Willie Jonker se teologiese etiek
Date
2011
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Pieter de Waal Neethling Trust
Abstract
The article deals with the South African Dutch Reformed theologian W.D. (Willie)
Jonker’s (1929-2006) contribution to theological ethics. Three perspectives on
his ethics are developed, viz. foundational, methodological and substantive
perspectives. The first relates to his idea that the foundation of ethics is the
correlation between doctrine and life. Ethics is the outcome of the reconciliation in
Christ as activated by the work of the Spirit, through which the totality of human
life in the world is sanctified through the mediation of the life of the church. The
second, methodological perspective deals with the relationship between ethics and
hermeneutics. Here Jonker’s complex and original work on the grounding of ethical
claims on Scripture is discussed, and much attention is paid to his appropriation of
Calvin in this regard. The third, substantive perspective deals with an area where
Jonker made a distinctly new contribution to theological ethics in Dutch Reformed
orientated South Africa during apartheid, viz. the development of a social ethics.
This aspect of his work was particularly inspirational for the development of a critical
consciousness about apartheid in Dutch Reformed circles sionce the 1980’s. The
article is concluded with a couple of critical and evaluative remarks.
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CITATION: Van Niekerk, A. A. 2011. Willie Jonker se teologiese etiek. Nederduitse Gereformeerde teologiese Tydskrif / Dutch Reformed Theological Journal, 52(3):585-599, doi:10.5952/52-3-67.
The original publication is available at http://ngtt.journals.ac.za
Publication of this article was funded by the Stellenbosch University Open Access Fund.
The original publication is available at http://ngtt.journals.ac.za
Publication of this article was funded by the Stellenbosch University Open Access Fund.
Keywords
Jonker, Willem Daniel, Ethics, Hermeneutics, Social ethics
Citation
Van Niekerk, A. A. 2011. Willie Jonker se teologiese etiek. Nederduitse Gereformeerde teologiese Tydskrif / Dutch Reformed Theological Journal, 52(3):585-599, doi:10.5952/52-3-67.