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Research Outputs (Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology): Recent submissions

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Reading the Bible in the 21st century: Some hermeneutical principles: Part 1

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

Many books and articles have been published over several decades on ‘biblical hermeneutics’ to capture the epistemology of biblical hermeneutics and the phenomenology of interpretation, communication and language in order ...
The (in)visibility of the gods in the Greco-Roman world and of God in Hellenistic Judaism: A comparison

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

The attribute of (in)visibility of a reckoned divine being is one that is not discussed often; it is one of the more obscure attributes of deities and not an easy subject to embark upon. Not much data is available on this ...
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’. ...
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 ...
From Christianising Africa to Africanising Christianity: Some hermeneutical principles

Van der Merwe, D.G. (Stellenbosch University, 2016)

During the early church’s initial expansion phase where congregations were established in Syria, Asia Minor, Achaia, Italy and Africa there were strong leadership structures in Alexandria, Carthage, Hippo Regius and Ethiopia. ...
The woman in Song of Songs

Van der Merwe, D.G. (Unisa Press, 2016)

The woman in Song of Songs seems to be the main character in dialogue with a lover and friends. Over many centuries several hypotheses have appeared about the epistemological questions concerning the identity and character ...
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, ...
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 ...
Lived experiences’ of the love of God according to 1 John 4: A spirituality of love

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

This article probes to enlighten this old truth of the revelation and experience of God’s love in a fresh, dynamic and different way, from the perspective of early Christian spirituality. How did the early Christians ...
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 ...
Prayer, the encounter and participation, the experience: A Pauline exhortation towards a spirituality of prayer

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

Numerous references to prayer occur throughout the Old Testament and New Testament. These prayers relate closely to particular circumstances and needs where the petitioner appeals to God, illustrating the importance of ...
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 ...
Rethinking the message of the church in the 21st century: An amalgamation between science and religion

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

Throughout its history, Christianity has stood in a dichotomous relation to the various philosophical movements or eras (pre-modernism, modernism, postmodernism and post-postmodernism) that took on different faces throughout ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Testing tales: Genesis 22 and Daniel 3 and 6

Lombaard, Christo J.S. (Atlanta: SBL Press, 2019)

Genesis 22, Daniel 3, Daniel 6, Prayer, Post-exilic identity of Israel
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 ...
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) ...

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