SCRIPTURA  

Ernst M Conradie

The set of articles on sin included in this volume of Scriptura is derived from a project entitled “Redeeming Sin: Hamartiology, Ecology and Social Analysis” registered at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) in 2014. This collaborative project includ... see more

Louis C Jonker

The collection of essays offered here – except the articles of Van den Heever and Mapfeka – was first presented at an international conference that was held in Stellenbosch during September 2019. The conference took place within the confines of a pilot pr... see more

Oluwarotimi Paul Adebayo

The understanding of the term Scripture in early Christianity is best described as an evolving concept that can be categorised into various stages. This can best be seen in the most popular Greek term the NT uses in designating Scripture, ??af? and its co... see more

Ahmet Alibasic

This essay presents and discusses The Platform of the Islamic Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina for Dialogue (2006), a programmatic document of the Islamic Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Its first section sets out basic principles for Bosnian Musl... see more

Janet Orchard,Nuraan Davids

‘Christian National Education’ (CNE) was promoted in South Africa between 1948 and 1990 by the then apartheid government to enhance and preserve white supremacy through the public schools’ system. One significant educational reform following the introduct... see more

Ernst M Conradie

This contribution offers an overview of a five-year project on Redeeming Sin that included a number of postgraduate projects registered at the University of the Western Cape, a series of international colloquiums hosted more or less annually, two monograp... see more

Celia Deane-Drummond

 In the public political sphere truth telling is becoming more the exception than the rule. Of all the tendencies to sin, lying is arguably one of the most destructive and most distinctive of human societies. Or is it? Is it, for example, right to ex... see more

Wyatt Harris

This essay explores the potential contribution of Martin Luther to the current thinking around the ecological crisis. In particular, I argue that Luther's understanding of sin should be brought into consideration in order to understand why humanity strugg... see more

Nico Vorster

This contribution considers the descriptive value of original sin talk within the public domain against the background of the South African land reform debate. The first section analyses the employment of “original sin” language within this debate by Sout... see more