Browsing Faculty of Theology by Author "Nel, Marius"
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"Apostoliese tye as onherhaalbaar en uniek": Pinksterkerke en Lukas-Handelinge
Nel, Marius (Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, 2017)Some Christians' scientifically-informed worldview leave little room for supernatural phenomena or divine interventions outside the accepted system of explainable cause and effect. They do not expect a supernatural/divine ... -
An attempt to define the constitutive elements of a pentecostal spirituality
Nel, Marius (AOSIS, 2015)Pentecostal spirituality is defined as the integration of beliefs and practices into the affections that are themselves evoked and expressed by those practices and beliefs. This article investigates these practices and ... -
Attempting to define a Pentecostal Hermeneutics
Nel, Marius (University of Stellenbosch, 2015)What is distinctive about Pentecostals' reading of the Bible? In what way do Pentecostal people read the Bible so that they reach different conclusions than believers of other denominations? Is it possible to speak of a ... -
Attempting to develop a Pentecostal theology of worship
Nel, Marius (AOSIS, 2016)Pentecostals affirm the power of Pentecost in worship where they experience the Spirit's revelation of Christ and teach and preach about worship. However, Pentecostal theologians have not written much about a theology of ... -
Benutting van liturgiese ruimte in Pinksterkerke
Nel, Marius (AOSIS, 2015)Afrikaans-speaking Pentecostal Churches were originally part of a revival movement that for various historical reasons chose not to be known as a church. The liturgical space in their churches reflected the anticlerical ... -
Church and war: a change in hermeneutical stance among Pentecostals
Nel, Marius (AOSIS, 2017)At its inception and for the first 40 years of its existence, Pentecostalism was a pacifist movement preaching non-violence and non-retaliation. At the end of the Second World War, the movement changed its stance, in many ... -
A church historical perspective on demonisation, deliverance and the apostolic faith mission of South Africa
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Current classical Pentecostal Bible reading methods: A critical perspective
Nel, Marius (SAGE, 2023)The prevailing trend among members of the Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa(AFM of SA) is to interpret the Bible in a biblicist and literalist way, which conflictswith how early Pentecostals read the Bible. Empirical ... -
Daniel 3 as satirical comedy
Nel, Marius (University of Stellenbosch Faculty of Theology, 2012)The tale in Daniel 3 is told to people living in the second century BCE whose lives were threatened by the Syrian Antiochus IV Epiphanes when they disobeyed his command to forsake their religion as a desperate measure of ... -
Daniel 9 as part of an apocalyptic book?
Nel, Marius (AOSIS, 2013)Daniel 9 relates how Daniel studies the Hebrew Holy Scriptures and finds the prophecy of Jeremiah that Jerusalem will lie desolate for seventy years. He reacts by devoting himself to prayer and fasting in order to remind ... -
Daniël 2 as satire
Nel, Marius (AOSIS, 2012)Readers use intuitive and acquired knowledge about genres in interpreting what they read and hear, underlining the importance of establishing the genre of a specific piece of literature. The genre of the tales in the Book ... -
Development of theological training and hermeneutics in Pentecostalism: a historical perspective and analysis
Nel, Marius (Church History Society of Southern Africa and Unisa Press, 2016)The article hypothesises that the historical development of Pentecostal hermeneutics is closely related to and illustrated by Pentecostals' attitude towards theological training. A short survey is given of the development ... -
Die liggaam van Christus-metafoor: perspektiewe op gemeentebou
Olwagen, J M; Nel, Marius (University of South Africa, 2009)The congregation is God's vehicle through which He comes to the world, and therefore the congregation should concentrate on the building up of the congregation. God has a specific purpose for each congregation to exist and ... -
Die liggaam van Christus-metafoor: Perspektiewe op gemeentebou
Nel, Marius (University of South Africa, 2009) -
Die liggaam-van-Christus-metafoor: instrument vir die effektiewe uitvoering van die missionale opdrag
Nel, Marius; Olwagen, J M (Gereformeerde Teologiese Vereniging, 2008) -
Die siek kind in die gemeente
Nel, Marius (University of South Africa, 2009)The ill child in the assembly makes high demands of pastoral care. The nature of the illness, social environment, relationships, personality, age and level of development, background and personality are some of the factors ... -
Eunug in die Antieke Nabye Ooste
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Fundamentalism and Pentecostalism: Blood Nephews?
Nel, Marius (American Theological Library Association, 2017)Pentecostalism and fundamentalism are viewed by many as closely related, both as expressions of a conservative Christian response to modernism and postmodernism. It is argued in the article that although the Pentecostal ... -
Integrating spirituality and rationality the long and arduous journey of the historical development of theological training in the Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa
Nel, Marius; Janse van Rensburg, Fika (AOSIS, 2016)The chequered path of the development of theological training in the Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa (AFM of SA) started with animosity towards any form of training in favour of the presumed equipment provided by ... -
John G. Lake as a fraud, con man and false prophet': critical assessment of a historical evaluation of Lake's ministry
Nel, Marius (The Church History Society of Southern Africa Research Institute for Theology and Religion, University of South Africa, 2016)This article assesses the evaluation of John G. Lake, one of the founders of South African Pentecostalism, by some historians regarded as a fraud, con man and false prophet in terms of several elements of his life: his ...