9 articles in this issue
Ernst M. Conradie
This editorial serves as an introduction to the essays on the theme of "How are they telling the story?" included in this volume. It unpacks the multiple layers of the narrative that is at stake in this theme.
This essay is an abbreviated version of an inaugural lecture, read on 24 October 2007 at the University of the Western Cape. It investigates the role of cosmological narratives that help people to understand where they come from, who they are, how they ca... see more
Denise Ackermann
As one of the earliest and most influential feminist liberation theologians, Rosemary Radford Ruether's oeuvre has enabled many women theologians in different contexts and cultures to cover new ground by drawing on her insights. This article is a tribute ... see more
Anthony O. Balcomb
Stories create meaning. When the stories we live by no longer make sense in the light of our experience then we undergo an epistemological crisis. This can lead to a mental breakdown if we do not find, or construct, another story or enlarge our existing s... see more
his essay reconstructs the way in which Douglas John Hall tells the story of God's work. The argument of this essay is that Hall's entire theology could be described as an exposition of the famous formula in John 3:16, "for God so loved the world". His em... see more
This essay reconstructs the way in which Jürgen Moltmann tells the story of God's work. This is done on the basis of a review essay by Douglas Farrow who identifies a neo-Platonic structure in Moltmann's systematic contributions to theology. The argument ... see more
This is a continuation of the essay on Moltmann's understanding of the narrative of God's work. It explores Moltmann's emphasis on the eschaton as 'new creation'. This emphasis is necessary given the way in which creation is faulted due to its bondage to ... see more
Hans S.A. Engdahl
BJ Marais' theology is seemingly mainline Protestant with a focus on the New Testament and the Christ event. However, not least a close reading of his unpublished dissertation on the early church and his other major writings reveals apophatic tendencies. ... see more
Piet Naude
This paper starts with a theologically interpreted life-story of Edmund Schlink. Thereafter his view of an ecumenical dogmatics is discussed, before the theme of church unity in the context of the ecumenical movement is outlined. The paper concludes with ... see more