Browsing School of Humanities by Author "Van der Merwe, D.G."

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Attitudes towards sexuality in song of songs and in the Corpus Paulinum: a comparison

Van der Merwe, D.G. (Unisa Press, 2017)

Throughout history Song of Songs has been read and interpreted from various perspectives. Popular and academic Jewish and Christian publications allegorise and metaphorise the meaning of the words and images in Song of ...
The author of 1 John uses the multiple references to his ‘writing’ as a mechanism to establish different affects and effects

Van der Merwe, D.G. (AOSIS, 2018)

In 1 John, the author refers several times explicitly to himself (also once in the plural, 1:4) for writing (γράφειν) certain things with the following purposes in mind, (that, ἵνα): ‘our joy may be complete’ (1:4); ‘you ...
The character of unity expected among the disciples of Jesus, according to John 17:20-23

Van der Merwe, D.G. (Unisa Press, 2002)

This paper attempts to prove that the character of the unity motif in John 17:20-23 is articulated on three levels through various motifs. By using kaqw;"-clauses the Fourth Evangelist successfully proves how the unity ...
The characterisation of the Spiritual Christian: In conversation with God according to 1 Corinthians 2

Van der Merwe, D.G. (AOSIS, 2018)

Irrespective of the short academic history of Christian spirituality, a vast number of academic and popular publications ensued and is still dynamically growing. Many definitions have been proposed to define (Christian) ...
Christianity at war with racism in South Africa

Van der Merwe, D.G. (Aosis, 2017)

It is important to have a common understanding about a definition for racism. Although an acute problem currently in South Africa, the road travelled has to be acknowledged. This chapter involves the Christian Church to ...
Cognitive transformation and spiritual growth: The matrix for discerning the wisdom of God (An exploration in Pauline discernment: part 2)

Van der Merwe, D.G. (Stellenbosch Universiteit, 2013)

This paper focuses on cognitive transformation and spiritual growth as fundamentals for the discernment of divine wisdom. This is the second part of two articles that explore Pauline discernment, specifically with reference ...
Conceived spiritualities fostered by the multiple references regarding the communication of the ‘message’ about Jesus as the Son of God in 1 John

Van der Merwe, D.G. (AOSIS, 2018)

The schism referred to in 1 John 2:18 had already taken place within the Johannine community, with specific reference to the divisions between members, about the identity of Jesus Christ. The author nonetheless uses different ...
Conceptualising holiness in the Gospel of John: The en route to and character of holiness (Part 2)

Van der Merwe, D.G. (AOSIS, 2017)

In a previous publication, this author investigated the code as well as the objectives of holiness in the Gospel of John. This research deals with the en route to and character of holiness. The research starts with a concise ...
Conceptualising holiness in the Gospel of John: The mode and objectives of holiness (part 1)

Van der Merwe, D.G. (AOSIS, 2017)

This article investigates the code of holiness as well as the objectives of holiness in the Gospel of John. The en route to holiness will be dealt with in a following article, ‘Conceptualizing holiness in the Gospel of ...
The continuous dialectic between Theology and Culture: the critical function of hermeneutics and spirituality in this dynamic discourse

Van der Merwe, D.G. (Centre for Human Interaction, Learning and Development, 2016)

Throughout the history of Christianity, a dialectic existed in the relation between theology and culture. This resulted in continuous conflicts among Christian scholars and among churches. This research tends to participate ...
Divine fellowship in the Gospel of John: a trinitarian spirituality 􏰝

Van der Merwe, D.G. (AOSIS, 2019)

This article investigates how Trinity features are presented in the Gospel of John and how the early Christians experienced the Trinity in their daily lives. The immanence and ‘lived experiences’ of the divine are fostered ...
The divinity of Jesus according to the Gospel of John: the lived experiences it fostered when the text was read

Van der Merwe, D.G. (AOSIS, 2019)

The discipline, Christian Spirituality, evokes a new interest in Early Christian spirituality. What conceived spiritualities were fostered when the early Christians read the documents that were written to them and how did ...
Domestic architecture: culture, fictive kinship and identity in the First Epistle of John

Van der Merwe, D.G. (Unisa Press, 2010)

The aim of this research is to investigate the domestic architecture of the First Epistle of John. It seems that the author has used family metaphorics to make the invisible (Father) visible in the community and also to ...
Early Christian spirituality according to the First Epistle of John: The identification of different ‘lived experiences’

Van der Merwe, D.G. (AOSIS, 2013)

The interest in this article is early Christian spirituality. The word ‘spirituality’ is used here denoting ‘a lived experience’. Therefore, the article focuses on religious experience in an early Christian community as ...
Early Christian spirituality of ‘seeing the divine’ in 1 John

Van der Merwe, D.G. (AOSIS, 2015)

Apophatic theology and cataphatic theology both occur in the corpus Johanneum to describe the character of God. Apophatically the Gospel of John and the first epistle of John state that ‘nobody has ever seen God’. ...
Early Christian spiritualties of sin and forgiveness according to 1 John

Van der Merwe, D.G. (AOSIS, 2014)

The article attempts to investigate the possible lived experiences created by this text. The text revolves around the experience of fellowship with God (1:6, 7) who is characterised as ‘light’. For the author of 1 John, ...
Eenheid as matriks van die spiritualiteit van die Evangelie volgens Johannes

Van der Merwe, D.G. (Umuzi, 2014)

In hierdie artikel word die eenheidsbegrip, wat die matriks van die Johanneïese spiritualiteit vorm, ondersoek. Vir die skrywer van hierdie Evangelie is die eenheid tussen Jesus en sy dissipels gegrond op die eenheid tussen ...
Erotic fantasy, spirituality and Song of Songs

Van der Merwe, D.G. (AOSIS, 2017)

Fantasy plays an essential role in sexual activities. This article investigates (erotic) fantasy from a literary text perspective according to Song of Songs in the Christian Bible. The Song, according to many commentaries, ...
Eschatology in the first epistle of John: koinwniva in the familia Dei

Van der Merwe, D.G. (Aosis, 2006)

The schism that occurred in the Johannine community has been reinterpreted by the author of the first Epistle of John. In his opinion, the incident involving the schismatics could be interpreted as the coming of the ...
Ethics in the Johannine Epistles: ‘A matter of having Fellowship.’

Van der Merwe, D.G. (Walter de Gruyter, 2006)

The ethos of the ethics of 1 and 2 John is a matter of "fellowship". A network of metaphors are used by the elder to describe this distinctiveness of Johannine ethics in the setting of ancient Mediterranean life. Such ...

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