RE-IMAGINING THE CONGREGATION’S CALLING – MOVING FROM ISOLATION TO INVOLVEMENT by W.J. Schoeman

“…Congregations need, from a theological perspective, to answer the question: What is the calling of the congregation? …”
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Communities facing disruption: the need to shift from individual to community paradigms in pastoral care by D. P. Mouton

“…It further provides Biblical and theological motivation for a (w)holistic understanding of health, well-being, healing and restoration that is only fully understood when such understanding is undergirded by an acute awareness of the relational and communal dimension of each of these. …”
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Forgiveness, reconciliation and justice á la Desmond Tutu by P.G.J. Meiring

“…The TRC operated within the mandates given to it by the South African parliament, but Tutu with his theological background, strong views, and dynamic personality put his own stamp on the truth and reconciliation process in South Africa. …”
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THE EXPERIENCES OF CURRENTLY AND FORMERLY INCARCERATED WOMEN IN A TIME OF PANDEMIC: IMPLICATIONS FOR LIFE-GIVING COMMUNITIES by D.T.M. Veloso

“… This article assesses the adequacy of the church’s responses to women currently and formerly in conflict with the law in the Philippines and offers feminist theological reflections on the need for gender- and culturally sensitive pastoral services for them in a time of pandemic. …”
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A Christian ethical perspective on the moral status of the human embryo by J. M. Vorster

“…The article examines three biblical concepts from the perspective of a biblical-theological hermeneutical model in order to unfold this argument. …”
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Artists in Resi/stance by Volker Küster

“…In this article, I investigate twentieth-century contextual art from an intercultural perspective. Theologically, memory and hope, the remembrance of the victims in the light of the dangerous memory of the crucified, and the hope in the presence of the risen Christ among the poor and oppressed, have emerged as the overarching generative themes in coping with conflicts. …”
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Księdza Tischnera mocowanie się ze słowem. Wokół Kazań starosądeckich by Witold Ostafiński

“…The speaker impresses us with his consequence, the discipline of speech, he avoids theological phrasings, uses the language devoid of pathos, overblown style, exaltation. …”
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Religious plurality in Africa: A challenge to the church

“…Three missionary paradigms, viz exclusivism, inclusivism and pluralism are analysed after which a theological perspective is offered. The Church has to communicate the gospel of Jesus Christ nonetheless, but leave the dispensing of salvation in terms of Christian eschatology to God. …”
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Where have all the bishops gone? by J. E. Wehrmeyer

“…This apparent neutrality in selecting a more general term has, however, theological implications and may actually violate the principle of sola scriptura. …”
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Calvin and other religions by P. C. Potgieter

“…Although Calvin worked in a completely different scene, he has laid down certain principles based on his interpretation of Holy Scripture that may contribute to current theological thought on this issue. In this article his views on true and false religion, non-Christian faiths, the uniqueness of Christ as Mediator and Redeemer, and universalism is discussed from the perspective not only of his Institutes, but also of his Commentaries, Tracts and Treatises and Letters. …”
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THE PANDEMIC AND HOMILETICS 101: A REFLECTION by S. Hoezee

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Philo's De Decalogo: educating to respect the socially disadvantaged by P. B. Decock

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The transformative potential of the Apocalypse of John by Paul B. Decock

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The 'Consensus Genvensis' revisited: the Genesis of the Genevan consensus of divine election in 1551 by E. A. de Boer

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Katechizm biblijny Kościoła kartagińskiego by Tomasz Kaczmarek

“…This image is that interesting because it is the only pre- Nicean Christology compendium of this type, which directly introduces us to theological thought preceding a very difficult for Christianity trinitian controversy. …”
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Die teologiese en morele regverdiging van apartheid en 'n status confessionis by P. J. Strauss

“… Both the World Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC) and the — then — Reformed Ecumenical Synod (RES) eventually declared a status confessionis against the theological and moral justification of apartheid. In this process the Afrikaans Reformed Churches came under serious fire. …”
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GOD’S INTERVENTION REVISITED: AN ILLUMINATION OF HIS CONTINUOUS PRESENCE by A.C. Pieterse

“…Were God to intervene in nature, he would apparently be breaking, suspending or simply not following the lawful order he created in the universe. From a theological perspective, the word “intervention” is also not helpful. …”
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Contemplation and social transformation: the example of Thomas Merton by P. Sheldrake

“…The essay more broadly explores the theological basis for a coherence of mysticism and action in contrast to some misinterpretations of the Christian language of interiority. …”
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Liturgical reform in the "breaking of the bread" in the Lord's Supper in the Palatinate and its resonance in the Heidelberg Catechism by E. de Boer

“…The present article describes how the reformation was initiated and implemented by the elector Frederic III, what the response from Lutheran theologians was, and how the theological defence from the Heidelberg theologians came to be formulated. …”
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The punishment of slaves in Early Christianity: the views of some selected Church Fathers by C. L. de Wet

“…The study begins, first, by examining the theological justifications for the punishment of slaves. …”
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