Reforming memory essays on South African Church and theological history / Robert Vosloo.

Author/creator Vosloo, Robert
Other author Beyers Naudé Centre for Public Theology.
Format Electronic
EditionFirst edition.
Publication InfoStellenbosch, South Africa : African Sun Media 2017.
Descriptionxii, 287 pages ; 25 cm
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SeriesBeyers Naudé Centre series on public theology ; volume 12
Beyers Naudé Centre series on public theology ; v. 12.
Contents Part 1. In search of a responsible historical hermeneutic. On forgetting : historical injustice and the art of forgetting -- On history : the writing of history as remedy or poison? -- On remembering : memory, history, and justice -- On the archive : archiving otherwise -- On tradition : reforming tradition? -- On doing church history : five theses -- On commemorating : remembering the Reformation after 500 years -- Part 2. Revisiting some episodes in the history of the Dutch Reformed Church (1916-1960). On poverty : the Dutch Reformed Church and "the poor white problem" -- On urbanisation : the Dutch Reformed Church and the city -- On division : the Dutch Reformed Church and some responses to the Second World War -- On reading Scripture : the Dutch Reformed Church and the biblical justification of apartheid -- On ecumenism : the Dutch Reformed Church, Beyers Naudé and the ghost of Cottesloe -- Part 3. Engaging reformed theologians. On Calvinʹs theological heritage in South Africa : engaging an ambivalent, contested and promising legacy -- On the displaced Calvin : "refugee reality" as a lens to examine Calvinʹs life, theology and legacy -- On Calvin and the mirror of the stranger : "refugee reality' and the gift of recognition -- On Beyers Naudé : revisiting a legacy of hospitality and truth-telling -- On Dirkie Smit : take, read ... interpret, confess -- For John de Gruchy : democracy is coming to the RSA -- Part 4. Revisiting reformed practices and confessional documents. On the Lordʹs supper : the "welcome table", exclusion and the reformed tradition -- On theological education : Calvin, the Academy of Geneva and 150 years of theology at Stellenbosch -- On the Heidelberg Catechism : remembering a 16th-century reformed confession in South Africa today -- On the Belhar Confession : remarks on the reception of a 20th century confessional document in the Dutch Reformed Church.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
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