Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae Volume 33 Number 2, September 2007
https://hdl.handle.net/10500/4219
2024-03-28T22:45:50ZDavid Gitari's prophetic ministry in Kenya (1986-1991)
https://hdl.handle.net/10500/4494
David Gitari's prophetic ministry in Kenya (1986-1991)
Gathogo, Julius
The article sets out to answer the question, “How effective
were Anglican Archbishop David Gitari’s methods and
approaches in his crusade for multiparty democracy in
Kenya between 1986 and 1991?” To address the above
concern, I shall first attempt to pinpoint the background to
his prophetic ministry and then survey the methods and
approaches he employed during those turbulent days. The
article will conclude with a critique of Gitari’s all-inclusive
approach to church ministry (1986-1991). The materials in
this presentation have been gathered by means of oral
interviews with Gitari and by the use of participant
observation by the researcher, who was an eyewitness
during the greater part of Gitari’s church ministry. An
extensive reading of some of the materials under discussion
has also been done. The article is intended to caution
post-Cold-War Africa against losing the gains of freedom,
since neocolonialism is as bad as colonialism itself or even
worse.
Peer reviewed
2007-01-01T00:00:00ZDante se visioen van God in 'n insluitend historiese konteks
https://hdl.handle.net/10500/4491
Dante se visioen van God in 'n insluitend historiese konteks
Kruger, Kobus
Starting from the historical context of Dante’s vision of God as
expressed in Paradiso XXXIII (Medieval Europe, against the
backdrop of Western classical tradition, the Bible and post-Biblical
orthodox Christianity), the article ventures into suggesting a
framework for understanding Dante’s vision in which human history
(including church history) is seen as partaking in a larger history,
comprising cosmic history and the theogonic history of God. In this
framework, the questions concerning the historical determination of
Dante’s vision and the truth quality of that vision are seen in terms
of an open-ended process in which all things are continuously
reflecting each other and the divine light. In this process of
reflection, the distinctions between “made” and “received”, “fiction”
and “truth” lose their sharp edges. Dante may be read as child of
his tradition, at the same time explorer of nature, creative
mythopoetic genius, and part of a universal community of those
who “see” the divine light: source and sum of all.
Peer reviewed; Text in Afrikaans, abstract in English
2007-01-01T00:00:00ZThe palace, the parish and the power : church-state relations in Rwanda and the genocide
https://hdl.handle.net/10500/4490
The palace, the parish and the power : church-state relations in Rwanda and the genocide
Kumalo, Simangaliso Raymond
This article describes the church and state relations in
Rwanda and their impact on the genocide. Drawing on
interviews conducted with three Rwandan theological
students, it argues that the ambiguous role played by the
church in the Rwandan genocide was a result of the lack
of a clear and balanced model of church and state
relations at the time. The article observes that the
Rwandan church’s tendency to side with the state, as a
way of finding security and power to achieve its missionary
goals determined the church’s response to the genocide. It
argues that being trapped by ambitions for power and
security the church got into a series of promiscuous
relationships with the state, Tutsis and Hutus that
ultimately corrupted its vision and mission. Drawing on
interviews1 and literature the article concludes that the role
of the church in Rwanda during the genocide was a
culmination of a lack of a clear and informed model of
relating to the state. It draws lessons that can be learned
by other African churches in other countries on how they
can relate to their governments without losing their
integrity.
Peer reviewed
2007-01-01T00:00:00ZHistory, mysticism and ethics in Oecumenius: a hermeneutical perspective on the earliest extant Greek commentary on Revelation
https://hdl.handle.net/10500/4486
History, mysticism and ethics in Oecumenius: a hermeneutical perspective on the earliest extant Greek commentary on Revelation
De Villiers, Pieter
This article discusses the earliest extant Greek commentary on
Revelation, written by Oecumenius in the sixth century C.E. It
investigates first of all the discovery of the commentary’s
manuscript in the twentieth century and the subsequent reevaluation
of Oecumenius. It secondly outlines Oecumenius’
significance for historical and biblical studies before it and thirdly
focuses on his hermeneutics by analysing his historical, mystical
and ethical interpretation of Revelation.
Peer reviewed
2007-01-01T00:00:00Z