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Ecumenical space: expanded for whom?
(World Council of Churches, 2013)
In this article we are setting out to address the dire need for reorientation within the ecumenical movement. In so doing, we are going to argue for a shift of emphasis that will take the notion of “ecumenical space” ...
Old ideas: wisdom, virtue and moral formation
(Stellenbosch University, 2013)
The wisdom writings of the Old Testament may be regarded as largely a repository of ‘old ideas’ that were preserved across cultures and ages because they generally served human life. To study the material from this angle, ...
Theology for the twenty-first century - "Going beyond Barth?"
(SUN, 2013)
Dirkie Smit is honoured in this contribution as a theologian who has persistently and ingeniously
held together two poles in Reformed theology: Karl Barth's emphasis on Christology:
God's salvation and free grace as ...
The God of life a counter-intuitive confession
(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 ...
All theology is natural theology: The hermeneutic necessity of natural theology?
(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 ...
On Jesus Christ as Mediator of creation
(Stellenbosch University, 2013)
This contribution offers reflection on two of Dirkie Smit's conversation partners, namely Herman Bavinck and Karl Barth. It notes that both are deeply Trinitarian theologians, but also that such a Trinitarian approach has ...
The necessity of natural theology? In conversation with John Calvin on the human senses
(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 ...
A semiotic notion of transcendence
(Pretoria University, 2013)
As the title indicates, this contribution explores a semiotic
notion of transcendence. It is argued that experiences of transcendence
are quite common and that notions of transcendence
are highly significant since they ...
Only a fully trinitarian theology will do, but where can that be found?
(Stellenbosch University, 2013)
The argument of this contribution, departing from a famous article by Arnold van Ruler, is that a fully Trinitarian theology requires attention to God's work and not only God's identity and character. The three relationships ...
Confessing guilt in the context of climate change: Some South African perspectives
(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 ...