8 articles in this issue
Patrick J Hartin
This special edition of Scriptura contains once again selections of papers presented at the Southern African Biblical Studies Society at its Tenth Annual Meeting held on 24 and 25 May, 1991. The Conference, hosted by the University of South Africa, ... see more
D C Badenhorst
Values form part of a culture and have a direct influence on an individual’s life. Some values are ethnically based, whereas others may emanate from the economic activities in a community. Both official and non-official values have to be taken into accoun... see more
J R Kriel
I must admit that I am not at all sure why I am standing here responding to this paper by Professor Badenhorst. I am medic by training, a dilettante in philosophy, a pseudo-theologian (Bib Studs III, UNISA, NDP) and an educationist completely by default. ... see more
Wilfred Sebothoma
In this study, Sampie Terreblanche’s article (The Star, 24 February 1991) Rottenness still lurks at SA’s core is reviewed to provide part one of an introduction for a South African contextual discussion. Key concepts around which the discussion in the art... see more
W Domeris
Responding to Sebothoma’s paper is no easy task. In the first place, the paper ranges through a full spread of disciplines, from Old Testament studies to church history, philosophy to ideological discourse, with a fair sprinkling of Latin quotations. Alon... see more
Gordon Mitchell
In this paper it is argued that ’transmission teaching’ an educational model of the all-knowing teacher who imparts religious values, should be replaced by a model in which dialogue is central. Support for such a contention is found in the works of John C... see more
M C Dippenaar
I fully agree with Dr Mitchell that Religious Education according to the policy of Christian National Education as something imposed on everyone else by Afrikaner nationalists (and the same tendencies which he detects in the English community), is totally... see more
S J Joubert
The aim of this essay is twofold, namely (a) to analyse the basic New Testament values, and (b) to investigate the possibilities and problems facing any legitimate effort to ‘translate’ and apply these values in a changing South Africa .A brief definition... see more