Reforming memory : essays on South African Church and theological history

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Vosloo, Robert (Author)
Corporate Author:	Beyers Naudé Centre for Public Theology
Format:	Electronic eBook
Published:	Stellenbosch : AFRICAN SUN MeDIA, 2017.
Subjects:	Reformed Church > South Africa. Theology > South Africa. Race relations > Religious aspects > Christianity. Memory > Biblical teaching. Memory > Biblical teaching Race relations > Religious aspects > Christianity Reformed Church Theology South Africa > Church history. Afrique du Sud > Histoire religieuse. South Africa Public theology Church history

Table of Contents:

Part 1. In search of a responsible historical hermeneutic. On forgetting : historical injustice and the art of forgetting
On history : the writing of history as remedy or poison?
On remembering : memory, history, and justice
On the archive : archiving otherwise
On tradition : reforming tradition?
On doing church history : five theses
On commemorating : remembering the Reformation after 500 years
Part 2. Revisiting some episodes in the history of the Dutch Reformed Church (1916-1960). On poverty : the Dutch Reformed Church and "the poor white problem"
On urbanisation : the Dutch Reformed Church and the city
On division : the Dutch Reformed Church and some responses to the Second World War
On reading Scripture : the Dutch Reformed Church and the biblical justification of apartheid
On ecumenism : the Dutch Reformed Church, Beyers Naudé and the ghost of Cottesloe
Part 3. Engaging reformed theologians. On Calvin's theological heritage in South Africa : engaging an ambivalent, contested and promising legacy
On the displaced Calvin : "refugee reality" as a lens to examine Calvin's life, theology and legacy
On Calvin and the mirror of the stranger : "refugee reality' and the gift of recognition
On Beyers Naudé : revisiting a legacy of hospitality and truth-telling
On Dirkie Smit : take, read ... interpret, confess
For John de Gruchy : democracy is coming to the RSA
Part 4. Revisiting reformed practices and confessional documents. On the Lord's supper : the "welcome table", exclusion and the reformed tradition
On theological education : Calvin, the Academy of Geneva and 150 years of theology at Stellenbosch
On the Heidelberg Catechism : remembering a 16th-century reformed confession in South Africa today
On the Belhar Confession : remarks on the reception of a 20th century confessional document in the Dutch Reformed Church.