Philosophie

Article scientifique

Gerhard Ebeling oor geloof

Gerhard Ebeling on faith. Gerhard Ebeling (1912–2001), not only the foremost Luther researcher of the previous century but also one …

2016 Open Access

Article scientifique

Reading ‘blackface’: A (narrative) introduction to Richard Kearney’s notion of carnal hermeneutics

Prominent Irish philosopher Richard Kearney’s notion of ‘carnal hermeneutics’ is introduced by applying it to a case study of a …

2016 Open Access

Article scientifique

A Christian understanding of the significance of love of oneself in loving God and neighbour: Towards an integrated self-love reading

This article addresses the meaning of the great commandment of love (Mt. 22:35–40) with afocus on the understanding of self-love …

2016 Open Access

Article scientifique

Writing for publication: institutional support provides an enabling environment

BACKGROUND: Due to the excessive service delivery loads in public hospitals supported by academic institutions in developing environments, researchers at …

2016 Open Access

Article scientifique

Combining Ricoeur and Bultmann on myth and demythologising

A previous article investigated Ricoeur’s stance on myth and demythologising. The intersection of Ricoeur and Bultmann’s work in this field …

2016 Open Access

Article scientifique

The frontiers of empirical science: A Thomist-inspired critique of scientism

Scientistic conceptualisations hold to the positivistic positions that science is limitless in its potential representations of material phenomena and that …

2016 Open Access

Article scientifique

A consideration of the impeccability of Christ

The following study seeks to investigate the impeccability of Christ from a historical-theological point of view. Two camps emerge on …

2016 Open Access

Article scientifique

Revisiting C.S. Lewis’ Screwtape Letters of 1941 and exploring their relation to ‘Screwtape proposes a toast’

According to the Bible, human history unfolds with the overarching presence of God and the limited presence of the devil. …

2016 Open Access

Article scientifique

Does the Christian worldview provide a place for the law of attraction? (Part 2): An apologetic evaluation of the way the Bible is used in promoting this idea

This article investigates the biblical motivation that is given for the secular idea of the so-called spiritual law of attraction …

2016 Open Access

Article scientifique

Spiritualiteit: 'n religieuse paradigma van Gees en hoop as kosmogenesis, korrelasie en mistieke ervaring

Spirituality, a theological paradigm of the Spirit and hope as cosmogenesis, correlation and mystical experience. Anselm of Canterbury�s well-known enunciated …

2016 Open Access

Article scientifique

’n Kragtige bydrae tot persoonlike geloofsvorming van kerklike leiers gemoeid met kerkgroei

No abstract available.

2016 Open Access

Article scientifique

The unbearable lightness of diff�rance: The ethos of deconstruction

The unbearable lightness of diff�rance is in reference to Milan Kundera�s famous book, The unbearable lightness of being. Being is …

2016 Open Access

Article scientifique

Die Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerkorde van 1962: Die Dordtse Kerkorde aangepas by die eise van ons dag?

This article investigates a statement by Dr Koot Vorster, at that stage a leading figure and church politician in the …

2016 Open Access

Article scientifique

Can the Song of Songs be described (also) as a form of dark green religion?

Bron Taylor defines dark green religion as: �� a deep sense of belonging to and connectedness in nature, whilst perceiving …

2016 Open Access

Article scientifique

Language as a barrier to ministry of the Word with special reference to sign language in ministry: Human dignity perspective

This article is born out of my participation in the General Synod Ministerial Formation for theological training of Uniting Reformed …

2016 Open Access

Article scientifique

Some psychoanalytical meanings of the skin in Leviticus 13�14

�Psychoanalysing� the different forms of �scale disease� dealt with in Leviticus 13�14 can shed some light on the way the …

2016 Open Access

Article scientifique

Spiritual formation and the nurturing of creative spirituality: A case study in Proverbs

The article is positioned in the interface between Old Testament scholarship and the discipline of spiritual direction of which spiritual …

2016 Open Access

Article scientifique

Should we blame Calvinism for the development of apartheid in South Africa? A perspective from the Reformed Churches in South Africa: A case study

In his book The Irony of Apartheid (1981), I. Hexham argues that Calvinists – also those from Potchefstroom – formulated …

2016 Open Access

Article scientifique

Mediated religion: Implications for religious authority

The relationship between media and religion seems to be a well established research topic today. Themes like identity formation and …

2016 Open Access

Article scientifique

Deconstruction the end of writing: 'Everything is a text, there is nothing outside context'

In this article, I read Derrida�s critique of the �sign� over against the challenges of the metaphysics of presence as …

2016 Open Access