Browsing Religion and Theology by Author "Conradie, Ernst"
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All theology is natural theology: The hermeneutic necessity of natural theology?
Conradie, Ernst (Stellenbosch University, 2011)This article first offers a brief overview of the history of what is understood under "natural theology". The contrast between the Barthian critique against natural theology and the dangers of repudiating natural theology ... -
The ambiguity of Johan Heyns: Sitting at Bavinck's left or right hand?
Conradie, Ernst (SUN, 2013)Following some biographic introductory comments, the argument of this contribution proceeds in two steps. First, the distinction between Herman Bavinck's left and right hand is clarified, amongst others with reference ... -
The Christian faith and evolution: An evolving, unresolved debate
Conradie, Ernst (AOSIS, 2018)This article sketches how the debate on Christian faith and evolution has evolved. Seven challenges are identified and described in the debate, namely, regarding a recognition of deep (geological) time (challenging the ... -
Confessing guilt in the context of climate change: Some South African perspectives
Conradie, Ernst (Stellenbosch University, 2010)This contribution explores the significance but also the immense complexities of Christian discourse on confessing guilt within the context of climate change. It draws especially on South African discourse on confessing ... -
The earth in God’s economy: Reflections on the narrative of God’s work
Conradie, Ernst (Stellenbosch University, 2008)This essay is an abbreviated version of an inaugural lecture, read on 24 October 2007 at the University of the Western Cape. It investigates the role of cosmological narratives that help people to understand where they ... -
Eat and/or be eaten: The evolutionary roots of violence?
Conradie, Ernst (SUN, 2015)This contribution raises the question about where things have gone wrong in evolutionary history. In classic Christian discourse it is typically assumed that the primary problem is human sin, while the problem of natural ... -
Ecology and structural violence: The South African reception of Lutheran voices from North America
Conradie, Ernst (Stellenbosch University, 2014)Th is review essay offers an assessment of two recent monographs by Larry Rasmussen and Cynthia Moe-Lobeda in the field of ecotheology. It focuses on the category of moral vision that both authors employ. It shows how ... -
Eschatology in South African literature from the struggle period (1960-1994)
Conradie, Ernst (University of Kwazulu-Natal School of Theology, 2000)On the background of the current sense of despair concerning the environmental crisis, this article follows the basic intuition that a Christian environmental praxis can only be empowered on the basis of an adequate ... -
‘For God so loved the world…’The story of God’s work on earth according to Douglas John Hall
Conradie, Ernst (Stellenbosch University, 2008)This essay reconstructs the way in which Douglas John Hall tells the story of God's work. The argument of this essay is that Hall's entire theology could be described as an exposition of the famous formula in John 3:16, ... -
From land reform to poo protesting: Some theological reflections on the ecological repercussions of economic inequality
Conradie, Ernst (Stellenbosch University, 2014)In the second semester of 2013 I offered a postgraduate module in Ethics at the University of the Western Cape together with Professor Charles Amjad-Ali on the theme of Land as a lens to interpret economic inequalities in ... -
Geloof sonder sekerhede? In gesprek met Anton van Niekerk
Conradie, Ernst (SUN, 2015)In this review article of Anton A van Niekerk's recent book Geloof sonder Sekerhede: Hoe kan ek nog glo? (Faith without certainties: How can I still believe?) (2014, Kaapstad: Lux Verbi. ISBN: 9780796318992), three ... -
The God of life a counter-intuitive confession
Conradie, Ernst (Wiley-Blackwell, 2013)In ecumenical theology the conviction that the triune God may be described as the “God of life” is widely accepted. This became foregrounded with the theology of life initiative of the World Council of Churches (WCC) in ... -
In die netwerk van nadenke oor die omgewing
Conradie, Ernst (AOSIS, 2014)In the network of thinking about the environment. This contribution is based on a talk delivered at a conference for continuous education for pastors. The argument commences with reflections on thinking with one's hands, ... -
Is it not God’s mercy that nourishes and sustains us … forever? Some theological perspectives on entangled sustainabilities
Conradie, Ernst (SUN, 2017)This essay explores the question whether and if so what contribution Christian systematic theology can make to contemporary discourse on sustainability and more specifically ‘entangled sustainabilities’. It acknowledges ... -
John Haught on original sin: A conversation
Conradie, Ernst (AOSIS, 2016)This article engages with John Haught's views on original sin. It offers a brief orientation to discourse on sin in the context of theological debates on human evolution. This is followed by a thick description of Haught's ... -
The justification of God? The story of God’s work according to Jürgen Moltmann: Part 1
Conradie, Ernst (Stellenbosch University, 2008)This essay reconstructs the way in which Jürgen Moltmann tells the story of God’s work. This is done on the basis of a review essay by Douglas Farrow who identifies a neo-Platonic structure in Moltmann’s systematic ... -
Land, Liturgy & Life: overture to the "comma" and the "and" in a very small dogmatics
Conradie, Ernst (Stellenbosch University, 2013)This contribution observes a Trinitarian logic in the theme of 'Land, Liturgy and Life' addressed at the 2013 annual meeting of the Theological Society of South Africa. The Trinitarian mystery needs to be protected with ... -
Mission as evangelism and as development? Some perspectives from the Lord's Prayer
Conradie, Ernst (Wiley-Blackwell, 2005)This essay builds on the conference on “Mission in the 21th century: New models and strategies in a world of diversity” held in Livingstone, Zambia from 25 March to 1 April 2004. It offers some background to the tension ... -
The necessity of natural theology? In conversation with John Calvin on the human senses
Conradie, Ernst (Stellenbosch University, 2011)This contribution explores John Calvin's position on natural theology. The point of departure is not so much the much discussed notions of a sensus divinitatis or of the semen religionis, but the role played by the human ... -
Notions and forms of ecumenicity: some South African perspectives
Conradie, Ernst (SUN Press, 2013)This contribution addresses the abstract question of how the adjective “ecumenical” may be understood. What notions and forms of ecumenicity may be identified? There may be no single authoritative definition, but one may ...