عنوان

Identity, Unity and Historiography:

Number

LA126439

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انگلیسی

Title Proper

Identity, Unity and Historiography:

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Other Title Information

The Piketberg Ecclesial Narrative Revisted

First Statement of Responsibility

Elize Julius

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Leiden

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Brill

Text of Note

The aim of this essay is to develop a critical assessment of the history of the family of Dutch Reformed churches in Piketberg. The purpose of this is to determine a more adequate theological framework for the deconstruction of the traditional ecclesiological and socio-cultural anthropologies as a first step in the process of establishing sound ecclesiological and socio-cultural relations in the ongoing process of being church. Within this ecclesiological exploration, the focus will be on the schism within the once one Reformed congregation of Piketberg into three separate congregations and specifically on the unique understandings of the reasons for the divide along racial lines. The emphasis for this study is on the theological accountability of the church and all her members, with a specific emphasis on theological identity within the Reformed church in South Africa. The case study will thus focus on the stories of one particular place in the hope of raising more general ecclesiological questions of identity, culture and race. The aim of this essay is to develop a critical assessment of the history of the family of Dutch Reformed churches in Piketberg. The purpose of this is to determine a more adequate theological framework for the deconstruction of the traditional ecclesiological and socio-cultural anthropologies as a first step in the process of establishing sound ecclesiological and socio-cultural relations in the ongoing process of being church. Within this ecclesiological exploration, the focus will be on the schism within the once one Reformed congregation of Piketberg into three separate congregations and specifically on the unique understandings of the reasons for the divide along racial lines. The emphasis for this study is on the theological accountability of the church and all her members, with a specific emphasis on theological identity within the Reformed church in South Africa. The case study will thus focus on the stories of one particular place in the hope of raising more general ecclesiological questions of identity, culture and race.

Date of Publication

2009

Physical description

53-66

Title

Religion and Theology

Volume Number

16/1-2

International Standard Serial Number

1574-3012

Subject Term

AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH

Subject Term

CHURCH UNITY

Subject Term

DUTCH REFORMED CHURCH

Subject Term

DUTCH REFORMED MISSION CHURCH

Subject Term

PIKETBERG

Subject Term

RACIAL DIVISIONS

Subject Term

UNITED REFORMING CHURCH

Elize Julius

Call Number

10.1163/156973109X450000

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