"Leefstyl-Bybel vir vroue" : Afrikaans-speaking women amidst paradigm shift
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Authors
Landman, Christina
Issue Date
2005
Type
Article
Language
en
Keywords
Self-humiliating piety , Dutch-Afrikaans women theologians , Dutch piety
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Abstract
Dutch-Afrikaans women in South Africa have inherited the
worst and the best from Dutch piety. On the negative side
they have become heir to the guilt-ridden, self-humiliating
piety of the Dutch pietists from the seventeenth century, and
the patriarchal politics of Abraham Kuyper from the early
twentieth century. However, lately Afrikaans-speaking
women theologians in South Africa have been positively
influenced by the work of Dutch feminist theologians, such as
Catharina Halkes and Riet Bons-Storm. This work led to the
publication of the Leefstyl-Bybel vir vroue (2003). This
commentary on the Bible, written from a woman’s point of
view, was written by six Afrikaans-speaking women
theologians; their aim was to heal, empower and, indeed,
surprise Afrikaans-speaking women with information on the
roles played by women in the Bible. It is hoped that this
publication is affecting a paradigm shift amongst Afrikaansspeaking
women that will stimulate their public agency as
women of faith.
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Peer review
Citation
Landman, C 2005. "Leefstyl-Bybel vir vroue" : Afrikaans-speaking women amidst paradigm shift,'Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae, vol. XXXI, no. 1, pp. 147-162.
Publisher
Church History Society of Southern Africa
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1017-0499