Research Articles (Systematic Theology and Ecclesiology)

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  • Gereformeerde identiteit vandag? : ontwikkelings en rigtings 
    Smit, D. J. (Stellenbosch University : Department of Systematic Theology and Ecclesiology, 2012-12)
    The paper pays tribute to the honouree by offering a case study of one of the key themes of Brümmer’s later research, namely the identity of traditions. It provides an overview of diverse answers to questions about Reformed ...
  • Seekers of truth and justice : an investigation of the Accra Declaration’s ecclesiology 
    Pretorius, Helgard Meyer (Stellenbosch : Department of Systematic Theology and Ecclesiology, 2013-02)
    This article investigates the implied ecclesiology of the Accra Declaration (WARC, 2004). It does this by viewing the document through the lenses of various ecclesiological categories: Biblical images or metaphors, social ...
  • Dordt and South Africa : the nature and challenges for Reformed Church polity in South Africa 
    Coertzen, P. (Stellenbosch University, Department of Systematic Theology and Ecclesiology, 2013-02)
    Under the title Dordt and South Africa – the nature and challenges for Reformed Church Polity in South Africa this presentation starts by sketching the context in which the Church Order of Dordt was drawn up and what the ...
  • "Die Here is in sy heilige tempel" – oor die teenwoordigheid van God in die erediens 
    Van der Merwe, I. J. (Dept. of Systematic Theology and Ecclesiology, Stellenbosch University, 2002-04)
    The question on how God’s presence in the worship of the church can be discerned is once again on the theological table because of two contextual influences, namely postmodernism and the image-oriented culture in which ...
  • Confessional and ecumenical? : revisiting Edmund Schlink on the hermeneutics of doctrine 
    Smit, D. J. (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2008-02)
    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 ...
  • Waarheid en betekenisgelaagdheid 
    Du Toit, D. A. (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2006-02)
    An evaluation of an individual’ s contribution towards theology needs to be placed against the backdrop of the story of faith and theology. In this case it would be the story of religious and theological truth, taking it ...
  • Freedom of religion in South Africa : then and now 1652–2008 
    Coertzen, P. (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2008-02)
    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 ...
  • And Zaccheus remained in the tree : reconciliation and justice and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission 
    Boesak, A. (Aosis OpenJournals, 2008-03)
    South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) has been praised the world over for its work and its example is being followed by many countries, in Africa especially. In South Africa the TRC has raised hopes and ...
  • Kan die NG Kerk vandag nog iets vir Suid Afrika beteken? 
    Boesak, A. (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2008-01)
    This article is the edited version of the presentation held at the University of Pretoria’s “Theological Day” on January 31, 2008. It seeks to answer the question: “Can the Dutch Reformed Church still make a difference in ...
  • Spirituality and the hermeneutics of faith 
    Brummer, Vincent (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2010-11)
    The first part of this essay argues that religious experience should not be viewed as an extraordinary kind of extra-sensory perception (visions, ecstasies etc) but as ‘hermeneutical’ in the sense that it entails an ...
  • Prophetic witness and public discourse in European societies - a German perspective 
    Bedford-Strohm, Heinrich (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2010-10)
    The role of prophetic witness of the churches in the public discourse of modern civil societies is analysed on the basis of three public memorandums of the German Protestant churches on economic questions and their impact ...