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Kerkwees in n post-sekulêre tyd
(Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, 2013)The term "post-secularism" was introduced in a 2004 Television debate between the German philosopher Habermas and Cardinal Ratzinger, the former Pope of the Roman Catholic Church. With this term Habermas ventured to identify ... -
Killing from a Distance: a Christian ethical evaluation of CIA targeted Drone killings
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2015)This article provides an ethical evaluation of the CIA's use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV's) to target so-called terror suspects and insurgents. It utilises Christian informed deontological and virtue-ethical criteria ... -
Kingdom, church and civil society: a theological paradigm for civil action
(AOSIS, 2015)This article deals with the role that churches can and should play in civil society to develop societal morally. The central-theoretical argument is that the biblical notion of the kingdom of God can, when it is systematically ... -
Kingdom, covenant, and human rights
(AOSIS, 2017)This research revisits the idea of a Christian perspective on human rights. Departing from a hermeneutics of trust, this article considers the concept of human rights from the perspective of revelation history. Revelation ... -
Klaagliedere by Qumran: ’n tweede redaksie?
(AOSIS, 2012)The four Qumran manuscripts of Lamentations presented the Hebrew text of the book from a period of about one hundred years before the standardisation of the Hebrew consonantal text. These manuscripts were studied to answer ... -
Kleipotte wat maklik breek? 'n Herverstaan van 2 Korintiërs 4:7
(Bureau for Scholarly Journals, 2008)Translations of and commentaries on the Bible see the image of clay pots Paul uses in 2 Corinthians 4:7 as a derogatory self-characterisation which is used to depict the fragility, ordinariness, cheapness or expendability ... -
Konteks(te) waarbinne apokaliptiese geskrifte gedurende die intertestamentere periode floreer het
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Landskap van gemeentesang in die Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk aan die begin van die een-en-twintigste eeu: Voorlopige verkenning
(AOSIS, 2015)Music and singing in the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) is in a process of radical change. Within a global village, the six views of worship as identified by Paul Basden (2004) could be of great value in understanding die ... -
Latyn en die opleiding van regstudente in Suid-Afrika: 'n Nuwe relevansie
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The law and the image of God
(The Old Testament Society of Southern Africa (OTSSA), 2013)The purpose of this article is to show that the image of God (Godlikeness) is an important theme in the OT. In the interest of space, the discussion on the image of God will be limited to the study of Exodus, Leviticus, ... -
Leadership as an enabling function: towards a new paradigm for local church leadership in the 21$^s$$^t$ century
(AOSIS, 2015)Ministry leadership presents unanticipated challenges to those seeking to serve the church. Whilst formal theological programmes provide essential education in Christianity and ministry, they do not equip new ministry ... -
Lewende Godsprake vir ons: Die implikasie van λόγια ζῶντα in Handelinge 7:38
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2010)In what turned out to be his final sermon on earth, Stephen the Deacon used the expression λόγια ζῶντα to describe the authoritative oracles from God as the people of Israel received them from God and his angels through ... -
Liberty and equality. A critical response to the debate between James P. Sterba and Jan Narveson
(Philosophical Society of Southern Africa, 2012)This article examines the libertarian arguments of Jan Narveson and James P. Sterba regarding the compatibility of liberty and equality. It then posits that their arguments fail in solving tensions between liberty and ... -
Literary criticism from a Cape Town pulpit: Ramsden Balmforth's explications of modern novels as parables revealing ethical and spiritual principles
(AOSIS, 2017)Literary criticism evolved slowly in southern Africa. One of the first commentators to write about this topic was the Unitarian minister, Ramsden Balmforth (1861-1941), a native of Yorkshire and Unitarian minister who ... -
Liturgical aspects of funeral services in Reformed Churches of African origin
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Liturgical aspects of funeral services in reformed churches of African origin
(AOSIS, 2010)How can the Reformed Churches of African origin arrive at a Biblical and contextual liturgy for their funeral services? Liturgy in death situations teaches people the meaning of death, and to the African, a proper funeral ... -
Liturgical aspects of wedding ceremonies in Reformed churches of African Origin
(OpenJournals Publishing, 2010)How can the Reformed Churches of African origin arrive at a Biblical and contextual liturgy for their funeral services? Liturgy in death situations teaches people the meaning of death, and to the African, a proper funeral ... -
Liturgical guidelines for congregations to have a voice in the serious problem of economical inequality in South Africa
(AOSIS, 2013)It is part of the calling of the church to address issues of justice and peace, and to care for the poor and the marginalised in society, because the church is the body of Christ and therefore the heart and hands of Christ ... -
Liturgical guidelines for congregations to have a voice in the serious problem of economical inequality in South Africa
(OASIS, 2013)It is part of the calling of the church to address issues of justice and peace, and to care for the poor and the marginalised in society, because the church is the body of Christ and therefore the heart and hands of ...