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Browsing Research Articles (Dogmatics and Christian Ethics) by Issue Date
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De Villiers, David
(Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, 1999-09)
This paper highlights the inherent adversarialism of traditional collective bargaining, and the various attempts that have been made by academics and practitioners to find ways to minimize the adversarial nature of the ...
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De Villiers, D.E. (Dawid Etienne)
(Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2001)
Die kerk kan die huidige debat oor ekonomiese globalisering nie ignoreer nie. Die debat het nie net te doen met die suiwer ekonomiese vraag of dit die mees effektiewe ekonomiese stelsel is waaroor ons tans beskik nie. Dit ...
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Buitendag, Johan
(Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2002)
The point of departure of this article is the thesis that the understanding of reality is based on the concepts of time and space. In order to communicate the quintessence of postmodernism the concepts of time and space ...
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Buitendag, Johan
(Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2002)
This article gives a brief synopsis of Karl Heim's understanding of space in terms of its present and past spheres and the overarching metapolar sphere of God where all dichotomies are being resolved. The rather clas-sical ...
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Buitendag, Johan
(Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2002)
This article seeks to show the importance of culture and symbols, as in the business sector in terms of corporate culture and image, so too mutatis mutandis in the church. The post liberal theology would be a basis of ...
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Buitendag, Johan
(Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2003)
Whereas a preceding article focused on Heim's understanding of "space", this article focuses on "time". It is believed that Heim made an enormous contribution to the debate between theology and natural sciences and that ...
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Buitendag, Johan
(Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2003)
This article investigates the rather unknown theme of “corporate identity and corporate image” as applied to the church. Starting from the premise that corporate identity enables us to communicate change, direction and a ...
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Buitendag, Johan
(Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2003)
In this article the different ways of bridging the gap between the concepts theos + logos in the word “theology” are investigated. This could either be done from above or from below. In order to conceive a workable definition ...
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Wethmar, Conrad Johannes
(Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2003)
A recent movement which became known as the New Reformation identifies itself, inter alia, by taking a very negative stance towards several aspects of traditional Christian orthodoxy while also finding the idea of orthodoxy ...
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Buitendag, Johan
(Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2004)
The article provides an exposition of the theology of Günter Altner, well-known German scholar in both biology and theology. The article argues that, in Altner’s mind, the designs of Schweitzer and Darwin are applied as ...
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Buitendag, Johan
(Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2004)
The article's departing point is the conviction that contemporary micro-biology and gene-technology have confronted Christian ethics with a reality for which it is not sufficiently equipped. The whole debate on human cloning ...
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Buitendag, Johan
(Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2005)
This article has as its departure point the conviction of some that human genome mapping predisposes human beings genetically and as a consequence, the homosexual person becomes a mere victim of circumstances. Biological ...
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Buitendag, Johan
(Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2005)
The author presents a review article on the book, Brave new world? Theology, ethics and the human genome, edited by Celia Deane-Drummond and published in 2003 by T&T Clark International in London. After a rather elaborate ...
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Buitendag, Johan
(Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2005)
An interpretative review is given of the recently published book by Lathrop, which completed his trilogy on liturgy. Lathrop succeeded in bringing two previously disparate themes, that is faith and cosmos, together in a ...
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Wilson, Donald Neil
(Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2006)
Evangelicalism at the turn of this century finds itself facing a challenge that undermines its very validity. This challenge is generally referred to as postmodernism. Within the contemporary evangelical paradigm, the ...
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De Villiers, D.E. (Dawid Etienne)
(Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2006)
In his book Das Prinzip Verantwortung, published in 1979, the philosopher Hans Jonas argued that all existing approaches in philosophical ethics are inadequate, because they do not effectively address the serious issues ...
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De Villiers, D.E. (Dawid Etienne)
(Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2006)
The article demonstrates that the present differences Christians have in morally evaluating homosexuality in general and steady homosexual relationships in particular, can be related to the decisions they take at four ...
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Veldsman, D.P. (Daniel Petrus), 1959-
(Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2006)
In critical dismissal on the one hand of the viewpoint of Augustine on original sin, and on the other hand of a proposed viewpoint with regard to a theology of God's good creation, this article explores the intimate ...
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Pauw, Christiaan Johannes
(Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2006)
Human needs is not part of the traditional themes of systematic theology or even of theological anthropology. This article argues that human needs is a core concept in systematic theology even though it has not been an ...
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Pretorius, Mark
(Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2006-03)
The issue as to what constitutes the "heart of Pauline theology" is a contentious
one in academic debates. The traditional view is the one fostered by the Reformers and perpetuated
by generations of Protestants namely ...