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Edinburgh 1910, Africa 2010 and the evangelicals

Fiedler, Klaus (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2010)

The most famous (and most interpreted) world mission conference was Edinburgh 1910, at which almost all Protestant missions participated. While some see Edinburgh 1910 as the height of achievement, others see it as the ...
Youth in the mission to overcome racism: the formation and development of the Christian Youth Movement in Southern Africa (1995-2005)

Nel, Reginald Wilfred, 1966- (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2010)

The article traces the history of the Christian Youth Movement, and thus provides an approach for dealing with the current surge of contemporary racism (which has religious undertones). This approach to mission, namely ...
The Pashkovite women in Russia

Hofmeyr, Hoffie; Kutznetsova, M.R. (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2010)

Neither the secular nor ecclesiastical Russia of the second half of the nineteenth century left much room for women’s activity outside the home. The situation slowly began to change by the turn of the century when women ...
Reflections on historical writing: an investigation of the application of Cicero's rules for the historian in Victor's "Historia Persecutionis"

Swartz, Nico (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2010)

Historiography is concerned with the historian’s perception and account of events, the latter often being formulated to achieve a particular end. The present article attempts to explore this notion through an investigation ...
The beautiful birdsong of Tshwane : preliminary reflections on the beginnings of the Uniting Reformed Church of Southern Africa (URCSA) congregation Melodi ya Tshwane

Saayman, W. A. (Willem A.) (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2010)

The author recounts the history and reflects on the founding of the URCSA congregation Melodi ya Tshwane in the central business district of the Tshwane metropole. The history of this unique congregation has not yet ...
The impact of apartheid on the educational endeavours of two missionary agencies

Hale, Frederick, 1948- (Church History Society of South Africa, 2010)

Numerous studies have shown how apartheid and the struggle against it influenced a range of Christian denominations and missionary agencies in South Africa, but these investigations have tended to ignore smaller ...
Religious memory and healing: the oral historian as a healer in three South African contexts

Landman, Christina (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2010)

In this article the oral historian as a co-constructor of stories is explored, and the oral construction of stories towards healing is described in three South African contexts . The first of these roles to be described ...
God in the city : Pentecostalism as an urban phenomenon in Kenya

Parsitau, Damaris Seleina; Mwaura, Philomena Njeri (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2010)

This article focuses on contemporary Kenyan Pentecostal Christianity, and depicts it as an urban phenomenon geared to meet the needs of urban Kenyans, particularly those from the middle and working classes. It explores ...
John Chrysostom's use of the Book of Sirach in his homilies on the New Testament

De Wet, Chris L, 1982 (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2010)

This article examines how and why John Chrysostom (347-407 AD) cites from the apocryphal book of Sirach in his homilies on the New Testament, and illustrates how he incorporates these citations in his construction of ...
Christian emergence among Batlhaping ba ga Phuduhucwana tribe in Taung : the London Missionary Society

Madise, Mokhele (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2010)

The Batlhaping people, like other communities, nations and countries have encountered difficulties such as invasions, war and conquest and, in some cases, have stood up to defend themselves against their enemies (one ...
The early attempts at ecumenical coorperation in East Africa : the case of the Kikuyu Conference of 1913

Gathogo, Julius (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2010)

Kikuyu 1913 was the first fully fledged conference on the unity of the Church in what was then British East Africa – today’s Kenya. Although there were other meetings, such as Maseno 1908, Kijabe 1909 and Nairobi 1911, ...
The fragile identity of being Lutheran and African : the vulnerability of confessional Lutheran seminaries in Africa today

Ntsimane, Radikobo (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2010)

The Hermannsburg Mission Society (HMS) missionaries who were first sent in the mid-1850s by Louis Harms from Hermannsburg were revived in confessional Lutheranism. Their independent foundations were disturbed when the ...
Luther's middle course : balancing freedom and service in "De Libertate Christiana (1520)"

Le Roux, Neil R. (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2010)

Luther published De Libertate Christiana in 1520, but it was two years before the impact of the work was felt. When he returned from the Wartburg in early March 1522, he preached the Invocavit Sermons (9-16 March) thus, ...
The relationship between the state and the church during the early history of Pretoria

De Wit, Joep; Theron, Jacques (Church History Society of South Africa, 2010)

In this article, I shall be discussing the development of the church in the Transvaal and the South African Republic – with specific reference to the situation during the early history of Pretoria. Although I shall ...

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