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Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae Volume 35 Number 1, May 2009

Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae Volume 35 Number 1, May 2009

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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 ...
Vanguard of African culture : an analysis of the oral history of selected AICs in Tshwane (Pretoria)

Molobi, Victor (Church History Society of South Africa, 2009)

AICs do not make the outright claim that they are defending African culture, but their behaviour does reflect their original African cultures in its adaptation to Christianity. These churches have been accused of ...
Detention without trial : the experience of the Reverend Douglas Thompson in the South African state of emergency, 1960

Egan, Anthony (Church History Society of South Africa, 2009)

This article is a Lyotardian “little narrative” of the experience of Methodist minister Douglas Thompson’s period in detention during the 1960 state of emergency in South Africa. It highlights the way in which Thompson ...
A Cape Town minister contra orthodoxy : Ramsden Balmforth's evaluation as a religious liberal

Hale, Frederick, 1948- (Church History Society of South Africa, 2009)

South African Unitarianism remains a minimally explored topic in church history. Beginning as the Free Protestant Church in Cape Town, it traced its primary roots to liberal theology, especially historical criticism of ...
Faith and politics in the context of struggle : the legacy of Inkosi Albert John Luthuli's Christian-centred political leadership

Kumalo, Simangaliso Raymond (Church History Society of South Africa, 2009)

Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli, a Zulu Inkosi and former President-General of the African National Congress (ANC) and a lay-preacher in the United Congregational Church of Southern Africa (UCCSA) is a significant figure as ...
Made in Germany? Theology at the Cape of Good Hope in the early 18th century

d'Assonville, Victor E. (Church History Society of South Africa, 2009)

Paul Roux (1665-1723), a French Refugee, arrived at the Cape of Good Hope in 1688 as one of a larger group of French Huguenots who came via the Netherlands. Together with the famous Reverend Pierre Simond, he was known ...
The French refugees in 20th century South African historiography

Britz, Dolf (Church History Society of South Africa, 2009)

This article traces the portrayal of the French refugees/Huguenots (as a subject of matter) in the South African (church) historiography of the 20th century and tells their story chronologically. The survey reveals a ...
Church involvement in the transition to democracy in post-colonial Zimbabwe (1980-2008)

Chimhanda, Francisca Hildegardis (Church History Society of South Africa, 2009)

Democracy, “government by the people, for the people” in Zimbabwe, as in most post-colonial African countries, is an ideal, and the attainment of it is difficult, as we can see from the absence of and pretensions to it. ...
The Anglican Church and the challenges related to the training of the African clergy in post-independent Malawi: the case of St John the Baptist College, Lusaka 1962-1972

Mbaya, Henry Hastings (Church History Society of South Africa, 2009)

In this article I outline the challenges that the Anglican Church in Malawi faced relating to the recruitment, selection of the ordinands and their training at St John the Baptist in Lusaka, Zambia in the period between ...
Ontwikkelingsproses van toelogiese opleiding binne die Apostoliese Geloofsending

Putter, Andries; Lotter, George (George Adrian), 1949- (Church History Society of South Africa, 2009)

In the wake of the Apostolic Faith Mission (hereafter referred to as the AFM) centenary in 2008, all the role-players need to reflect once more on the long, painstaking and exhausting process that shaped theological ...
Rethinking African and Catholic sex taboos in the context of HIV and AIDS

Dube, Lilian (Church History Society of South Africa, 2009)

This article examines the significance of Catholic sex ethics in sub-Saharan Africa, where 22 million people are infected by HIV, with 1.9 million new infections in 2007 and 1.5 million HIV and AIDS related deaths in the ...
The Church and the 1929 Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) contestation in Kenya, with special reference to the Scottish Presbyterian Church and the Kikuyu community

Joshua, Stephen Muoki (Church History Society of South Africa, 2009)

Initiation rites are the lifeblood of most African communities. In East Africa, these rites are part of traditional beliefs and customs, and may include physical mutilation,. In Kenya, particularly, the initiation rite ...
Komba : girls' initiation rite and inculturation among the VaRemba of Zimbabwe

Shoko, Tabona (Church History Society of South Africa, 2009)

This article seeks to explore the Komba traditional rites practised by the VaRemba people of the Shona-Karanga ethnic group in Zimbabwe. The “Komba rite” is intended to move a mature girl (mhandra) from the state of ...

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