Nederduitse Gereformeerde Teologiese Tydskrif最新文献

{"title":"Theology and the building of civilizing democracy in South Africa","authors":"N. Koopman","doi":"10.5952/55-3-4-657","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5952/55-3-4-657","url":null,"abstract":"This paper discusses the contribution of theology to the building of a civilizing democracy, i.e. a democratic society where a life of justice to all is advanced. A society is only “civilized” where justice to especially the most vulnerable is advanced. Justice rests in dignity and co-exists with equality and equity, as well as with freedom. Theology makes a threefold contribution towards a society of justice. Theology reveals the deeper meaning-giving framework, and forces of social cohesion and moral living without which a liberal democracy cannot flourish. Theology offers richer descriptions of notions like justice, which advance the implementation and fulfilment of these features. Theology makes a contribution towards the mobilization of an activist civil society and citizenship in search of a civilizing society of justice.","PeriodicalId":18902,"journal":{"name":"Nederduitse Gereformeerde Teologiese Tydskrif","volume":"141 1","pages":"625-639"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-01-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80558831","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Blessed? A critical analysis of salvation in Denise Ackermann that portrays human flourishing as liberation, grace and the goodness of life","authors":"N. Marais","doi":"10.5952/55-3-4-661","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5952/55-3-4-661","url":null,"abstract":"Happiness and human flourishing has increasingly become a theological\u0000 research focus in a variety of theological disciplines, including systematic theology (cf\u0000 Charry, 2012), practical theology (cf Long, 2012) and biblical theology (cf Strawn, 2012). In\u0000 systematic theology the focus of such research often is often creation, salvation and\u0000 eschatology. The doctrine of salvation has particularly interesting (including etymological)\u0000 connections with the notions of well-being and health. This paper, which forms part of PhD\u0000 research on human flourishing, proposes to do a critical analysis of renowned Circle theologian\u0000 Denise Ackermann’s understanding of salvation, since (1) feminist theology (and feminist\u0000 theologians) has a particular concern for the ‘flourishing of all’, and (2) African theological\u0000 voices on human flourishing should contribute to the emerging theological thinking on human\u0000 flourishing. In this paper, it will be argued that salvation in Ackermann’s thought is infused\u0000 with the vision for ‘abundant life for all’, which culminates with the notion of\u0000 ‘blessing’.","PeriodicalId":18902,"journal":{"name":"Nederduitse Gereformeerde Teologiese Tydskrif","volume":"34 1","pages":"701-727"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-01-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91075077","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Missiology: Rise, demise and future at the university","authors":"P. Verster","doi":"10.5952/55-3-4-670","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5952/55-3-4-670","url":null,"abstract":"Although a latecomer as discipline, missiology had an impressive rise in\u0000 the history of theology. Gustav Warneck’s “Evangelische Missionslehre (1897-1903)” resulted in\u0000 missiology being regarded as an extremely influential discipline. This was not at all strange as\u0000 Christian mission was a worldwide endeavour and accepted as the most important calling of the\u0000 church. Throughout the 1900s missiology and missiological conferences continued to be the centre\u0000 of theological discussions. With the political emancipation of Africa and the East, the whole\u0000 concept of missions was challenged and this led to the demise of missiology as a discipline at\u0000 universities. Influential missiologists, such as Johannes Verkuyl and David Bosch, published\u0000 works of high theological value, but it seemed as if sociological, cultural and interreligious\u0000 studies displaced missiology at university. Many seminaries are still putting up a brave fight\u0000 to save missiology, but at university level it seems that classical missiology as discipline is\u0000 being displaced. The future of missiology must, however, not be regarded as obsolete, but rather\u0000 as an irreplaceable part of theology and faith.","PeriodicalId":18902,"journal":{"name":"Nederduitse Gereformeerde Teologiese Tydskrif","volume":"84 1","pages":"879-893"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-01-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80443823","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Die diaken in twee kerkordes in die Dordtse tradisie","authors":"P. Strauss","doi":"10.5952/55-3-4-667","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5952/55-3-4-667","url":null,"abstract":"The deacon as prescribed in two church orders in the line of the order of Dordt The question is whether the church orders of the Christian Reformed Church in North America and the Dutch Reformed Church are in line with the church order of Dordt of 1619 on the character of the office of deacon in church. It is established that all three of them concentrate of the deacon as a ministry of mercy. These words are used by the order of the Christian Reformed Church, but also give a summary of the meaning of the other two church orders on the subject. A distinction is made between the focus of an office in church and the specific office as a practical means to achieve that focus. \u0000Die vraag is of die kerkordes van die Christian Reformed Church in North America en die Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk ten opsigte van hulle bepalings oor die aard van die diakenamp in die Dordtse tradisie of dieselfde lyn as die Dortse Kerkorde van 1619 beweeg? Die antwoord is dat al drie ordes na die bediening van die diaken as ’n diens van barmhartigheid verwys. Die Kerkorde van die Christian Reformed Church praat letterlik van hierdie diens as ’n “ministry of mercy”. ’n Onderskeid word getref tussen die fokus van ’n amp en die amp as die praktiese gestaltegewing daarvan.","PeriodicalId":18902,"journal":{"name":"Nederduitse Gereformeerde Teologiese Tydskrif","volume":"34 1","pages":"819-833"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-01-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82015600","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"\"Trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored\" : assessing the legacy of \"The Battle Hymn of the Republic\"","authors":"L. Claassens","doi":"10.5952/55-3-4-653","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5952/55-3-4-653","url":null,"abstract":"“The Battle Hymn of the Republic,” written in 1861 by Julia Howe in the context of the American Civil War, indeed has a rich reception history in American public discourse and popular culture. So this hymn was cited by Martin Luther King in his last speech before being assassinated in 1968; it was sung at the memorial service for 9/11 at the National Cathedral in Washington DC and most recently at Barack Obama’s inauguration service in January 2013. This hymn moreover has served as inspiration for John Steinbeck’s novel, The Grapes of Wrath as well as John Updike’s novel In the Beauty of the Lilies. \u0000And yet, this hymn is steeped in violence as it draws on biblical imagery that imagines God as a violent warrior who will deal decisively with God’s enemies. The first stanza in particular utilizes imagery of God trampling the wine press in Isaiah 63 in which the blood of the enemies are staining God’s robes red, which in turn is picked up by the author of the book of Revelation. This violence at the heart of the “Battle Hymn” is problematic indeed. As Dominic Tierney writes in an article in The Atlantic, “the ‘Battle Hymn’ is a warrior’s cry and a call to arms. Its vivid portrait of sacred violence captures how Americans fight wars, from the minie balls of the Civil War to the shock and awe of Iraq” (Nov 4, 2010). \u0000In this paper, I will investigate the complex reception history of this popular hymn in (American) public discourse as well as its biblical origins in the portrayal of God and violence in prophetic literature of the Old Testament. I will ask whether the violent origins of the divine metaphor hamper its applicability to just causes such as the fight for gender and racial justice. \u0000This question is particularly important to consider as we are faced globally with the question of how God is invoked in public discourse – most recently in my South African context by President Jacob Zuma, who famously has said that the ANC would rule until Jesus will come again. In an address to the 33rd Presbyterian Synod in Giyani, Limpopo in October 2013, Pres Zuma is reported to have invoked the wrath of God upon those individuals who do not respect his leadership, raising disconcerting questions regarding the link between divine violence and violence in political discourse.","PeriodicalId":18902,"journal":{"name":"Nederduitse Gereformeerde Teologiese Tydskrif","volume":" 34","pages":"557-577"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-01-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91411750","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"“It is better to build a bridge…” Using the praxis cycle of Holland and Henriot in discerning an African Reformed missional ecclesiology","authors":"Rw Nel","doi":"10.5952/55-1-2-525","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5952/55-1-2-525","url":null,"abstract":"Reformed churches in Africa need bridge-building, uniting\u0000 ecclesiologies. From the challenges on local congregational, but also at\u0000 denominational level, it seems as if ecclesial apartheid (sadly) remains. From an\u0000 (Southern) African Reformed perspective, I argue however that all is not lost. The\u0000 question is how can our different theologies bridge these gaps? In this respect, the\u0000 current conversations on “missional” and “emergent church” may be signs of hope.\u0000 These notions can play a key role in bridging this gap between an ecclesiocentric,\u0000 colonial ecclesiology and postcolonial ecclesiologies, which discern the Missio Dei\u0000 afresh in the contemporary context. In my recent doctoral research I took up this\u0000 challenge and used an adapted or what I prefer to call a “remixed” version of a\u0000 praxis methodology to develop postcolonial (Southern] African missional\u0000 ecclesiologies. I reflect on the usage of this methodology in order to make\u0000 proposals on its relevance in the wider discourse on developing African missional\u0000 ecclesiologies.","PeriodicalId":18902,"journal":{"name":"Nederduitse Gereformeerde Teologiese Tydskrif","volume":"19 1","pages":"265-284"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81590547","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Beyond realism and non-realism : religious language-games and reality","authors":"H. Kroesbergen","doi":"10.5952/55-1-2-521","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5952/55-1-2-521","url":null,"abstract":"This article attempts to take up Wittgenstein’s challenge “Not\u0000 empiricism and yet realism” (1991:vi 23). Language deals with reality. But we are\u0000 also aware of the importance of the context with its own rules for the use of\u0000 language. In trying to do justice to both sides, theology and philosophy of religion\u0000 have been going back and forth between realism and non-realism. Two recent\u0000 appraisals of the Wittgensteinian approach in philosophy of religion by Labron and\u0000 Burley suggest that there is a way to avoid this dynamic. After analysing Labron and\u0000 Burley’s suggestions and their own failures to live up to the task they set\u0000 themselves, this article presents an interpretation of D.Z. Phillips’s concept of\u0000 ‘ordinary realism’ to help us to stay clear from the deadlock between realism and\u0000 non-realism. Our different perspectives should be regarded as viewpoints within the\u0000 same reality. Taken up in our many different and diverse language-games are our\u0000 primitive dealings with reality.","PeriodicalId":18902,"journal":{"name":"Nederduitse Gereformeerde Teologiese Tydskrif","volume":"112 1","pages":"189-204"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84203164","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Christ and creation : early Christian theologians on Christ’s ownership of creation","authors":"A. Beek","doi":"10.5952/55-1-2-531","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5952/55-1-2-531","url":null,"abstract":"Confessing a good creation was not an independent issue for\u0000 early Christian theologians. They stressed creation because according to their\u0000 opinion only an independent Creator can be truly God (Athenagoras). The eternal God\u0000 can deal with temporal things because He is acting by his Word and Spirit\u0000 (Irenaeus). The core of the doctrine of creation, however, is its Christological\u0000 focus: if Christ would not be the Creator He would not have come to his own and thus\u0000 would be taking someone else’s property. That would not be salvation but a crime\u0000 (Irenaeus). Only after the conflicts on creation had been settled could Christian\u0000 theology deal with the topic in a more relaxed sphere. That is the case in the\u0000 catechetical lectures of Cyril of Jerusalem who teaches his pupils to enjoy the\u0000 beauty of creation in the freedom of Christ. The early Christian approach might be\u0000 an eye opener for Christians’ dealing with creation nowadays.","PeriodicalId":18902,"journal":{"name":"Nederduitse Gereformeerde Teologiese Tydskrif","volume":"48 1","pages":"377-388"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82150586","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Freedom of Religion: Recent Developments in the Jurisprudence of the United Kingdom and the European Court of Human Rights","authors":"M. Hill","doi":"10.5952/55-1-2-517","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5952/55-1-2-517","url":null,"abstract":"This paper begins with an overview of the legal landscape in the United Kingdom as it has developed over the past decade or so in relation to the promotion and protection of religious liberty. It analyses several of the more recent cases on the subject and seeks to identify trends and trajectories for future development in the light of the parallel supervisory jurisdiction exercised by the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.","PeriodicalId":18902,"journal":{"name":"Nederduitse Gereformeerde Teologiese Tydskrif","volume":"1 1","pages":"81-115"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89595207","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Belhar Confession in its historical context","authors":"Mary-Anne Plaatjies Van Huffel","doi":"10.5952/55-1-2-527","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5952/55-1-2-527","url":null,"abstract":"In this article I work with the presupposition that the time\u0000 has arrived that the Belhar Confession should be detached from being a document\u0000 utilized for advocacy perusal only. The Belhar Confession should rather be\u0000 interrogated as a historical document in the true sense of the word. This will be\u0000 helpful in construing the Belhar Confession as a discursive instrument in the\u0000 discourse on social justice issues both local and global. The article is divided\u0000 into four parts. In the first part the focus is largely on the socio political\u0000 context of SA during 1960-1990. In the second part the influence of the ecumenical\u0000 movement on the discourse on social justice is being attended to. Thirdly I attend\u0000 to the drafting of the Belhar Confession and lastly attention will be given to the\u0000 reception of the Belhar Confession (1982-1990).","PeriodicalId":18902,"journal":{"name":"Nederduitse Gereformeerde Teologiese Tydskrif","volume":"76 1","pages":"301-324"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79282476","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}