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- ItemOpen church and closed worship? : a practical theology study of the dialectic relationship between fear and hospitality in worship(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-12) Lim, Daewoong; Cilliers, Johan; Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Theology. Dept. of Practical Theology and Missiology.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In the rites of Christian worship, various aspects are operated, and some of them seem to have opposite attributes that cannot exist at the same place and be performed at the same time. Since all the aspects are so important to worship, we cannot over-stress or exclude either one of them. The relationships between the aspects being confronted with cause tensions in worship. The aim of this thesis is to synthesize these tensions, esp. concerning fear and hospitality in worship. Fear and hospitality cannot be expressed with one perspective, because they in themselves have various aspects. Fear of God has a dimension of Mysterium Tremendum but, at the same time, it has a dimension of Fascinosum. Hospitality also has two dimensions: of God and of human beings. Thus, what is significant is to relieve the tension between fear and hospitality and the tension implied in themselves. To accomplish this goal, we endeavour to find the agent for the synthesizing the two aspects in worship so that they can stand in a dialectical relationship. We apply a Christological approach and pneumatological insights for this task. In Jesus a negative dimension of fear of God can be altered to hospitality of God while still grabbing a positive sense of fear of God in worship. Therefore, In Jesus fear and hospitality is synthesized. This synthesizing is different from blending or balancing fear and hospitality in worship just in quantity and quality for they cannot relieve the tensions. Lastly, we deal with a matter of opening and closing as a pragmatic task. The church and worship can be open for God’s hospitality, but at the same time they are closed to some for fear of God. Opening or closing in itself cannot be the solution for this contradiction. The answer for the matter of opening and closing lies in a dialectical relationship between fear and hospitality in Jesus Christ, because in Him all the tensions are relieved.
- ItemThe tension between being and becoming in worship : a liturgical study on deification from a trinitarian perspective(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-12) Lim, Daewoong; Cilliers, Johan; Vosloo, Robert; Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Theology. Dept. of Practical Theology and Missiology.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Worship is a place of encounter for the divine God and depraved human beings. Human beings express their desire to become like God through diverse liturgical orders. However, due to their sinful nature, human beings are not able to become like God; and God’s being is perfect, so that He does not become anything but Himself. Because of this, tension occurs regarding being and becoming. God Himself released the tension between being and becoming through becoming man in the Incarnation of the second Person of the Trinity. The Son became a human being so that the possibility of deification, literally meaning becoming God, is open to human beings. As Athanasius declared, “He was made man that we might be made God”. This dissertation aims to understand and reflect on the tension between being and becoming in worship, with the specific theological term deification. Because the doctrine of deification is still not familiar to the West, we needed to introduce the development of the doctrine briefly. Besides the study on deification, this dissertation employed a threefold structure to achieve its aim. The threefold structure comprises three dialogues: on the Trinity and worship; on deification and the Trinity; and on deification and worship. In the first dialogue, we find that the Trinity exists as a relational being, inwardly as well as outwardly. The relational God enters into a relationship with us in worship. That God is relational delineates worship as a place of deification. The second dialogue informs us that deification has two dimensions: transformation of our being and relationship with the Trinity, which are proved by biblical and doctrinal study. These theoretical studies call for liturgical study to be vitalised. The third dialogue, consequently, highlights that deification is actualised in worship, starting from this life, and to be continued.