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Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae Volume 31 Number 1, June 2005: Recent submissions

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The Bible, HIV/AIDS and African-South African women: a bosadi (womanhood) perspective

Masenya, Madipoane (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2005)

The observation that the Christian Bible has historically played an important role, either for good or for evil, in differing African contexts, be it on the continent or in the Diaspora, cannot be disputed. The reality ...
Vroue in die teologiese antropologie van die Afrikaanse gereformeerde tradisie

Plaatjies, Mary-Ann; Landman, Christina (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2005)

This article presents poststructural systematic theological research on women in the theological anthropology of the Afrikaans reformed tradition between 1924 and 2002. The central aim is to demonstrate, against the ...
Diskriminasie teen vroue in geloofsverband: 'n regsperspektief

Van der Walt, T. (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2005)

Discrimination against women in religious context: a legal perspective South Africa’s Constitution not only protects the right to equality, but also guarantees freedom of religion. The crucial legal question is whether ...
"Leefstyl-Bybel vir vroue" : Afrikaans-speaking women amidst paradigm shift

Landman, Christina (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2005)

Dutch-Afrikaans women in South Africa have inherited the worst and the best from Dutch piety. On the negative side they have become heir to the guilt-ridden, self-humiliating piety of the Dutch pietists from the seventeenth ...
Unitarian origins in Norway during the 1890s and early in the twentieth century

Hale, Frederick (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2005)

During the latter half of the nineteenth century, the previously exclusively Lutheran Scandinavian countries of northern Europe became denominationally pluralistic. Until the 1890s, all the nonconformist denominations, ...
The theological and philosophical roots of the Lutheran Reformation : continuity and discontinuity

Moss, Rodney (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2005)

The medieval church displayed a theological pluralism unknown until the contemporary era. The polarised age of the reformation and postreformation periods can be traced to the middle ages and earlier for many doctrines ...
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 ...
Naming the phenomena : the challenge of African Independent Churches

Chitando, Ezra (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2005)

The academic study of religion emphasises the accurate description and naming of religious phenomena. Using precise and unambiguous labels has been particularly encouraged. However, the study of Christianity in Africa ...
PL le Roux, Dutch Reformed missionary : Zionist preacher and leader of the Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa, and the origin of some of the African Independent Churches in Southern Africa

Nel, Marius (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2005)

African Independent Churches in Southern Africa consist of two major categories, Zionist and Ethiopian churches, with a third minor category of Messianic churches. Other researchers prefer to make a distinction between ...
Parallels of the European Church Reformation and the church reformation in Africa : the cultural dichotomy and reflection

Madise, Mokhele (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2005)

History shows us that ‘there is no smoke without fire’. The reformation in Europe was not deemed to be schism; reformers cited a number of reasons why the church needed reforming. The South African situation does not ...
Historiography and ideology in the (mission) history of Christianity in Africa

Duncan, Graham (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2005)

Writing history in the African context demands commitment; it must be contextual and integrally related to the mission of Christianity. This necessitates a reconsideration of historiography. The ‘old’ historiography was ...
"Catholic Reformation" or "Counter-Reformation" : historiographical implications of the debate

Gundani, Paul H. (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2005)

In this paper we shall investigate the meaning and implications of the term ‘Counter-Reformation’ in the historiography of the Reformation. The main argument that we put forward is that the broader context in which the ...
Three South African perspectives on Calvin : William Thompson, Tiyo Saga and Klaas Hofmeyr

Thom, Gideon (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2005)

On 27 May 1864 William Thompson, who succeeded the famous Dr John Philip as pastor of the ‘Union Chapel’ in Cape Town, delivered a lecture in memory of Calvin, three centuries after his death – probably the only meeting ...

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