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Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae Volume 37 Number 3, December 2011

Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae Volume 37 Number 3, December 2011

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Ecclesiology as doing theology in and with local communities but not of the empire

Meylahn, Johann-Albrecht (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2011-12)

The concept of empire has re-emerged as one useful to interpret and describe the joining of dominant global themes that together construct a global homogeneous totality. Some of the main themes of this totality are: ...
Die Kerkorde as emporium en anti-emporium

Landman, C. (Christina) (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2011-12)

In huidige akademiese gesprekke word met “emporium” (“empire”) verwys na die eenvormigheid wat deur groot rolspelers globaal op alle fasette van menswees afgedruk word volgens waardes wat deur hulle neergelê word. Die ...
Patriarchy as empire: a theological reflection

Plaatjies Van Huffel, Mary-Anne (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2011-12)

"Empire" manifests itself both as an empirical reality and in its ideological claims. The paper argues that sexism, patriarchy and hierarchical societal structures still prevail in postapartheid South Africa. The shift ...
Die liggaamlike misbruik van kinders as emporium in antieke tye

Potgieter, Stella (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2011-12)

Ancient times were characterised by strict regulations regarding male sexuality, and individuals made no decisions regarding their sexuality. Males were expected to take part in certain homosexual and sodomising rituals ...
Negative impulses in the historical context of reformed spirituality in the Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa

Goeiman, John Collin. (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2011-12)

This article argues that there are negative strains in the spirituallity of black reformed Christians in the Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa (URCSA), and that these negative strains have their origins in the ...
Ecclesial autonomy as independence or interdependence? A concise overview of the concept of ecclesial autonomy in the early histories of the Dutch Reformed Mission Church and the Dutch Reformed Church in Africa

Van Rooi, Leslie (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2011-12)

The histories of the Dutch Reformed Mission Church and the Dutch Reformed Church in Africa depict a strong striving towards attaining a position of ecclesial autonomy and the acknowledgment of such autonomy by the Dutch ...
The empire - in the context of South Africa

Shaw-Taylor, Eva (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2011-12)

My premise is that apartheid created the “empire” system in South Africa, with its resulting consumerist culture; the western/European style of living and presentation has become the norm for a majority of South Africans. ...
Mutira Mission (1907-2011): the birth of a christian empire in East Africa

Gathogo, Julius (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2011-12)

The tiny Mutira village in the then Ndia Division, Kirinyaga County of Kenya, East Africa, began as a Church Missionary Society (CMS) station, between 1907 and 1908 after Rev AW McGregor bought land from the locals. The ...
Postcolonial missiology in the face of empire: in dialogue with Frantz Fanon and Steve Bantu Biko

Nel, Reginald Wilfred,1966- (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2011-12)

The challenges of neo-colonialism challenge academics and clergy alike to search for an alternative to what the Accra Confession declares as empire. For the Accra Confession, empire means the specific coming together ...
Living at the edge of empire: can christianity prevail and be effective? a theological response to the historical struggle between empire and christianity

Botha, Nico Adam (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2011-12)

This study is an historical delineation of the struggle between empire and Christianity. After presenting characteristics of hegemony, empire and Christianity, imperialistic tendencies and empire are described historically ...
Identity as a social construct of empire: then and now

Mothoagae, Itumeleng Daniel (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2011-12)

Identity has played a role in the maintenance of every empire throughout the centuries. Empires such as the Babylonian, Assyrian, Persian, Greek under the leadership of Alexander the Great, as well as the Roman Empire, ...
The New Testament and empire: on the importance of theory

Punt, J. (Jeremy) (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2011-12)

Discussions on the relationship between empires and biblical texts can benefit greatly from the theorisation of empire. It entails perceiving empire as a constantly constructed entity, by both the powerful and the ...
The resurrection as paradigm for power or for resistance?

Janse van Rensburg, Hanré (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2011-12)

One of the most important and influential New Testament scholars of our times, John Dominic Crossan, has done extensive work on the resurrection – not as mere confession, but as a declaration of autonomy in defiance of ...
No empire, no Bible? aspects of the relationship between biblical texts and current anti-empire views

Lombaard, Christo (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2011-12)

In both popular and academic writing recently on Christianity and the historical and contemporary phenomenon of imperialism, a strong current of negative sentiment is to be found on the latter. Such sentiments are both ...
Resisting, negotiating and imitating the empire: the complexities of empire as context for early Christians

Botha, Pieter J.J. (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2011-12)

In recent years, empire has become a major field of research among New Testament scholars. In this article, after a brief review of two of the major exponents, I raise a number of critical issues. I make the point that ...
Empire and a hermeneutics of vulnerability

Snyman, Gerrie (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2011-12)

The author proposes a hermeneutic of vulnerability as part of a programme of an ethics of interpretation whereby readers not only become aware of what the effect of their reading or interpretation will be on others and ...

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