'Remembering forward and hoping backward'? : some thoughts on women and the Dutch Reformed Church

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dc.contributor.authorMouton, Elna en_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2013-01-23T11:47:19Z
dc.date.available2013-01-23T11:47:19Z
dc.date.issued2001
dc.descriptionCITATION: Mouton, E. 2001. 'Remembering forward and hoping backward'? Some thoughts on women and the Dutch Reformed Church. Scriptura, 76:77-86, doi:10.7833/76-1-1184.
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at http://scriptura.journals.ac.za
dc.description.abstractThe paper explores current challenges and opportunities facing the Dutch Reformed Church with respect to a more inclusive (gender) ethos. It sets out by briefly describing major hermeneutical and societal shifts in South Africa during the past decades. Numerous structural changes, particularly with regard to the position of women, have been accomplished in the church and society. However, these have not always been accompanied by attitudinal and behavioural changes. On the level of a collective conciousness the scars of a deeply divided society still prevail. Serious and complex issues facing the church are described as essentially theological in nature. The DRC at present is envisioned as a vulnerable, liminal cite where a new dynamic may develop and where liberating and healing discourses may be fascilitated. In the process central aspects such as biblical authority, God language and liturgy need to be revisited and reclaimed as powerful resources for identity and moral transformation.
dc.description.urihttp://scriptura.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/1184
dc.description.versionPublisher's version
dc.format.extent10 pages
dc.identifier.citationMouton, E. 2001. 'Remembering forward and hoping backward'? Some thoughts on women and the Dutch Reformed Church. Scriptura, 76:77-86, doi:10.7833/76-1-1184.
dc.identifier.issn2305-445X (online)
dc.identifier.issn0254-1807 (print)
dc.identifier.otherdoi:10.7833/76-1-1184
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/74118
dc.publisherStellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology
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dc.subjectNederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk -- Clergyen_ZA
dc.subjectWomen in church worken_ZA
dc.title'Remembering forward and hoping backward'? : some thoughts on women and the Dutch Reformed Churchen_ZA
dc.typeArticle
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