Reforming memory : essays on South African Church and theological history

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dc.contributor.authorVosloo, Roberten_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-28T08:31:37Z
dc.date.available2020-04-28T08:31:37Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.descriptionCITATION: Vosloo, R. 2017. Reforming memory : essays on South African Church and theological history. Stellenbosch: SUN MeDIA, doi:10.18820/9781928314370.
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at https://africansunmedia.store.it.si/za
dc.description.abstractAlthough we should acknowledge the fragility of memory, we should nevertheless affirm the remarkable ability of memory to reform and transform our identity. Our memories and ways of remembering are, however, often marked by trauma and violence. Memory, therefore, not merely reforms; it too is in need of reformation, redemption and transformation. With this emphasis in mind, Reforming Memory grapples with the question what a responsible engagement with the past entails, also for Christians and churches associated with the Reformed tradition. The history of Reformed churches in South Africa is, one can argue, a deeply divided and ambivalent one. The same figures are heroes to some and villains to others; historic events are deeply ambiguous and conflicting views surround different discourses. Yet the histories, and perhaps futures, of these churches and traditions are inextricably interwoven. Reforming Memory fundamentally combines an interest in the notion of “memory” with an interest in (South African) Reformed theology and history. Central is the question: how should we remember and represent the past responsibly? The essays collected in this book engage in different ways with this question, attending in the process to some episodes in the history of the Dutch Reformed Church, some influential Reformed theologians, and some important Reformed practices and confessional documents.en_ZA
dc.description.urihttps://africansunmedia.store.it.si/za/book/reforming-memory-essays-on-south-african-church-and-theological-history/424176
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dc.format.extent287 pages
dc.identifier.citationVosloo, R. 2017. Reforming memory : essays on South African Church and theological history. Stellenbosch: SUN MeDIA, doi:10.18820/9781928314370.
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-928314-36-3 (print)
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-928314-37-0 (online)
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7144-9644
dc.identifier.otherdoi:10.18820/9781928314370
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/107735
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherAFRICAN SUN MeDIA
dc.rights.holderAFRICAN SUN MeDIA
dc.rights.holderAuthor retains copyright
dc.subjectReformed Church -- South Africaen_ZA
dc.subjectRace relations -- Religious aspects -- Christianityen_ZA
dc.subjectMemory -- Biblical teachingen_ZA
dc.subjectSouth Africa -- Church historyen_ZA
dc.subjectPublic theologyen_ZA
dc.titleReforming memory : essays on South African Church and theological historyen_ZA
dc.typeBooken_ZA
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