A rhetoric of theological vision?: on Scripture's reorienting power in the liturgy of (social) life
The article explores moral challenges and opportunities facing South African churches at the beginning of a new century. It sets out by briefly describing major hermeneutic and societal shifts during the past decades. Numerous structural changes have been accomplished in the South African society, p...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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NTWSA
2001
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Neotestamentica
Year: 2001, Volume: 35, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 111-127 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Africa
/ Reconciliation
/ Hermeneutics
/ New Testament
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| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament KBN Sub-Saharan Africa NCC Social ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
Ethics
B Africa |
| Summary: | The article explores moral challenges and opportunities facing South African churches at the beginning of a new century. It sets out by briefly describing major hermeneutic and societal shifts during the past decades. Numerous structural changes have been accomplished in the South African society, particularly since 1994. However, these have not always been accompanied by attitudinal and behavioural changes, even among Christians. On the level of a collective consciousness the scars of a deeply divided society prevail. Secondly, some implications of these shifts are investigated - for South African churches in general, and religious education and (Reformed) theological training in particular. Serious and complex issues facing these institutions are described as essentially theological in nature. Thirdly, as counterfoil to the present so-called "moral crisis" in South Africa, the article investigates aspects of the New Testament's "rhetoric of theological vision", with particular reference to "reconciliation" as central image for the church's logos, biblical authority as liberating and healing practice (ethos), and liturgy as context for the development of personal integrity and social responsibility (pathos). |
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| ISSN: | 0254-8356 |
| Contains: | In: Neotestamentica
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