https://ir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/4219 2026-05-01T09:17:27Z 2026-05-01T09:17:27Z Gathogo, Julius https://ir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/4494 2022-06-02T12:06:40Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

David Gitari's prophetic ministry in Kenya (1986-1991) Gathogo, Julius The article sets out to answer the question, “How effective were Anglican Archbishop David Gitari’s methods and approaches in his crusade for multiparty democracy in Kenya between 1986 and 1991?” To address the above concern, I shall first attempt to pinpoint the background to his prophetic ministry and then survey the methods and approaches he employed during those turbulent days. The article will conclude with a critique of Gitari’s all-inclusive approach to church ministry (1986-1991). The materials in this presentation have been gathered by means of oral interviews with Gitari and by the use of participant observation by the researcher, who was an eyewitness during the greater part of Gitari’s church ministry. An extensive reading of some of the materials under discussion has also been done. The article is intended to caution post-Cold-War Africa against losing the gains of freedom, since neocolonialism is as bad as colonialism itself or even worse. Peer reviewed

2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Kruger, Kobus https://ir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/4491 2022-06-06T12:48:43Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dante se visioen van God in 'n insluitend historiese konteks Kruger, Kobus Starting from the historical context of Dante’s vision of God as expressed in Paradiso XXXIII (Medieval Europe, against the backdrop of Western classical tradition, the Bible and post-Biblical orthodox Christianity), the article ventures into suggesting a framework for understanding Dante’s vision in which human history (including church history) is seen as partaking in a larger history, comprising cosmic history and the theogonic history of God. In this framework, the questions concerning the historical determination of Dante’s vision and the truth quality of that vision are seen in terms of an open-ended process in which all things are continuously reflecting each other and the divine light. In this process of reflection, the distinctions between “made” and “received”, “fiction” and “truth” lose their sharp edges. Dante may be read as child of his tradition, at the same time explorer of nature, creative mythopoetic genius, and part of a universal community of those who “see” the divine light: source and sum of all. Peer reviewed; Text in Afrikaans, abstract in English

2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Kumalo, Simangaliso Raymond https://ir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/4490 2022-06-06T13:20:32Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

The palace, the parish and the power : church-state relations in Rwanda and the genocide Kumalo, Simangaliso Raymond This article describes the church and state relations in Rwanda and their impact on the genocide. Drawing on interviews conducted with three Rwandan theological students, it argues that the ambiguous role played by the church in the Rwandan genocide was a result of the lack of a clear and balanced model of church and state relations at the time. The article observes that the Rwandan church’s tendency to side with the state, as a way of finding security and power to achieve its missionary goals determined the church’s response to the genocide. It argues that being trapped by ambitions for power and security the church got into a series of promiscuous relationships with the state, Tutsis and Hutus that ultimately corrupted its vision and mission. Drawing on interviews1 and literature the article concludes that the role of the church in Rwanda during the genocide was a culmination of a lack of a clear and informed model of relating to the state. It draws lessons that can be learned by other African churches in other countries on how they can relate to their governments without losing their integrity. Peer reviewed

2007-01-01T00:00:00Z De Villiers, Pieter https://ir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/4486 2022-06-06T13:53:30Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

History, mysticism and ethics in Oecumenius: a hermeneutical perspective on the earliest extant Greek commentary on Revelation De Villiers, Pieter This article discusses the earliest extant Greek commentary on Revelation, written by Oecumenius in the sixth century C.E. It investigates first of all the discovery of the commentary’s manuscript in the twentieth century and the subsequent reevaluation of Oecumenius. It secondly outlines Oecumenius’ significance for historical and biblical studies before it and thirdly focuses on his hermeneutics by analysing his historical, mystical and ethical interpretation of Revelation. Peer reviewed

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