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1820 Setlers, open spaces, and theology : a reflection on how the 1820 Settlers' theological views shape our understanding of uninhabited land

Grassow, Peter (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2012-12)

Not only did the English believe it was their right to colonise open spaces, they also believed that they had a God-given calling to cultivate all uncultivated land. They developed a theology of the land that held the ...
Abandoned ideals of brotherhood? A masculinity perspective on the relationship between 19th century Norwegian Missionaries and Zulu Pastors

Tjelle, Kristin Fjelde, 1965- (Church History Society of South Africa, 2010)

The Lutheran Norwegian Missionary Society (NMS) sent in 1844 its first missionaries to the Zulus. The NMS’ goal was to establish native churches which become self-supporting, self-governing and self-propagating. This ...
Academic theology as the yardstick of being Reformed in South Africa today: an appreciative critique of Calvin on the occasion of his 500th birthday

Tshaka, Rothney S. (Rothney Stok) (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2009)

The 500th birthday of John Calvin provides us with an opportunity of revisiting the legacy of this great theologian and teacher of the church. While there is no doubt that the reformed legacy which is characterised as ...
Across the bridge: Polokwane Uniting Reformed Church of Southern Africa from dependency to autonomy

Kgatla, Selaelo Thias; Saayman, Willem (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2013-12)

The authors analyse and discuss the history of an important “Dutch Reformed Mission Church” congregation since its inauguration under the first DRC “foreign” missionary, Stephanus Hofmeyr, in the late nineteenth century ...
Advocate HJB Vieyra (1902-1965) and his contribution to the Roman Catholic church's stance on apartheid

James, Mark (Church History Society of South Africa, 2008)

Advocate Herbert Joseph Bernard Vieyra (1902–1965) was a prominent Roman Catholic lay leader who contributed to the Church’s response to apartheid. He was prominent in assisting the Catholic bishops in formulating their ...
African Christians' attitude to African traditional belief in rebirth (reincarnation): a critique

Hofmyer, Hoffies; Fatokun, Samson (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2008)

While Christianity does not in any way support the concept of rebirth (re-incarnation), the concept of reincarnation remains a very controversial theme among African Christians owing to some beliefs carried over from ...
African feminist reflections on the Accra Confession

Lenkabula, Puleng (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2006)

This article sets out to discuss, from an African feminist theological perspective, the Accra confession: Covenanting for justice in the economy and the earth (hereafter the Accra Confession). It uses descriptive analyses ...
African indigenous Christianity in a geo-historical perspective

Denis, Philippe (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2012-12)

In this article the need for a geo-historical survey of the history of Christianity in sub-Saharan Africa from the time of the first circumnavigations of the continent up to the present day is argued. It is important ...
African intermediaries: African evangelists, the Dutch Reformed Church and the evangelisation of the southern Shona in the late 19th century

Mujere, Joseph (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2013-12)

Although some Christian denominations employed more African evangelists than others, African evangelists were quite indispensable in evangelisation of many African communities in the late 19th century. In the end, it was ...
An African theology of healing and its impact on HIV and AIDS

Molobi, Victor S. (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2005)

HIV and AIDS, like all other illnesses in Africa, is a ‘wake up’ call for Africans to reconsider their traditional ways of healing and their ties with the natural environment as resources that can help HIV and AIDS ...
Afrikaans, reformed and internetted : some outlines of current Afrikaans-e-spiritualities

Lombaard, Christo (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2006)

Post-apartheid Afrikaans cultural life has shown unanticipated directions of growth (eg art festivals, ‘alternative’ music and literature). The once influential Afrikaans community – almost per definition religious, Christian ...
Afrikaner grandmother's Huguenot heritage

Whitelaw, David (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2009)

Anna Susanna le Roux was born in Worcester, Cape Province in 1879, the descendant of Huguenot forbears, and died in Cape Town in 1963. As an Afrikaner woman, she cherished her Reformed roots and education at the Huguenot ...
After the missionaries: historical and hermeneutical dimensions of African appropriations of the Bible in Sub-Saharan Africa

West, Gerald (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2012-05)

While the Bible was produced in part in Mediterranean North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa has had a very different engagement with the Bible. This article analyses the reception of the Bible in Sub-Saharan Africa, recognising ...
The "Age of Enlightenment" is not the "Enlightened Age": revisiting Kant's (1724-1804) argument on the Enlightenment

Mogashoa, Humphrey (Church History Society of South Africa, 2009)

The Enlightenment era, critical as a period in its own right, is also a pivotal phase in the history of Christianity. Also critical in this period was Immanuel Kant (1724–1804), a formidable scholar who formulated and ...
Agonies of structural and leadership formation in responding to HIV and AIDS between 1990 and 2000: a historiorganiosational perspective

Joshua, Stephen Muoki (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2013-08)

In 1990, the Southern Africa Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) resolved to respond urgently to the contextual crisis brought about by HIV and AIDS. It envisioned a new structure and leadership that would spearhead ...
"Ah! What a beautiful place! It is too good for him. We shall see to it that he loses it (farm)": the experience of Fr Julius uMkomazi Mbhele (1879-1956)

Mukuka, George (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2007)

The paper examines the experience of the fourth indigenous Catholic priest in South Africa – Julius uMkomazi Mbhele. To begin with, the two theoretical frameworks by James C Scott and the Comaroffs are introduced, then ...
The AICs and theological training : with special reference to the St John's Apostolic Faith Mission Church of Ma Nku

Molobi, Victor (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2006)

The St John’s Apostolic Faith Mission is one of the African Indigenous Churches founded by Mother Christinah Nku in the 1930s. Since then this church has gone from strength to strength; however, it has no “theological ...
AICs as a gendered space in Harare, Zimbabwe: revisiting the role and place of women

Mapuranga, Tapiwa Praise (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2013-12)

This article examines the politics of space with particular reference to African Independent Churches (AICs) in the city of Harare. This stems from the notion that AICs in the city tend to occupy the margins and outer ...
AIDS monies and the NGO-isation of Catholic response to HIV and AIDS in South Africa between 2000 and 2005: a histo-critical perspective

Joshua, Stephen Muoki (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2012-12)

At the beginning of 2000, the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) mentioned 61 programmes that were concerned with the treatment and care of AIDS patients. Most of them were poorly funded and heavily ...
Ancestral veneration of the core of African Spiritual renewal among the AICs in South Africa

Molobi, Victor (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2005)

The subject of ancestral veneration in the lives of Africans is prominent among the AIC for various reasons. Ancestral veneration carries a spiritual responsibility and a sense of unity and most members of the AIC view ...

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