Teologie van hoop vir die NG Kerk : 'n vergete versugting?

dc.contributor.authorKruger, Pieter
dc.date.accessioned2025-09-05T10:10:04Z
dc.date.available2025-09-05T10:10:04Z
dc.date.issued2024-06-07
dc.descriptionDATABESKIKBAARHEIDSVERKLARING : Datadeling is nie van toepassing op hierdie navorsingsartikel nie omrede geen nuwe data geskep of ontleed is nie.
dc.description.abstractDuring Prof. Piet Meiring’s discussion of the Dutch Reformed Church’s ‘Year of Hope’ in 2001, he argued that the societal issues of reconciliation, poverty and moral regeneration on which the church focused that year, necessitated a theology of hope towards which theologians of different disciplines should contribute. In this article is explored whether to pursue such an endeavour more than two decades since the Year of Hope. Therefore, from a church historiographic viewpoint, aspects of Jürgen Moltmann’s ideas on a theology of hope within a context of injustices are revisited to assert their current relevance. In addition, more recent theological developments concerning the horizontal dimension of Christological hope within society are considered as well. In this regard reference is made to relevant ideas of the Emergent Church movement and its historical continuance. Reflecting on the current South African context and its socio-political, economic and environmental challenges, the need for a theology of hope is considered relevant to the church in order to establish credible relationships and engage strategically with society in need of hope itself. INTERDISCIPLINARY IMPLICATIONS : This article contains reviewed material of historical relevance and is, therefore, conducted within the field of Church Historiography. In further consideration of a Theology of Hope the opportunity arises for interdisciplinary collaboration of theological disciplines such as Systematic Theology and Practical Theology.
dc.description.departmentChurch History and Church Policy
dc.description.librarianam2025
dc.description.sdgSDG-16: Peace,justice and strong institutions
dc.description.urihttp://www.ve.org.za
dc.identifier.citationKruger, P., 2024, ‘’n Teologie van Hoop vir die NG Kerk: ’n Vergete versugting?’, Verbum et Ecclesia 45(1), a3136. https://doi.org/10.4102/ve.v45i1.3136.
dc.identifier.issn1609-9982 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2074-7705 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.4102/ve.v45i1.3136
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/104233
dc.language.isoAfrikaans
dc.publisherAOSIS
dc.rights© 2024. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.
dc.subjectTheology of hope
dc.subjectDutch Reformed Church (DRC)
dc.subjectJürgen Moltmann
dc.subjectEmerging church
dc.subjectSouth Africa (SA)
dc.subjectSocial justice
dc.titleTeologie van hoop vir die NG Kerk : 'n vergete versugting?
dc.title.alternativeA theology of hope for the Dutch Reformed Church : a forgotten yearning?
dc.typeArticle

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