https://ir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/4221 2026-05-12T20:56:19Z 2026-05-12T20:56:19Z Lenkabula, Puleng https://ir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/4417 2022-05-26T12:43:12Z 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

African feminist reflections on the Accra Confession Lenkabula, Puleng This article sets out to discuss, from an African feminist theological perspective, the Accra confession: Covenanting for justice in the economy and the earth (hereafter the Accra Confession). It uses descriptive analyses to understand the role and implications of the confession for ecological, gender and economic justice. The first part of the essay briefly describes the history behind the confession. The second part gives a detailed overview of the contents, scope and thematic issues addressed by the confession. The third interprets the confession and analyses its implications for the church and society. The fourth part explores feminist and women’s responses and or critiques of the Accra confession, thus outlining its relevance for feminist theologies and ethics, and their conceptions of economic, ecological and gender justice. Peer reviewed

2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Vorster, Koos https://ir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/4416 2022-05-26T12:59:24Z 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Christian attitude and the human dignity of women Vorster, Koos My aim, in this article, is to focus on the human dignity and human rights of women from a classical Reformed perspective. The role women should play in the church and society will also be discussed. The central theoretical argument of this investigation is that Christians, in their calling to manifest the attitude of Christ, should always take the human dignity of women to heart and should be the champions of women’s rights in church and society. Christians should therefore be involved in the normalisation of the position of women in both church and society. In this article, the Bible is interpreted from the perspective of classical Reformed hermeneutics. This investigation brings a deductive way of reasoning into play, thereby contradicting the inductive way of reasoning found in biblicism up until now. This inductive way of reasoning entails using the passages proclaiming the prohibition of the ordination of women in particular offices in the church as the sole evidence for the answer to the question. This text, however, approaches the passages in question from the broad perspective of the total anthropology of Scripture. In order to do this, the article investigates the socio-historical role of women in biblical times. Secondly, the topic of women’s rights according to the biblical message is addressed from the hermeneutical presupposition that Scripture reveals the ongoing work of God, the renewal of all things in Christ and the work of the Holy Spirit in a revelation-historical way. The revelation-historical (salvation-historical) information relevant to the topic is examined and eventually the result is applied to the current position of women in churches and in society. Peer reviewed

2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Mukuka, George https://ir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/4415 2022-05-26T13:07:00Z 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Clashes of worldviews in the early history of the Catholic Church in South Africa : the struggles of FR Aloys Majong Mncadi with his white superiors (1877-1933) Mukuka, George This article critically examines the life of the second Catholic indigenous priest in South Africa, Fr Aloys Majonga Mncadi. The article briefly gives a background to the training of the black priests in South Africa and outlines key conceptual themes from the Comaroffs. The successful missionary approach of the Trappists is briefly outlined as they had successful missions among the Zulu people in Natal. Finally, the article looks at the conflict which Fr Aloys experienced in the light of the conceptual themes from the Comaroffs. The article is a revised version of a chapter in my doctoral thesis entitled “The establishment of the black Catholic clergy in South Africa from 1887 to 1957” submitted to the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Natal in 2000. Peer reviewed

2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Gillmer, J. G. https://ir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/4414 2022-05-26T13:21:34Z 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ontstaan en ontwikkeling van Welkom met verwysing na die Afrikaanssprekende Gereformeerde Kerke se vroee rol Gillmer, J. G. This article refers to the establishment of Welkom and its development and more particularly to the role of the Afrikaansspeaking Reformed Churches during the early mining processes since 1950 in the Goldfields. The dominant influence of the mining industry and its economic impact on the Goldfields led to a general development of infrastructure in the area, which made the necessity of the churches in the area even more essential for the spiritual well-being of its members. The indirect influence of the mining industry on the emerging congregations and their developments cannot be overlooked, especially with the rising towns and suburbs with its increasing population that took place from time to time. Peer reviewed

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