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- Verbum et Ecclesia Volume 29 Issue 2 (2008)
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Verbum et Ecclesia Volume 29 Issue 2 (2008)
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"Is Christus verdeeld?" Nadenke oor die teologiese regverdiging van kerkverdeeldheid en kerkskeuring (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2008)In this article the author investigates the question whether a church schism could ever be justified. He considers on the one hand the Biblical message on church unity and on the other hand the many justifications of church ...
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(Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2008)Conrad Wethmar has always been interested in questions concerning the hermeneutics of doctrine, often concentrating on methodological issues regarding the role of confessions and the challenges of ecumenical theology. For ...
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(Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2008)How should healing be viewed and what is the contribution of Chrsitian spirituality to the dimension of pastoral therapy and the healing of life? It is argued that pastoral care should supplement the traditional cura ...
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(Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2008)This article is about freedom of religion in South Africa before and after 1994. It is often argued that the relationship between church and state, and the resultant freedom of religion, during 1652-1994 was determined by ...
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(Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2008)The greater interaction of people from diverse cultural orientation in a globalised era and the growth of the christian faith as a truly worldwide phenomenon, and the consequent complications have highlighted the need for ...
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(Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2008)Hermeneutical competence – a contribution from the Netherlands to the Faculty of Theology at the University of Pretoria with reference to my honorary doctorate, conferred on 18 April 2008 by this University. From metaphysics ...
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(Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2008)The rather perplexing issue of whether and how Christology should relate to Ethics can, for me at least, only be resolved by first asking how exactly, in the case of Jesus, God's revelation is located not just in history, ...
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(Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2008)Religious pluralism is changing the Western world. The transmission of Christian faith is less a matter of course than it has been. People are free to form their own opinions and 'choose' their way of life. Because pluralism ...
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(Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2008)One of the most promising aspects of the text of the third phase of the International Roman-Catholic-Reformed Dialogue might be the suggestion to reflect upon the idea of the church as "sacrament of the kingdom". In this ...
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(Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2008)Discourse analysis should not be overly ambitious, but it can be a most helpful exegetical tool if it concentrates on the argumentative flow and thematic aspects of a discourse. A refined model of South African discourse ...
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(Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2008)This article deals with the dialogue between theology and science with special reference to eschatology. It takes the relation of time and eternity as the leitmotiv for the exposition, based on the view that the latest ...
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(Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2008)The question in the heading is dealt with in the article by splitting it up in three sub-questions: 1. Does the South African society has need for what the DRC can offer? 2. Does the DRC still have the room and opportunity ...
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(Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2008)"Not true?" is a characteristic saying of Conrad Wethmar. In this article of appreciation for his academic contribution, this saying as a "polite questioning and affirmation" (as I understand it), is explored within the ...
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(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 ...
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(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 ...