scholarly journals Godsleer en skrifleer: Fokus en uitdaging

2012 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Callie F.C. Coetzee
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
The Other ◽  
Current Debate ◽  
Word Of God ◽  
Full Agreement ◽  
Knowledge Of God ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Scientific System ◽  
And Task ◽  
New View

Die keuse van die onderwerp vir hierdie artikel moet teen ‘n bepaalde agtergrond gesien word. In die eerste plek het  dit om die plek en taak van die dogmatiek, waarin die Godsleer en die Skrifleer ‘n besondere plek inneem, gegaan. Dogmatiek is immers die wetenskaplike sisteem van die kennis van God, en God openbaar Hom in besonder deur die Skrif. In die tweede plek het dit oor die aktualiteit van die onderwerp gegaan. Daar word vandag toenemend gepleit vir ‘n nuwe Godsbeeld, wat God se verhouding tot die wêreld betref. Die begrip wat gebruik  word is panenteïsme. Wat die Skrifleer betref, is die vraag na die gesag van die Skrif voortdurend aan die orde. Wat die begrip panenteïsme betref (God in alles en alles in God), in onderskeid van die begrippe deïsme, panteïsme en teïsme, is vanuit die Skrif bevind dat daar geen ineenvloeiing van God en die geskape werklikheid  is, soos die voorstanders van panenteïsme (o.a. die Nuwe Hervorming en Julian Müller in Suid-Afrika) bepleit het nie. Wat die Skrifleer betref, het die debat weereens, soos in die 16de eeu, saamgetrek in die vraag of die Bybel die Woord van God is of die ervaring van mense. Die skrywer se eie standpunt het saamgetrek in volledige instemming met die Gereformeerde belydenis soos verwoord in Nederlandse Geloofsbelydenis, Artikel 2–7. Die voorstanders van ‘n nuwe Godsbeeld (panenteïsme) het egter in hulle Skrifleer radikaal  van die Reformatoriese tradisie afgewyk. Die fokus en uitdaging vir die Gereformeerde dogmatiek lê in die onverswakte handhawing van die Goddelike gesag van die Woord. In sy Woord openbaar God Homself as die transendente en immanente God (teïsme). Hierdie waarheid het onder andere besondere implikasies vir die leer van die voorsienigheid. Wanneer die dogmatiek, in samewerking met ander relevante teologiese dissiplines en die wetenskap van die wysbegeerte en literatuurwetenskap sy taak verrig, eindig ware teologie in doksologie.Doctrine on God and doctrine on Scripture: Focus and challenge. The choice of the title for this article must be seen against a specific background. In the first place it had to do with the place and task of dogmatics, in which the doctrine on God and the doctrine on Scripture are most important. Dogmatics can be defined as the scientific system of the knowledge of God and God reveals Himself in particular in Scripture. Secondly,  it had to do with the actuality of the topic. In the current debate there is an emphasis on a new view of God as far as his relationship with creation is concerned. The term used is panentheism. And as far as the doctrine on Scripture is concerned, the question of the authority of Scripture is always on the agenda. As far as the term panentheism (all in God and God in all) is concerned, distinguished from deism, pantheism and theism, it was concluded that in Scripture we do not find any identity or fusion between God and creation, as the advocates for panentheism (the New Reformers and Julian Müller inter alia in South Africa) plead. As far as the doctrine of Scripture is concerned, the focus is on the question whether the Bible is the Word of God or the experience of man. The author of this article found himself in full agreement with the Reformed confession as formulated in the Belgic Confession, Articles 2–7. On the other hand,  the advocates for a new view about God (panentheism) deviate radically from the Reformed tradition. The focus and challenge for Reformed dogmatics lie in the maintaining of the Divine authority of Scripture. In his Word, God reveals Himself as both the transcendent and immanent God (theism). This truth has specific implications for the doctrine on providence inter alia. When Reformed dogmatics is practised in cooperation with other theological disciplines, philosophy, literature studies, et cetera, theology in the end becomes doxology.

Introduction

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gillian Frank ◽  
Bethany Moreton ◽  
Heather R. White
Keyword(s):  
Supreme Court Decision ◽  
The Other ◽  
Court Decision ◽  
Word Of God ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Sunday Morning ◽  
Same Sex Couples ◽  
Civil Marriage ◽  
The Bible ◽  
The U.S

The lines seem so clearly drawn: A white evangelical minister stands in front of his California congregation on a Sunday morning. In one hand he holds a Bible. In the other is the text of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges extending civil marriage rights to same-sex couples throughout the country. “It’s time to choose,” he thunders to thousands of believers in the stadium-style worship center. “Will we follow the Word of God or the tyrannical dictates of government?” His declaration “This is who I stand with” is met with applause from the faithful as he dramatically flings the Court’s decision to the ground and tramples on it, waving the Bible in his upraised hand....

From Esther to Kwezi

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 471-487 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Juliana Claassens ◽  
Amanda Gouws
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Political Science ◽  
Old Testament ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Patriarchal Society ◽  
Collaborative Engagement ◽  
Multiple Levels ◽  
The One

This article seeks to reflect on the issue of sexual violence in the context of the twenty year anniversary of democracy in South Africa bringing together views from the authors’ respective disciplines of Gender and the Bible on the one hand and Political Science on the other. We will employ the Old Testament Book of Esther, which offers a remarkable glimpse into the way a patriarchal society is responsible for multiple levels of victimization, in order to take a closer look at our own country’s serious problem of sexual violence. With this collaborative engagement the authors contribute to the conversation on understanding and resisting the scourge of sexual violence in South Africa that has rendered a large proportion of its citizens voiceless.

scholarly journals Kenteoretiese besinning oor teologiebeoefening aan die Teologiese Skool van Potchefstroom die afgelope twintig jaar

1992 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Snyman
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Word Of God ◽  
Naive Realism ◽  
Founding Father ◽  
Naïve Realism ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Theological School

In commemoration of the death a hundred years ago of Dirk Postma, the founding father of the Gereformeerde Kerke in South Africa, this article focuses on the theological creativity of the past twenty years at the Theological School in Potchefstroom. Theological creativity in the GKSA should be viewed in the light of a fear of humanism, horizontalism and secularism. In the churches' zealousness to treat the Bible as the Word of God, in order to be able to say 'Thus says the Lord God’, the need to reflect on the recipients' epistemological presuppositions is not felt. Consequently, Neoplatonism, Positivism and Naive Realism found their way into the theological activity of the TSP. A lack of such reflection on these epistemological presuppositions creates the possibility of projecting them back into the Bible and then investing them with revelational authority.

Scripture, Inspiration and the Word of God

1993 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
Graeme Garrett
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Word Of God ◽  
Human History ◽  
Biblical Literature ◽  
Adequate Theory ◽  
The Bible ◽  
The One ◽  
Dialogical Relation ◽  
As If

This article seeks to restate the idea of the inspiration of scripture in the context of contemporary debates about authority. It is argued that an adequate theory of scripture must be constructed as part of a comprehensive theology of the “word of God”, on the one hand, and a dynamic theology of the Spirit, on the other. In short, the doctrine of the inspiration of scripture cannot be stated in isolation, as if the Bible could be treated as an isolated object, whole and complete in itself. Only as the word of God empowered by the Spirit of God is comprehended in all its dimensions, and as the reception and interpretation of each dimension is apprehended in dialogical relation to the others, can we grasp what is the unique and irreplaceable part that biblical literature plays in the economy of God's self-declaration in human history.

scholarly journals Ekspository Preaching: Jawaban Terhadap Kebutuhan Sistem Berkhotbah Masa Kini

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Aris Elisa Tembay
Keyword(s):  
Expository Preaching ◽  
The Other ◽  
Word Of God ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Detailed Explanation ◽  
God's Word ◽  
Allegorical Interpretation

Dalam ilmu Homeletika, dikenal ada tiga jenis khotbah; yakni khotbah Topikal, Tekstual, dan Ekspositori. Dibandingkan dengan dua jenis khotbah yang lain, ekspositori memiliki ciri-ciri dan kelebihan tersendiri, oleh karena pengkhotbah sangat terikat dengan teks yang dikhotbahkan dan teks tersebut harus merupakan teks yang lengkap seperti satu perikop.  Sesuai dengan namanya “Ekspositori” adalah memberitakan atau mengekspos kebenaran Firman Allah dalam satu rangkaian yang terdiri dari tema, pokok-pokok besar dan kecil yang kesemuannya bersumber dari teks. Sehingga menolong pengkhotbah untuk jauh dari penafsiran alegoris, karena seluruh khotbah terdiri dari suatu penjelasan terperinci tentang satu bagian tertentu dari Alkitab dan nats Alkitab itu terjalin dalam seluruh uraian. Khotbah ekspositori menolong jemaat atau pendengar untuk mudah mengerti maksud dan tujuan Firman Tuhan, karena yang diberitakan bukan ide pengkhotbah tetapi murni penguraian dari teks yang dibacakan. Di samping itu sistematika ekspositori yang menguraikan pokok-pokok besar dan kecil bersumber dari tema yang berasal dari teks, memudahkan pendengar untuk mengerti bahkan mengingat Firman Tuhan yang diberitakan. Oleh sebab itu khotbah ekspositori adalah jawaban bagi tantangan pemberitaan Firman Tuhan masa kini.   In Homiletics, there are three types of preaching known; namely Topical, Textual, and Expository sermons. Compared with the other two types of preaching, the expository has its own characteristics and advantages, because the preacher is very bound to the text being preached and the text must be a complete text like a passage. In accordance with its name "Expository" is to preach or expose the truth of God's Word in a series consisting of themes, big and small points whose findings are sourced from the text. So it helps the preacher to be far from allegorical interpretation, because the entire sermon consists of a detailed explanation of one particular part of the Bible and the scriptures are intertwined in the entire description. Expository preaching helps the congregation or listener to easily understand the purpose and purpose of God's Word, because what is preached is not the preacher's idea but purely a decomposition of the text read. In addition, expository systematics that outlines the major and minor points of origin comes from themes originating from the text, making it easy for listeners to understand and even remember the Word of God preached. Therefore expository preaching is the answer to the challenges of preaching God's Word today.

scholarly journals Abraham and Jesus as Ancient Migrants: An African Migration Perspective

Perichoresis ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zorodzai Dube
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Economic Resources ◽  
The Other ◽  
Historical Document ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Ancient People ◽  
African Migration ◽  
Migration Experiences

Abstract The study is a response to the call for papers that focuses on African issues and, I chose to discuss the issue of migration. Though not a historical document, the Bible records various journeys that the ancient people travelled;1 it narrates people’s relocations from one geographic place to the other. However, migration has never been the main focus of several biblical interpreters who seem to perceive the Bible mostly from a theological lens. Largely, this study is informed by current challenges associated with immigration, highlighting comparative migration experiences that seem embellished under theological themes. For examples, each day we hear about stories of migrants who drown in the sea while trying to cross to Europe or of foreigners, due to xenophobic conflicts over few economic resources, die in numbers in South Africa. This study explores two biblical characters—Abraham and Jesus from a migration perspective, focusing on the pushed or pulled factors embedded under their stories.

scholarly journals Die wetenskaplike onderbou van [email protected]

2003 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 474-492
Author(s):  
H.F. Stander
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Scientific Basis ◽  
Target Group ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Bible ◽  
The Future ◽  
Official Languages

One of the latest translations of the Bible in Afrikaans is [email protected]. The target group of this Bible is kids. Since this is a children’s  Bible, the scientific basis of this project is often overlooked. In this article the translational and semantic principles underlying this Bible are discussed. Valuable experience is being shared with other scholars. It is done in order to equip people who want to undertake similar projects in the future. The need for similar projects in the other official languages of South Africa is also emphasized. 

scholarly journals Ubuntu, koinonia and diakonia, a way to reconciliation in South Africa?

2015 ◽  
Vol 71 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gert Breed ◽  
Kwena Semenya
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Large Percentage ◽  
Word Of God ◽  
South Africans ◽  
Common Culture ◽  
The Core ◽  
The Bible ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
The Right

This article seeks to contribute to the process of reconciliation in South Africa. This is achieved by firstly exploring the meaning of ubuntu as a common culture or religion under a large percentage of South Africa’s people over the borders of language and other cultural values. In the second part of the article two concepts that play a major role in Christianity are explored, namely koinonia and diakonia. Again a large percentage of South Africans believe that the Bible is the Word of God in which the right way of living is described. A comparison is made between the core values of ubuntu and the way of living that emerges from the use of the two concepts of koinonia and diakonia in the New Testament. A way that can contribute to reconciliation is suggested from this comparison.

Canonical Hermeneutics: Childs and Barth

1994 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles J. Scalise
Keyword(s):  
Old Testament ◽  
Karl Barth ◽  
The Other ◽  
Word Of God ◽  
Early Article ◽  
Church Dogmatics ◽  
The Bible ◽  
As If

‘The Bible is not concerned with transmitting general truths about God, but is the Word of God calling forth a response.’ This declaration, which sounds as if it might be found in the first volume of theChurch Dogmaticsin one of the other early writings of Karl Barth, is actually a quotation from an early article by Brevard Childs entitled, ‘Jonah: A Study in Old Testament Hermeneutics’.

scholarly journals Deus ex Machina? Religious texts, spiritual capital and inequalities: In continuation of a current debate (a response to colleague Farisani)

2015 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Christo Lombaard
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Old Testament ◽  
Current Debate ◽  
Annual Conference ◽  
Biblical Hermeneutics ◽  
Spiritual Capital ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Conference Theme

Often, theological debates stand in the tension between idealist and realist perspectives. This is true too of a discussion in which I have participated on the Africanisation or contextualisation or relevance of the Bible in (South) Africa. In this debate I have at times been cast as being opposed to such Africanisation or contextualisation or relevance. Such criticism is mistaken. I am, however, critical of too idealistic views on the ways in which Old Testament research can impact African problems. In an interdisciplinary manner, the sociological concept of spiritual capital proves useful in illustrating my view. With this, I hope to be understood correctly and, more importantly, to contribute to greater realism concerning the relationship between research and societal problems. In that way, the Africanisation or contextualisation or relevance of the Bible in (South) Africa can become a greater reality. This is of increased importance in the post-secular time frame in which we currently find ourselves, in which the role of religion in the public sphere is again finding greater acceptance rather than being side-lined. On all counts, thus, the plight of the marginalised may be better served. Such broader acceptance of religion also demands that Bible scholarship takes full cognisance of the societal processes through which such upliftment can occur in reality. Therefore, en route to publication, this contribution is presented for critical consideration in three intellectual fora:��The Religious and Spiritual Capital session, XVIIIth International Sociological Association World Congress of Sociology (conference theme: �Facing an unequal world�), Yokohama, Japan, 13�19 July 2014.� The Old Testament Society of South Africa Annual Conference (conference theme: �Studying the Old Testament in South Africa, from 1994 to 2014 and beyond�), University of Johannesburg, 03�05 September 2014.� The Research Day of the Department of Biblical and Ancient Studies, University of South Africa, 25 September 2014, at which colleague E. Farisani�s University of South Africa inaugural lecture of 03 September 2013, �Dispelling myths about African biblical hermeneutics: The role of current trends in African biblical hermeneutics in the post-apartheid South Africa� was re-presented as �Current trends and patterns in African Biblical Hermeneutics in postapartheid South Africa: Myth or Fact?� for the purpose of critical discussion.Intradisciplinary and/or interdisciplinary implications: The intersection of Theology and Sociology adds concrete avenues for furthering the cause of the Africanisation of Biblical Studies.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document