Vroue in die teologiese antropologie van die Afrikaanse gereformeerde tradisie

Abstract

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 development of the women ministries and the discourse about the ordination of women, that the theological anthropology of the Afrikaans Reformed tradition is deeply influenced by the discursive practices which were established during 1928 to1932. This article develops a different approach to the women question. At the heart of the discourse is the shift in the reading process. A poststructural feminist discourse is presented and selected guidelines that the church may wish to take into account in the deconstructing of the theological anthropology are suggested. In future, the frame of reference to the women question would likely be poststructural.