisme en geloofsverantwoording 

  Stoker, W. (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2004)

  This article defends the rational nature of the religious experience of Transcendence. This is done by replacing the notion of the intentionality of experience advocated in Husserl's phenomenology by that of the trans- ...
• Politische Theologie in den Konigspsalmen zwischen Agypten und Assyrien. Die Herrscherlegitimation in den Psalmen 2 und 18 in ihren altorientalischen Kontexten 

  Otto, Eckart (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2004)

  This article deals especially with Psalm 2* and Psalm 18* and they are understood against a neo-Assyrian context. During the latter part of the eight and the first half of the seventh century the neo-Assyrian power was ...
• Towards a narrative theological orientation in a global village from a postmodern urban South African perspective 

  Meylahn, Johann-Albrecht (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2004)

  This article was motivated by two of the major challenges which I believe congregations are facing within the context of ministry, namely postmodernity and globalization. After seeking a fuller description of these two ...
• Truth and reconciliation in South Africa : Jewish voices and perspectives 

  Meiring, Piet (Pieter Gerhard Jacobus), 1941- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2004)

  The author who served on the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) focuses on the Jewish experience in South Africa during the apartheid years. At a special TRC Hearing for Faith Communities (East London, ...
• Publieke pastorale leiers 1 : roeping, werwing, keuring, opleiding, ordening 

  Nel, Malan (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2004)

  In ecclecial circles it is a commonplace to say that the profession of the pastor is under pressure. Pastors know that and congregations know that. Knowing it in itself does not change much. However change starts with ...
• The role of the personality of the preacher in preaching 

  David, C.S.L. (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2004)

  In this article preaching and the personality of the preacher are considered as being dialectically related to one other. Preaching, particularly, is the act of the preacher that makes the words meaningful. It seems that ...
• Veranderingen in samenleving en kerk en de gevolgen voor het beroep van pastor 

  Heitink, Gerben (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2004)

  This article is an attempt to open up a new perspective on the crisis of christianity and church in the context of Western Europe, especially The Netherlands. Since half a century the secularisation paradigm has been the ...
• Christian sexual ethics in a time of HIV/AIDS - a challenge for public theology 

  Haspel, Michael (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2004)

  HIV / AIDS poses an enormous challenge for the Christian church in Africa. Though many congregations engage in practical social programmes addressing the medical and social problems related to HIV / AIDS often there is no ...
• Kerkbegrip van Balthasar Hubmaier 

  Endres, E.T. (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2004)

  Balthasar Hubmaier strives to restore the Urgemeinde as originally recorded in the book of Acts. He founded a congregation which consisted only of believers. The sacrament of baptism is exclusively intended for believers, ...
• Anders dink anders doen. Op soek na 'n eko-teologiese perspektief op kloning 

  Buitendag, Johan (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2004)

  The article's departing point is the conviction that contemporary micro-biology and gene-technology have confronted Christian ethics with a reality for which it is not sufficiently equipped. The whole debate on human cloning ...
• Ancestor worship in Korea and Africa : social function or religious phenomenon? 

  Bae, Choon Sup (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2004)

  Ancestor worship is a dilemma for Christian communities in Korea and Africa, who have difficulty adapting Western theology to their Third World cultures. Allan Culpepper calls ancestor worship a cultural phenomenon, not a ...
• Kerk wat getuig, is 'n kerk wat leef. 'n Ekklesiologiese perspektief op die missionere karakter van die kerk - Deel ll 

  Dreyer, D.J. (Daniel) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2004)

  In the first of these two articles we focused on the Biblical perspective of the missionary church. The focus in the second article is on the ecclesiology. It is essential to remember that the church is rooted in the kingdom ...

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