Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae: Recent submissions

  • Faith and politics in the context of struggle : the legacy of Inkosi Albert John Luthuli's Christian-centred political leadership 
    Kumalo, Simangaliso Raymond (Church History Society of South Africa, 2009)
    Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli, a Zulu Inkosi and former President-General of the African National Congress (ANC) and a lay-preacher in the United Congregational Church of Southern Africa (UCCSA) is a significant figure as ...
  • Made in Germany? Theology at the Cape of Good Hope in the early 18th century 
    d'Assonville, Victor E. (Church History Society of South Africa, 2009)
    Paul Roux (1665-1723), a French Refugee, arrived at the Cape of Good Hope in 1688 as one of a larger group of French Huguenots who came via the Netherlands. Together with the famous Reverend Pierre Simond, he was known ...
  • The French refugees in 20th century South African historiography 
    Britz, Dolf (Church History Society of South Africa, 2009)
    This article traces the portrayal of the French refugees/Huguenots (as a subject of matter) in the South African (church) historiography of the 20th century and tells their story chronologically. The survey reveals a ...
  • Women's moral agency and the quest for justice in Africa 
    Lenkabula, Puleng (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2010)
    This article explores women’s moral agency in post-apartheid South Africa and Africa by examining the intersections of governance and the public space; we shall also look at the agency of African women from the perspective ...
  • The past and future of Black Theology in South Africa: in discussion with Maimela 
    Molobi, Victor Masilo (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2010)
    This article pays tribute to Simon Maimela by engaging with some of the views on Black Theology which he expressed during his active days as academic writer. It tests the waters regarding the future of Black Theology ...
  • Reading Judges 12:2 in dialogue with Maimela 
    Bookholane, Lehlohonolo (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2010)
    The affirmation that human beings are created in the image of God was once regarded as the inspiration for the struggle against racial oppression, social class exploitation and gender domination; but it has since become ...
  • Simon Maimela and the prophetic vision of liberation for Black Theology 
    Chimhanda, Francisca Hildegardis (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2010)
    This article celebrates Simon Maimela’s contribution to Black Liberation Theology in South Africa. It explores and highlights Maimela’s prophetic vision of liberation, which is crucial to the survival of Black Theology. ...
  • "Negro psyche": the representation of black people in the writings of missionary Olav Guttorm Myklebust 
    Bakke, Odd Magne, 1962- (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2010)
    This paper discusses the representation of blacks by the Norwegian missionary Olav Guttorm Myklebust, who worked in South Africa from 1931 to 1939. Although his intention seemed to be to give a friendly and balanced ...
  • On being firefighters : insights on curriculum transformation in HIV and AIDs contexts 
    Dube Shomanah, Musa W., 1964- (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2009)
    The article theorises about various responses to an HIV and AIDS outbreak by comparing it to a burning hut in the village. These responses range from indifference to action oriented engagement with HIV and AIDS. It is a ...
  • The influence of Calvinism on South Africa's education system prior to 1994 
    Madise, M. J. S. (Mokhele Johannes Singleton); Lebeloane, Lazarus Donald Mokula, 1961- (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2009)
    In South Africa, Calvinism has exercised a profound influence on theology and this influence extended to education. Indeed, Calvinism played a major role in shaping a local education system which was adopted as a result ...
  • The missionary impulse in Norwegian history 
    Berg, Roald (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2010)
    The paper discusses the influence of church and mission in Norwegian politics during the nineteenth century. Norway, a rather small country by European standards, was a major missionary provider in Zululand. The influence ...
  • "An oasis in a desert of segregation": factors that led to the rise and decline of the Edendale Lay Ecumenical Centre in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa 
    Kumalo, Simangaliso Raymond (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2009)
    One way to comprehend the historical development of theological education in the South African context is to employ the case study approach. This approach enables us to understand the factors and dynamics that shaped and ...
  • Missionary ecclesiology : a perspective from history 
    Saayman, W. A. (Willem A.) (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2009)
    The concept of a missionary ecclesiology is analysed according to the statement of Vatican II that the church is missionary by its very nature. The analysis is approached from the perspective of history, since the ...
  • Afrikaner grandmother's Huguenot heritage 
    Whitelaw, David (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2009)
    Anna Susanna le Roux was born in Worcester, Cape Province in 1879, the descendant of Huguenot forbears, and died in Cape Town in 1963. As an Afrikaner woman, she cherished her Reformed roots and education at the Huguenot ...
  • Calvin and Canticles 
    Loader, James Alfred (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2009)
    On the one hand, the often held thesis is challenged that Calvin, contrary to his rejection of allegorical exegesis, himself supported an allegorical understanding of the Song of Songs. On the other hand, a proposal is ...
  • Calvinism and South African women : a short historical overview 
    Landman, C.(Christina) (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2009)
    For the past three-and-a-half centuries, Christian women in South Africa have chosen for pietistic expressions of their faith, even when their teachers or husbands were committed to dogmatic Calvinism. This article ...
  • The birth of Protestant education in East Africa : sampling Johannes Ludwig Krapf (1810-1881) 
    Gathogo, Julius (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2009)
    Christian education, as in the Latin educatus sum, is basically to nourish, nurture and guide everyone in the truth of the Gospel regardless of age, gender, denomination, status and/or background. In this article I intend ...
  • On embassy to Ulundi : the Natal Church Leaders Group's mediation attempts in war-torn Natal (1987-1990) 
    Mbona, Michael (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2010)
    The paper examines how church leaders from various mainline churches tried to respond between 1987 and 1990 to the crisis resulting from political violence in the former province of Natal. Supporters of Inkatha were ...
  • Church involvement in the transition to democracy in post-colonial Zimbabwe (1980-2008) 
    Chimhanda, Francisca Hildegardis (Church History Society of South Africa, 2009)
    Democracy, “government by the people, for the people” in Zimbabwe, as in most post-colonial African countries, is an ideal, and the attainment of it is difficult, as we can see from the absence of and pretensions to it. ...
  • The challenge of theological education for women in Malawi 
    Fiedler, Rachel NyaGondwe (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2009)
    In Malawi formal theological education has made great progress, both through churchowned and state-owned institutions. In spite of much overall progress, however, the role of women in theological education in Malawi has ...

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