Menswaardigheid : tema binne Suid-Afrikaanse gereformeerde teologie?
Date
2007
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Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology
Abstract
For the major part of the twentieth century human dignity has not been a theme in
Reformed theology in South Africa. Rather, Reformed theological anthropology was
influenced by other philosophical questions and ideological trends. When human
dignity became a theme late during the century, it was mainly employed as critical
notion over against forms of injustice and exclusion, and therefore mainly in
political and legal uses, often directly related to human rights. By the time it found
expression in the first democratic Constitution (1996) it had almost become
commonplace in public life. As result of this particular history, several discourses
concerning human dignity can today be discerned in South African society and
Reformed churches and theologians are involved in all of them, also by way of
different theological and inter-disciplinary research projects. This paper provides a
brief overview of this ยท history and concludes by distinguishing some of the
contemporary discourses.
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CITATION: Smit, D. J. 2007. Menswaardigheid : tema binne Suid-Afrikaanse gereformeerde teologie?. Scriptura, 95(0):161-165, doi:10.7833/95-0-1391.
The original publication is available at http://scriptura.journals.ac.za
The original publication is available at http://scriptura.journals.ac.za
Keywords
Gereformeerde Teologie, Theology, Doctrinal, Reformed Church, Dignity
Citation
Smit, D. J. 2007. Menswaardigheid : tema binne Suid-Afrikaanse gereformeerde teologie?. Scriptura, 95(0):161-165, doi:10.7833/95-0-1391