SCRIPTURA  

Justino Alfredo

Two recent studies (Foster 2008; Van Steenbergen 2006) have acknowledged thatthe translation of biblical key words is an area that needs urgent attention. Manylexicons determine the real meaning of a word by describing its etymology, hardlypaying attentio... see more

Johan Cilliers

This article proposes that the theory of reframing, as developed within the context ofa philosophically based theory of change, and consequently adapted by psychologistsand neurological change theorists, can be useful in the quest for liturgicalrenewal. I... see more

Iyabode Omolara Daniel

Discourse is about communication. An exchange of communication content withboth parties being satisfied with the meaning; exchange is usually what successfulcommunication entails. This article thus investigates a discourse situation in whicha man needs he... see more

Elmarie Louw-Kritzinger

Current publications and polemics attest to the on-going efforts to explain Evil anddeath to post-modern man ‘acceptably’/scientifically? – the theodicy that hasalready been grappled with in the ancient writings. The search for the origin of Evilis one of... see more

Klaus Nürnberger

Romans 8:19-22 is unique in its concern for the natural world. This is theologicallysignificant at a time when ecological concerns have become inescapable and urgent.But this concern is packaged in an ‘apocalyptic’ eschatology that no longer seemsplausibl... see more

Mark Rathbone,Anné Verhoef

Since the rise of democracy in South Africa violence has been erasing freedom andjustice. In this article it is argued that the different theologies of Liberation, such asBlack, Feminist, Ecological and other contextual theologies, might have perpetuatedv... see more

Temba Rugwiji

People with disabilities have experienced varying degrees of acceptance throughoutrecorded history.2 This paper articulates that modern societies tend to discriminateagainst people with disabilities whom they perceive as incapacitated to do whatnon-disabl... see more

Christoph Stenschke

Nach einführenden Überlegungen zu Bedeutung, Gebrauch und Entstehung desApostolischen Glaubensbekenntnisses zeigt dieser Artikel zwei gravierende Mängelim Apostolikum auf und bietet konkrete Vorschläge zu dessen Ergänzung. Zum einenspringt das Bekenntnis ... see more

Charlene Van der Walt

Theoretically the process of intercultural Bible reading should create a safe spacewhere the voice of the individual can be heard in community with others. It shouldbe a space where the individual is not only free to speak but also to have the innateexper... see more

Danie Van Zyl

It is argued that the prohibition against adultery and related extra marital sexualacts in pre and early Biblical times were not aimed at such acts per se, but atstabilizing relations and protecting the their ethical function was enhanced bymaking these p... see more

Douglas Lawrie

Rhetorical criticism has flourished in New Testament studies, with many scholarsdrawing on either Vernon Robbins’s socio-rhetorical approach or the tools providedby the Graeco-Roman rhetoricians. Much less has been done in the study of theHebrew Bible, pa... see more

J. M. Vorster

The South African society continues to stagger under an immense wave ofcorruption in both the private and the public sectors. Corruption is the misuse ofpublic office or a position of authority for private, material or social gain at theexpense of other p... see more