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From Mojadi to Mafikeng: notes on the newfound Department of Theology

Brunsdon, Alfred R.; Van der Merwe, Sarel (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2013-05)

In January 2011 an event of church historical significance took place when the new Department of Theology opened its doors on the Mafikeng campus of North-West University. Forming part of the Faculty of Human and Social ...
Mission in turbulent waters: AIDS-related care and mitigation by the Roman Catholic Church in Manicaland, Zimbabwe (1985-2007)

Mbona, Michael (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2013-05)

The scourge of the HIV and AIDS pandemic in Zimbabwe between 1985 and 2007 was witnessed at a time when the country went through diverse socio-economic challenges. The State reduced budgetary allocation towards the welfare ...
The Cappadocian fathers on slave menagement

De Wet, Chris L.,1982- (Church History Society of Southern Africaq, 2013-05)

The aim of this article is to investigate the views of the three Cappadocian fathers, namely Basil of Caesarea, Gregory of Nyssa, and Gregory of Nazianzus, on how to manage slaves. The article approaches slaveholding as ...
The cul-de-sac of causal thinking: a challenge to build non-causal theology

Du Toit, Cornel W (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2013-05)

The nascent theory of emergence is not only a plausible model for the course of natural and biological processes, but also of developments at an interpersonal and social level. In order to apply it to theology, I propose ...
Church polity in a changing South Africa: a study of two Reformed churches

Strauss, P. J. Pieter Johannes, 1951- (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2013-05)

For both the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) and the Reformed Churches in South Africa (RCSA) the biggest changes in a changing South Africa have been not so much internally as within the South African society. Officially ...
The churches' response to political violence in the last years of apartheid: the case of Mpophomeni in the Natal Midlands

Denis, Philippe, 1952- (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2013-05)

This article discusses the role of the Christian churches in the political conflict that engulfed the black township of Mpophomeni near Howick in the 1980s and early 1990s. It argues that, despite obvious limitations, ...
The Belhar Confession: born in the struggle against apartheid in southern Africa

Plaatjies Van Huffel, Mary-Anne (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2013-05)

The Belhar Confession, drafted in 1982 by the Dutch Reformed Mission Church (DRMC), has its roots in the struggle against apartheid in southern Africa. In this article attention will be given to the establishment of ...
The Belhar Confession and its influence on the understanding of unity. Historical lessons from the histories of the DRMC and the DRCA: 1975-1994

Van Rooi, Leslie (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2013-05)

The Belhar Confession (Belhar) was adopted in 1986 as the fourth official confession of faith of the former Dutch Reformed Mission Church (DRMC) and later the Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa (URCSA). Much has ...
The (de)construction of religious identity in oral history research in South Africa

Landman, C. (Christina) (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2013-05)

Religious identity links a person to his or her religious beliefs or affiliations. However, in a secularised world, religious identity no longer takes the lead in constructing a person’s life. It takes its place among ...
Historical sources of Christian religious leadership ideology implications and challenges for social transformation in post-military Nigeria

Agbiji, Obaji M.; Swart, Ignatius,1965- (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2013-05)

Various sources have influenced and shaped the ideological orientation and outlook of Christian religious leadership in successive epochs in Nigerian history. This orientation and outlook have by and large been sustained ...
Reformed Christianity and the Confession of Accra: a conversation about unavoidable questions in the quest for justice

Botha, Nico Adam; Maruping, Peter (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2013-05)

In their quest for justice grounded in the Confession of Accra and, of course, the Confession of Belhar, Reformed churches worldwide – and in South Africa, in particular – will be faced with a set of unavoidable questions. ...
Unsung heroes and heroines at Mutira Mission, Kenya (1907-2012)

Gathogo, Julius (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2013-05)

As the Anglican Church of Kenya, Kirinyaga Diocese, celebrated one hundred years of missionary Christianity in August 2012, a few heroes and heroines, in their struggle to liberate people from ignorance, poverty and other ...
The origins and early development of Scottish Presbyterian mission in South Africa (1824-1865)

Duncan, Graham A (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2013-05)

This article traces the origins and development of the Scottish Presbyterian mission in South Africa through its Scottish antecedents to its actual establishment in South Africa in 1824 until the end of the first phase ...
Defining Christianity's "prophetic witness" in the post-apartheid South African democracy

Bentley, Wessel (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2013-05)

The Christian religion in South Africa has a rich history of engaging state and society on a variety of issues. These range from matters relating to governance, leadership and policy to dealing with daily moral problems ...
The Roman Catholic response to customary unions in South Africa 1948-2012

Henriques, Alan C. (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2013-05)

The study begins with a discussion started within Roman Catholic circles with the article published by Ten Velde on customary unions as legitimate marriages (South African Clergy Review 1952) and the response of Reuter ...
Women and the Roman Catholic Church with special focus on Zimbabwe

Chimhanda, Francesca (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2013-05)

The Synod of Bishops (Rome 1994) acknowledged that women in Africa are the backbone of church and society; and yet, in a patriarchal church and society, women are marginalised in both subtle and overt ways. The article ...
The Dutch Reformed Church from "Human Relations and the South African Scene in the Light of Scripture" to "Church and Society": the struggle goes on

Van der Merwe, Johan M. (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2013-05)

In the recent history of the Dutch Reformed Church two documents played an important role. The documents were Human Relations and the South African Scene in the Light of Scripture of 1974 and Church and Society of 1986. ...

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