{"title":"Die narratologiese analise van randfigure: Die siekes as groepskarakter in die Johannes-evangelie","authors":"D. Tolmie","doi":"10.5952/54-1-2-321","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5952/54-1-2-321","url":null,"abstract":"The narratological analysis of background characters: The ill as group character in the Gospel according to John Since the first narratological/narrative critical studies of the Gospel of John were published several decades ago, much effort has been put into the analysis of characterization in this Gospel, and the value of such approaches has been proven. A survey of such studies indicates that scholars usually focus their narratological analyses on the main and minor characters in the Gospel. Thus far, background characters have not been considered from such a perspective. In this article this issue is addressed and an example of a narratological analysis of such a group of characters, namely the ill (John 5:2-3 and 6:2), is offered. Aspects that are considered include the classification of this group character, the settings within which it appears, and the role of the reader in its construction.","PeriodicalId":18902,"journal":{"name":"Nederduitse Gereformeerde Teologiese Tydskrif","volume":"21 1","pages":"1-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-08-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84473011","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":"Mission among nomads: the case of the Ovahimba","authors":"G. Petersen, P. Verster","doi":"10.5952/54-1-2-317","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5952/54-1-2-317","url":null,"abstract":"Karl Barth poignantly argues that the essence of the christian message is that God “makes time for” humanity. Nomads are people on the move. Although in tune with nature, they have a limited understanding of the God of nature. Many nomads do not recognise that the God of nature has time for them and longs to walk their cattle trails with them. In this article, the focus falls on the value of mission communication. It is argued that such communication must use the nomadic genre and recognise the oral worldview of nomads. In this way, the mission practitioner will communicate God’s message more effectively. It will also be argued that immersion is necessary in order to be able to gain such knowledge. However, this immersion is not aimed at converting people; rather, its purpose is to demonstrate that God is one with nomads in their quest to connect with him. This suggests that God redeems the culture and the individual, so that, although the individual lives in the world, he/she is protected from the evil one. Thus, in this article, we contend that the messenger is the message that God is one with humanity – or, to quote Barth: “God makes time for man”.","PeriodicalId":18902,"journal":{"name":"Nederduitse Gereformeerde Teologiese Tydskrif","volume":"342 1","pages":"1-13"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77790278","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 pop-Bybel vandag","authors":"J. Punt","doi":"10.5952/54-1-2-315","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5952/54-1-2-315","url":null,"abstract":"Die popularisering van die Bybel, die pop-Bybel, is vandag ʼn\u0000 algemene verskynsel. In die analisering van die pop-Bybel kan op verskillende wins-\u0000 en gevaarpunte gewys word. Die belang van ʼn dialogiese verstaan van die verhouding\u0000 tussen Bybel en populere kultuur is gelee daarin dat die impak van albei na waarde\u0000 geskat kan word.","PeriodicalId":18902,"journal":{"name":"Nederduitse Gereformeerde Teologiese Tydskrif","volume":"20 1","pages":"1-12"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-08-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76634344","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":"“Imaging the Image of God”: David H. Kelsey oor die Imago Dei","authors":"N. Marais","doi":"10.5952/54-1-2-314","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5952/54-1-2-314","url":null,"abstract":"The doctrine of the imago Dei has long functioned as a core theological affirmation in theological anthropologies. However, interpretations of what it means for human beings to be created in the image of God vary widely, which, in turn, has implications for the discourses on human uniqueness, human dignity, human rights and ecological sustainability, among others. This article traces four normative interpretations of the imago Dei – substantive, functional, relational and eschatological – and goes on to argue that these four interpretations need not be understood as mutually exclusive, as they are often treated, but could, within an unsystematic systematic whole, be held together. This article analyses David Kelsey’s understanding of the imago Dei within his recently published theological anthropology, Eccentric Existence (2009), to illustrate how these four interpretations could function together.","PeriodicalId":18902,"journal":{"name":"Nederduitse Gereformeerde Teologiese Tydskrif","volume":"21 1","pages":"1-14"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-08-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76667701","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":"Was Phinehas a religious terrorist? In dialogue with Paul Cliteur","authors":"J. M. Vorster","doi":"10.5952/54-1-2-312","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5952/54-1-2-312","url":null,"abstract":"The Dutch philosopher Paul Cliteur wrote a defence of secular thought in his recent book: “The secular outlook. In defence of moral and political secularism” (Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010). In this book he criticizes Christianity amongst other modern religions as inherently violent and as a danger to the liberal democracies and the human rights environments of our age. He is lead to this conclusion by an exegesis of several passages of scripture. One of these passages is the story of Phinehas in Numbers 25:1-18. According to his exegesis Phinehas can be considered to be a biblical terrorist in the name of God, and he states that this conclusion can entice christians to condone violence on religious grounds. This article evaluates Cliteur’s use of scripture from a Reformed Teological Ethical perspective and asks the question whether his conclusion is valid. This evaluation is done within the scope of the revelation of God in the book of nature, the written word and the incarnate word. From this perspective Cliteur’s use of scripture in an a-historical way and without the evidence of the book of nature (natural law) and the revelation in christ as the incarnate word can be termed as biblicist, and thus as invalid.","PeriodicalId":18902,"journal":{"name":"Nederduitse Gereformeerde Teologiese Tydskrif","volume":"41 1","pages":"1-10"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-08-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86563443","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":"Multicultural worship in Pretoria. A ritual-liturgical case study","authors":"Suzanne Van der Merwe, H. Pieterse, Cas Wepener","doi":"10.5952/54-1-2-311","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5952/54-1-2-311","url":null,"abstract":"The main aim of this article is to develop a theory for praxis\u0000 with regards to multicultural worship in South Africa. With this aim in mind\u0000 qualitative research was undertaken in three denominationally different\u0000 congregations namely Dutch Reformed, Roman Catholic and Charismatic. The research\u0000 question was “what are the ritual-liturgical qualities that make sustainable\u0000 multicultural worship possible with the goal of enhancing social cohesion and\u0000 reconciliation?” After a discussion of the theoretical points of departure of the\u0000 research project the congregations and collected data are presented and\u0000 ritual-liturgical qualities are identified. The article concludes by revisiting these\u0000 qualities, rephrasing them into a preliminary theory for praxis which could possibly\u0000 enhance the development of more sustainable multicultural worship services in the\u0000 South African society.","PeriodicalId":18902,"journal":{"name":"Nederduitse Gereformeerde Teologiese Tydskrif","volume":"205 1","pages":"1-11"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-08-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74461391","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":"Aids, curricula and gender in twelve African theological schools","authors":"H. J. Hendriks","doi":"10.5952/54-1-2-309","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5952/54-1-2-309","url":null,"abstract":"The article deals with the three related issues mentioned in the title in twelve theological schools that formed a network called NetACT. A questionnaire on these matters was answered by al the institutions. The article discusses the answers to three basic questions: did they implement the HIV and AIDS curricula that their network developed; what was the influence and place of these programs in their curricula and what is the gender equity situation and attitudes like at their institution? The data reveals that by addressing the issue forcefully ever since 2000 the NetACT network has decidedly changed the culture of silence and stigmatisation prevalent in the surrounding society. The article thus gives one an insider view of how African seminaries struggle with HIV and AIDS issues. As to gender it is clear that in the network’s schools female lecturers overwhelmingly feel accepted and treated as equals. They are taken seriously and listened to in classes by the students and in staff meetings by their male colleagues. However, the plight of women in African society is not an easy one. What this entails is spelled out in the answers.","PeriodicalId":18902,"journal":{"name":"Nederduitse Gereformeerde Teologiese Tydskrif","volume":"44 1","pages":"1-19"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-08-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88578118","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":"Preaching as self-categorisation : analysing a Beyers Naude-sermon by making use of social identity theory","authors":"I. Nell","doi":"10.5952/54-1-2-308","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5952/54-1-2-308","url":null,"abstract":"“Obedience to God” was the title of a sermon delivered by dr Beyers Naude on Sunday 22 September 1963 at Aasvoelkop Congregation of the Dutch Reformed Church in Johannesburg, South Africa. The Scripture reading was taken from Acts 5:29 which reads: “We must obey God rather than men.” On that same occasion he announced his decision to accept the directorship of the Christian Institute of Southern Africa. These events introduced a new phase in the narrative of Naude and his relationship with his people. In this article notions like self-categorisation as part of Social Identity Theory were used as heuristic tools to explore in what ways this sermon-event played a significant role in a new phase of self-definition in Naude’s life story. At the same time the role of preaching as a process of social identity formation (self-categorisation) comes under the spotlight. In conclusion some pointers are given for reflection on the reformation of preaching within the context of the Twenty First Century by making use of the Confession of Belhar as a framework for interpretation.","PeriodicalId":18902,"journal":{"name":"Nederduitse Gereformeerde Teologiese Tydskrif","volume":"2 1","pages":"1-12"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-08-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87346510","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":"A common pursuit: Paul Cilliers’ and Wentzel van Huyssteen’s epistemic attitudes","authors":"G. Loubser","doi":"10.5952/54-1-2-307","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5952/54-1-2-307","url":null,"abstract":"Paul Cilliers, late professor of complexity and philosophy of\u0000 science at the University of Stellenbosch, argued that by acknowledging the\u0000 complexity of particular systems, one is called beyond a foundationalist or\u0000 relativist epistemology. He advocated for a modest epistemic attitude which\u0000 recognises the provisionality of our knowledge claims. Advocating for a similar\u0000 epistemic attitude, Wentzel van Huyssteen, extraordinary professor of theology at\u0000 the University of Stellenbosch, argues that a postfoundationalist epistemic attitude\u0000 moves beyond foundationalist and nonfoundationalist epistemologies. A\u0000 postfoundationalist understanding of rationality facilitates interdisciplinary\u0000 research by drawing on the concept of transversality and the shared resources of\u0000 human rationality. This essay illuminates the common epistemic pursuit of both these\u0000 highly respected scholars and illustrates the modesty of a postfoundationalist model\u0000 of rationality. Furthermore, this essay proposes that by strengthening Van\u0000 Huyssteen’s postfoundationalist approach with the insights generated by Cilliers on\u0000 complex systems, sustainable interdisciplinarity could be realised.","PeriodicalId":18902,"journal":{"name":"Nederduitse Gereformeerde Teologiese Tydskrif","volume":"36 1","pages":"1-13"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73515884","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":"Sakramentele kerkwees herontdek","authors":"J. Kruger","doi":"10.5952/54-1-2-306","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5952/54-1-2-306","url":null,"abstract":"Rediscovering a Sacramental Ecclesiology The demise of a participatory world view – characterized in this article as a world view of transcendence in immanence – has had far reaching consequences for the understanding of the church, the embodiment par excellence of transcendence in immanence. This article traces the radical separation of transcendence and immanence with special reference to the influence it has had on ecclesiological understanding by contrasting it with the sacramental, participatory world view of the first millennium of the church’s existence. The central claim of the article is that the rediscovery and subsequent recovery of a truly sacramental understanding of the church is of vital importance to the current context, characterized as it is by schisms and seemingly irreconcilable antagonisms. Such a recovery would not entail an impossible return to premodern times, but would encompass the inflected, interpretive performance of salient themes from the time prior to the advent of modernity.","PeriodicalId":18902,"journal":{"name":"Nederduitse Gereformeerde Teologiese Tydskrif","volume":"126 1","pages":"1-11"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76678219","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}