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Browsing HTS Volume 65, Number 1 (2009) by Issue Date
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Nolte, S. Philip (Stephanus Philippus); Dreyer, Yolanda
(Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2008-06)
Pastors as wounded healers : emotional experience and cognitive dissonance. The relevance of reflecting on pastors’ identity and ministry is precipitated by the paradigm shift from modernity to postmodernity.
Pastors often ...
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Bae, Choon Sup; Van der Merwe, P.J.
(Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2008-09)
Ancestor worship is practiced in different forms around the world
today, even in societies participating in the modern global economy.
Ancestral beliefs are deeply dependent on the premise that the
souls of the dead may ...
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Jordaan, Pierre J.
(Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2009)
When the New Testament is interpreted, directly preceding literature is largely neglected. The
dialectical terms, discourse and contra-discourse do not often surface in research on this period.
This is especially the ...
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Beyers, Jaco; Mphahlele, Dora N.
(Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2009)
Jesus Christ, the Son of God, Son of Man, Son of David, Lord (Kyrios), Rabbi and Messiah. These
are some of the names used by Christians today and even by the people from the era of Jesus Christ to address Him or to ...
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Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.)
(OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)
Among its more than a million readers, The shack has empowered traditionalists and seekers among Christian spirituals but has also been condemned for patripassionism and modalism. This article consists mainly of two sections. ...
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Meiring, Piet (Pieter Gerhard Jacobus), 1941-; Oh, Kyung Hwan
(Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2009)
This article describes the history of missions in Korea as well as the challenges and opportunities
for Korean missionaries in Southern Africa. The most significant problems encountered by Korean
missionaries include ...
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Dreyer, Willem Akkerhuys (Wim)
(OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)
This article gives a short historical background to the debate between Lutherans and Calvinists on unity. It is important that this debate should also start in Southern Africa. The focus is placed on the Leuenberg Agreement ...
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Muller, Julian C.; De Beer, Sanrie
(Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2009)
Sometimes we need a source of encouragement for restoring our own lives, to help us re-create
ourselves. Using text as narrative texts opens up a multitude of possibilities in the work with clients in therapy. The story ...
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Cromhout, Markus
(OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)
This article is a review of the book entitled Identity Formation in the New Testament (edited by Bengt Holmberg and Mikael Winninge, Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen, 2008). It is a collection of various articles using intertextuality, ...
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Endres, Annelize; Dreyer, Yolanda
(OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)
Existing research shows that adolescents are victimised and traumatised more often than adults. Many a time it is left to pastoral counsellors to assist such traumatised youth to overcome such experiences. This article ...
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Venter, P.M. (Pieter Michiel), 1947-; Anderson, Joel E.
(Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2009)
Isaiah 36–39 is a coherent literary unity that both holds priority over II Kings 18–20 and
reflects a historically reliable interpretation of the events surrounding Sennacherib’s invasion. On a literary level, Isaiah ...
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Botha, Pieter J.J.
(OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)
A brief review of signifi cant developments in South African historical Jesus research during the
past three decades is given. Although historical Jesus investigations are not characteristic or even
dominant in South ...
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Beukes, C.J. (Cornelius Johannes)
(Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2009)
Against the backdrop of the introduction and analysis of Foucault’s Iran writings in the first of two articles, this second article attempts to contribute to an understanding of Foucault’s involvement in the revolution in ...
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Licona, Michael R. 1961-; Van der Watt, J.G. (Jan Gabriel), 1952-
(Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2009)
This is the second article in a series of two that discusses whether historians are within their professional
rights to investigate miracle claims. In the fi rst, I made a positive case that they are and
then proceeded ...
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Kang, Shinman; Venter, P.M. (Pieter Michiel), 1947-
(OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)
This article presents a canonical and literary reading of Lamentations 5 in the context of the book of Lamentations as a whole. Following the approach by Vanhoozer (1998, 2002) based on speech-act theory, the meaning of ...
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Van Eck, Ernest
(OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)
This article proposes a methodology for interpreting the parables of Jesus. The methodology put forward has as starting point two convictions. Firstly, the difference between the context of Jesus’ parables as told by Jesus ...
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Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.)
(OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)
This essay sets out to argue that postsecular spirituality is about the quest for hypergoods within today’s mass populist- and consumerist-oriented world. It shows that people who consider themselves to be spiritual, not ...
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Novakovic, Lidija
(OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)
One of the effects of economic globalisation is that it strengthens the superiority of the developed and intensifies the dependency of the undeveloped nations. Christian ethicists typically address this problem by emphasising ...
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Harris, Johannes Christiaan Frederik; Venter, P.M. (Pieter Michiel), 1947-
(OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)
This article reflects on the various nuances in meaning of the relationship terminology used in Hosea. These words are used in combination with one another, although used differently in different contexts. The different ...
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Kraleva, Valia
(OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)
In contrast to a widespread technical-mathematical media model that reduces electronic media to transmission channels, thereby making information into a quantifiable commodity, Canadian media theorist Marshall McLuhan, as ...