This essay examines the covenants with Noah, Abraham, at Sinai, and with David as they appear in their narrative sequence and contexts to show that they either secure the divine presence for the sake of humanity or God’s people (Noah, Abraham [Gen. 15]), David), or secure the pledge of God’s people to live in accordance with divine instruction in the divine presence (Abraham [Gen. 17], Sinai). The essay concludes that the theological theme of divine presence precedes that of the covenants.
{"title":"Divine Presence, then the covenants. An essay on narrative and theological precedence (Part three)","authors":"Arie C. Leder","doi":"10.5952/55-3-4-660","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5952/55-3-4-660","url":null,"abstract":"This essay examines the covenants with Noah, Abraham, at Sinai,\u0000 and with David as they appear in their narrative sequence and contexts to show that\u0000 they either secure the divine presence for the sake of humanity or God’s people\u0000 (Noah, Abraham [Gen. 15]), David), or secure the pledge of God’s people to live in\u0000 accordance with divine instruction in the divine presence (Abraham [Gen. 17],\u0000 Sinai). The essay concludes that the theological theme of divine presence precedes\u0000 that of the covenants.","PeriodicalId":18902,"journal":{"name":"Nederduitse Gereformeerde Teologiese Tydskrif","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-12-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83631760","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Following some biographic introductory comments, the argument of this contribution proceeds in two steps. First, the distinction between Herman Bavinck’s left and right hand is clarified, amongst others with reference to the distinction between fides qua and fides quae , and illustrated with examples from the subsequent Reformed tradition. second, an analysis of Heyns’ own related theological choices is offered on this basis.
{"title":"The ambiguity of Johan Heyns: Sitting at Bavinck’s left or right hand?","authors":"E. Conradie","doi":"10.5952/54-3-4-396","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5952/54-3-4-396","url":null,"abstract":"Following some biographic introductory comments, the argument of this contribution proceeds in two steps. First, the distinction between Herman Bavinck’s left and right hand is clarified, amongst others with reference to the distinction between fides qua and fides quae , and illustrated with examples from the subsequent Reformed tradition. second, an analysis of Heyns’ own related theological choices is offered on this basis.","PeriodicalId":18902,"journal":{"name":"Nederduitse Gereformeerde Teologiese Tydskrif","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-12-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77975538","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Between 2006 and 2013 an empirical study of the curriculum development (CD) of ten NetACt theological institutions of Reformed tradition in sub-Sahara Africa was done. The researchers visited all the campuses and did curriculum development workshops (CDW) with the institutions. Questionnaires addressing worldview, value systems, missional direction, contextualisation and educational principles were used to get basic information. The research found positive learning environments on the campuses with dedicated lecturers and students. The curricula reflect that suffcient attention is given to modernism, secularism, urban and rural evangelism while a deliberate attempt is made to improve the analytical thinking skills of the students. HIV and AIDS courses are found on every campus and there is a new awareness of the importance of Community Development. However, the research also found that the curricula do not reflect emphasis on issues like poverty and children ministry. The majority of the institutions admit to discrimination against women. Nearly all institutions used curricula copied and adapted from Western institutions and added new material on an ad-hoc basis. In many cases there are no written outcomes for modules, no assessment plan and in general a lack of quality control. The success stories of the NetACt curriculum workshops are told and useful recommendations are made for the improvement of curricula.
{"title":"Research into curriculum development at ten theological institutions of reformed tradition in Sub-Saharan Africa linked to NetACT","authors":"Kruger P. du Preez, J. Hendriks, A. Carl","doi":"10.5952/54-3-4-374","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5952/54-3-4-374","url":null,"abstract":"Between 2006 and 2013 an empirical study of the curriculum\u0000 development (CD) of ten NetACt theological institutions of Reformed tradition in\u0000 sub-Sahara Africa was done. The researchers visited all the campuses and did\u0000 curriculum development workshops (CDW) with the institutions. Questionnaires\u0000 addressing worldview, value systems, missional direction, contextualisation and\u0000 educational principles were used to get basic information. The research found\u0000 positive learning environments on the campuses with dedicated lecturers and\u0000 students. The curricula reflect that suffcient attention is given to modernism,\u0000 secularism, urban and rural evangelism while a deliberate attempt is made to improve\u0000 the analytical thinking skills of the students. HIV and AIDS courses are found on\u0000 every campus and there is a new awareness of the importance of Community\u0000 Development. However, the research also found that the curricula do not reflect\u0000 emphasis on issues like poverty and children ministry. The majority of the\u0000 institutions admit to discrimination against women. Nearly all institutions used\u0000 curricula copied and adapted from Western institutions and added new material on an\u0000 ad-hoc basis. In many cases there are no written outcomes for modules, no assessment\u0000 plan and in general a lack of quality control. The success stories of the NetACt\u0000 curriculum workshops are told and useful recommendations are made for the\u0000 improvement of curricula.","PeriodicalId":18902,"journal":{"name":"Nederduitse Gereformeerde Teologiese Tydskrif","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77581265","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
In this article the story of the pioneer missionary in Sekhukhuneland, Rev Abraham Rousseau is told. He was a missionary of the Dutch Reformed Church in Sekhukhuneland from 1926 to 1940. This story deals with the preparation stage of Rousseau’s work, the building of a parsonage, school, hostel, a small hospital and accommodation for the staff, and the expansion of the mission work as far as possible into Sekhukhuneland. Soon 21 outposts, including schools were established. Attention is given to the black evangelists who were the mission’s fore-front workers. Attention is given to the relation between the white and black mission workers in the historical phase in which Rousseau played a role, and how these relations developed in later phases.
{"title":"The contribution of the pioneer missionary, Reverend AJ Rousseau – 1925 to 1940 to the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) mission in Sekhukhuneland","authors":"Gabriel Jacobus Jordaan","doi":"10.5952/54-3-4-375","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5952/54-3-4-375","url":null,"abstract":"In this article the story of the pioneer missionary in\u0000 Sekhukhuneland, Rev Abraham Rousseau is told. He was a missionary of the Dutch\u0000 Reformed Church in Sekhukhuneland from 1926 to 1940. This story deals with the\u0000 preparation stage of Rousseau’s work, the building of a parsonage, school, hostel, a\u0000 small hospital and accommodation for the staff, and the expansion of the mission\u0000 work as far as possible into Sekhukhuneland. Soon 21 outposts, including schools\u0000 were established. Attention is given to the black evangelists who were the mission’s\u0000 fore-front workers. Attention is given to the relation between the white and black\u0000 mission workers in the historical phase in which Rousseau played a role, and how\u0000 these relations developed in later phases.","PeriodicalId":18902,"journal":{"name":"Nederduitse Gereformeerde Teologiese Tydskrif","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81334188","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The article is the second in a series examining the Lord’s Prayer with a view to constructing a sermon on the prayer. In the first article the origin and setting of the prayer, as well as the address and the you-petitions of the prayer were examined. In this article the we-petitions and the doxology are explored. In a third article these insights come together in the construction of a concept sermon and liturgy, incorporating material from ecumenical resources. In the you-petitions the eschatological dimension dominates, whereas the ethical dimension comes more into focus in the we-petitions. It is argued that the biggest challenge in constructing a sermon and liturgy on the Lord’s Prayer is to keep the fundamental dependency and unity of the eschatological and the ethical dimensions together.
{"title":"Ubi caritas est vera, deus ibi est… The Lord’s Prayer – God’s present future","authors":"Elsabé Kloppers","doi":"10.5952/54-3-4-377","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5952/54-3-4-377","url":null,"abstract":"The article is the second in a series examining the Lord’s\u0000 Prayer with a view to constructing a sermon on the prayer. In the first article the\u0000 origin and setting of the prayer, as well as the address and the you-petitions of\u0000 the prayer were examined. In this article the we-petitions and the doxology are\u0000 explored. In a third article these insights come together in the construction of a\u0000 concept sermon and liturgy, incorporating material from ecumenical resources. In the\u0000 you-petitions the eschatological dimension dominates, whereas the ethical dimension\u0000 comes more into focus in the we-petitions. It is argued that the biggest challenge\u0000 in constructing a sermon and liturgy on the Lord’s Prayer is to keep the fundamental\u0000 dependency and unity of the eschatological and the ethical dimensions\u0000 together.","PeriodicalId":18902,"journal":{"name":"Nederduitse Gereformeerde Teologiese Tydskrif","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76973490","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Taking his cue from the two Zulu words Ukubuyisa (to reconcile with the dead) and Ukuh-lanza (the washing of the spears), the author discusses the role that the South African faith communities may play in the quest for healing and reconciliation. A number of prerequisites for reconciliation and peace-building exist, and must be addressed by the Christian churches as well as by the other faith communities in the country. Inviting the reader to page with him through the picture book of reconciliation, the author discusses some of these prerequisites, as well as the way in which different role players within the Christian, African traditional, Hindu and Muslim communities, have attempted to deal with them in the recent past in South Africa.
{"title":"Ukubuyisa and Ukuhlanza: Reconciliation and the Washing of the Spears. The role of the faith communities in the quest for healing and reconciliation","authors":"P. Meiring","doi":"10.5952/54-3-4-380","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5952/54-3-4-380","url":null,"abstract":"Taking his cue from the two Zulu words Ukubuyisa (to reconcile with the dead) and Ukuh-lanza (the washing of the spears), the author discusses the role that the South African faith communities may play in the quest for healing and reconciliation. A number of prerequisites for reconciliation and peace-building exist, and must be addressed by the Christian churches as well as by the other faith communities in the country. Inviting the reader to page with him through the picture book of reconciliation, the author discusses some of these prerequisites, as well as the way in which different role players within the Christian, African traditional, Hindu and Muslim communities, have attempted to deal with them in the recent past in South Africa.","PeriodicalId":18902,"journal":{"name":"Nederduitse Gereformeerde Teologiese Tydskrif","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85785266","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The establishment of the Uniting Reformed church in Southern Africa in 1994 was pre-empted by conversation and debates about what the name of this new church should be. In the end the selected name of this church was deliberate in the sense that it gives an ecclesiological expression of the identity of this church. As such these synodical and congregational conversations about the name of the URCSA are of church historical worth not only for the mentioned church but for churches across the globe. In the light of processing reunification within the family of Dutch Reformed Churches it is time to revisit this decision and choice of the name, URCSA, not only because of the obvious relevance of this conversation but because the ecclesial identities of the churches that form part of the unification discussions needs to be understood and studied on the road to structurally expressions a united identity. In this article I point towards the reasoning behind the choice of name. Mention will be made of the theological significance of this name in spite of various misinterpretations and uncertainties on a local congregational and perhaps also ecumenical level. As such this article attempts to influence the current church historical debate linked to the process of re-unification in the mentioned church family.
{"title":"What is in a name? Lessons learnt from the choice of name for the Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa","authors":"Leslie van Rooi","doi":"10.5952/54-3-4-392","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5952/54-3-4-392","url":null,"abstract":"The establishment of the Uniting Reformed church in Southern Africa in 1994 was pre-empted by conversation and debates about what the name of this new church should be. In the end the selected name of this church was deliberate in the sense that it gives an ecclesiological expression of the identity of this church. As such these synodical and congregational conversations about the name of the URCSA are of church historical worth not only for the mentioned church but for churches across the globe. In the light of processing reunification within the family of Dutch Reformed Churches it is time to revisit this decision and choice of the name, URCSA, not only because of the obvious relevance of this conversation but because the ecclesial identities of the churches that form part of the unification discussions needs to be understood and studied on the road to structurally expressions a united identity. In this article I point towards the reasoning behind the choice of name. Mention will be made of the theological significance of this name in spite of various misinterpretations and uncertainties on a local congregational and perhaps also ecumenical level. As such this article attempts to influence the current church historical debate linked to the process of re-unification in the mentioned church family.","PeriodicalId":18902,"journal":{"name":"Nederduitse Gereformeerde Teologiese Tydskrif","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90494902","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The primary aim of this paper is to bring to light an important unpublished paper from 1910 by Dr DF Malan on the so-called Higher criticism. My paper throws light on Malan’s own theological position as pupil of the Dutch Ethical theologian JJP Valeton. In the first part of my paper I try to explain the issues concerning Higher Criticism and to recount the context in which the paper was written. The second part of my paper contains the original (Dutch) text of Malan’s paper. The final part consists of an annotated bibliography of the debate about Higher Criticism in the Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa during the first three decades of the 20th century. This serves to situate Malan’s position within the context of the Dutch Reformed Church.
{"title":"DF Malan en die Hoër Kritiek","authors":"Vincent Brümmer","doi":"10.5952/54-3-4-369","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5952/54-3-4-369","url":null,"abstract":"The primary aim of this paper is to bring to light an important\u0000 unpublished paper from 1910 by Dr DF Malan on the so-called Higher criticism. My\u0000 paper throws light on Malan’s own theological position as pupil of the Dutch Ethical\u0000 theologian JJP Valeton. In the first part of my paper I try to explain the issues\u0000 concerning Higher Criticism and to recount the context in which the paper was\u0000 written. The second part of my paper contains the original (Dutch) text of Malan’s\u0000 paper. The final part consists of an annotated bibliography of the debate about\u0000 Higher Criticism in the Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa during the first three\u0000 decades of the 20th century. This serves to situate Malan’s position within the\u0000 context of the Dutch Reformed Church.","PeriodicalId":18902,"journal":{"name":"Nederduitse Gereformeerde Teologiese Tydskrif","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81699366","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
As part of the ongoing effort to reappraise the influence and use of the Heidelberg Catechism in early America, an important tradition to consider is New England Puritanism, and an important figure in that tradition, Jonathan Edwards. Though it might be assumed that Edwards had no interaction with the “Palatine Catechism,” a closer look reveals that it was actually a part of the religious culture. This essay looks for the first time at Edwards’ exposure to the document and commentaries on it through colonial book-owning, and then focuses on two episodes in his life in which the Catechism played a role.
{"title":"Jonathan Edwards and the Heidelberg Catechism","authors":"Kenneth P. Minkema","doi":"10.5952/54-3-4-382","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5952/54-3-4-382","url":null,"abstract":"As part of the ongoing effort to reappraise the influence and use of the Heidelberg Catechism in early America, an important tradition to consider is New England Puritanism, and an important figure in that tradition, Jonathan Edwards. Though it might be assumed that Edwards had no interaction with the “Palatine Catechism,” a closer look reveals that it was actually a part of the religious culture. This essay looks for the first time at Edwards’ exposure to the document and commentaries on it through colonial book-owning, and then focuses on two episodes in his life in which the Catechism played a role.","PeriodicalId":18902,"journal":{"name":"Nederduitse Gereformeerde Teologiese Tydskrif","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88315017","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
“Eccentric Existence”: David H Kelsey on theocentric human dignity Discourses on human dignity presuppose specific anthropologies, that respond to the question as to what a human being is. David Kelsey’s recently published theological anthropology, Eccentric Existence (2009), provides a particular view on what it means to be human and, in turn, what the dignity of human beings entails. This article distinguishes between five perspectives and two discourses on human dignity, and proceeds to analyse Kelsey’s understanding of human dignity with a possible contribution to these discourses and perspectives in mind. It is argued that Kelsey’s work could identify with both the discourse on justice and the discourse on flourishing, and that Kelsey’s insistence that the dignity of human beings lie outside of themselves safeguards that dignity in the “eccentric existence” of human beings.
“古怪的存在”:David H Kelsey论以神为中心的人的尊严关于人的尊严的论述预设了特定的人类学，它回应了人是什么这个问题。大卫·凯尔西(David Kelsey)最近出版的神学人类学著作《古怪的存在》(2009)提供了一种特殊的观点，即作为人类意味着什么，反过来，人类的尊严意味着什么。本文区分了关于人类尊严的五种观点和两种话语，并分析了凯尔西对人类尊严的理解，并考虑到这些话语和观点的可能贡献。本文认为，凯尔西的作品既可以认同正义话语，也可以认同繁荣话语，凯尔西坚持认为人的尊严存在于自身之外，从而保障了人类“古怪存在”的尊严。
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