"Die Here is in sy heilige tempel" – oor die teenwoordigheid van God in die erediens
Date
2002-04
Authors
Van der Merwe, I. J.
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Publisher
Dept. of Systematic Theology and Ecclesiology, Stellenbosch University
Abstract
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 we live. The author suggests a way of
thinking about the presence of God which honours postmodernism’s criticism of
traditional metaphysics on the one hand, and contemporary culture’s call for experiencing
God’s presence through more than one sense (the auditory) alone. He contends that the
presence of God in worship is something different from the omnipresence of God; that it
is perceived in faith and that it interrupts the faithful’s everyday life by addressing him or
her on the self-sacrificing love of Christ for the world in need. God is then present in
worship as He is in everyday life, which is in the face of need, and his presence can be
more appropriately depicted as a confrontation reelle than a praesentia realis.
Description
The original publication is available at http://reference.sabinet.co.za/sa_epublication/ngtt
Keywords
God (Christianity), Temple of God, Presence of God
Citation
Van Der Merwe, I.J. 2002. “Die Here is in sy heilige tempel” – oor die teenwoordigheid van God in die erediens. Nederduitse Gereformeerde Teologiese Tydskrif, 43(1&2):152-163.