Cape Dutch Christendom and its legacy

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dc.contributor.authorNieder-Heitmann, Janen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2013-07-03T08:19:39Z
dc.date.available2013-07-03T08:19:39Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.descriptionCITATION: Nieder-Heitmann, J. 2012. Cape Dutch Christendom and its legacy. Dutch Reformed Theological Journal, 53:163-173, doi:10.5952/53-0-204.
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at https://ngtt.journals.ac.za
dc.description.abstractAs a general concept, Christendom (corpus Christianum) – and particularly the phenomenon of patronage – are useful tools to understand the relationship between churches and cultures, and between political and civil society. This is particularly true of Western churches, but also of former Western colonial possessions and churches within them. In Christendom, patronage is usually associated with privileges bestowed upon a church by the state (political society) – state control over church/es in its realm. However, civil society and a culture, too, can assume patronage over a church, threatening the latter’s integrity and prophetic witness. The colonial Cape (Dutch Reformed) Church’s character was formed by powerful political patronage to the extent that it found it difficult to live and witness under the sole patronage of its crucified Lord. Ever since, it also continually sought to align itself with one or more of the above mentioned powers in South Africa.
dc.description.urihttps://ngtt.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/204
dc.description.versionPublisher's version
dc.format.extent11 pages
dc.identifier.citationNGTT: Ned Geref Teologiese Tydskrif
dc.identifier.citationNieder-Heitmann, J. 2012. Cape Dutch Christendom and its legacy. Dutch Reformed Theological Journal, 53:163-173, doi:10.5952/53-0-204.
dc.identifier.issn2226-2385 (online)
dc.identifier.issn0028-2006 (print)
dc.identifier.otherdoi:10.5952/53-0-204
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/82501
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherPieter de Waal Neetlhling Trust
dc.subjectChurch and state -- South Africaen_ZA
dc.subjectPatronage, Ecclesiasticalen_ZA
dc.subjectNederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk -- South Africaen_ZA
dc.titleCape Dutch Christendom and its legacyen_ZA
dc.typeArticle
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