6 articles in this issue
Ernst M. Conradie
This contribution reflects on the current sub-title of the journal Scriptura, namely “Journal for Biblical, Theological and Hermeneutics”. It shows that this has been a core interest of the journal over a period of forty years. It also discusses the metho... see more
Bernard Lategan
This article discusses the considerations which led to the establishment of Scriptura in 1980. Against the backdrop of a looming social and political transformation, the intellectual, political and ecclesial climate was restrictive in many ways and on var... see more
Jan Albert Van den Berg
This article discloses, in an intimate personal manner and based on an (auto)biographical journey, some of the secrets and treasures of a (practical) theological academic author. Drawing on an initial casual contact with a practical theologian’s personal ... see more
Danie Veldsman
Technological developments represent wide-ranging and multifarious economic and cultural forces worldwide – even in South Africa. As forces, they must be faced and addressed contextually and critically since they have shaping impacts on societies, that is... see more
J M Vorster
This article focusses on the question of whether a hermeneutic of congruent biblical theology, founded in the classic reformed tradition, can still be regarded as plausible and intelligible for doing theology and applying Christian ethics today. The centr... see more
Gerald West
In a recent article I characterised the biblical hermeneutics of James H. Cone as a hermeneutic of radical reception and the biblical hermeneutics of Itumeleng Mosala as a hermeneutic of radical production. In this article I argue that though a hermeneuti... see more