After some initial consultations with various leaders in African congregations and experts on the phenomenon, we formulated several questions. These questions were used to steer three group discussions with members and leaders from three different traditions. To each...

Daar is ‘n oplewing in navorsing oor die liturgie. Verskeie faktore het aanleiding gegee tot ‘n hernude belangstelling in die liturgie enersyds, en andersyds ‘n opbloei in liturgiese navorsing. In ooreenstemming met hierdie oplewing bestaan die behoefte aan...

In this article the pre-Reformation picture concerning six Christian reconciliation rituals is firstly completed, covering the period 500 - 1550 AD. Thereafter the balance concerning the relevance of this information for our current situation is made up. Areas around...

In hierdie artikel word ’n poging aangewend om die bekende drie-ampteleer of munus triplex (koning, priester, profeet) te benut vir ’n verstaan van die leraarsamp vandag. In ’n tyd van identiteitsonsekerheid, roepingsverlies en fragmentering van die amp kan hierdie...

In deel 1 van hierdie reeks oor die amp van die predikant is die huidige konteks verken en enkele Bybelse rigtingwysers op die tafel geplaas. Vervolgens word hierdie gedagtes verder geneem en eerstens gekyk na hoe die amp van die predikant gesien is in die...

In hierdie reeksie van drie artikels word in kort enkele van die bevindinge van ‘n uitgebreide stuk navorsing wat by BUVTON gedoen is oor die amp van die predikant saamgevat. In die eerste artikel in die reeks word die probleem vanuit ons hedendaagse konteks beskryf...

Liturgie en versoening vóór die Reformasie: 312 - 600 ADLiturgy and reconciliation before the Reformation: 312 - 600 AD This second article in our series on liturgy and reconciliation covers the period 312 - 600 AD. The same six Christian reconciliation rituals...

Liturgy and reconciliation before the Reformation: 60 - 312AD In Church History, including the History of Liturgy, that works with a Protestant perspective, the first 1500 years of Christian history is often negated. Stories about corrupt liturgical practices...

PORTRAITS WHICH SPEAK:Reformed "vestry-art" as locus theologicus?  This article focuses on the power of, as well as the need for, the visual dimension within the liturgy of the church. The current communication culture in which the image dominates, cannot pass...

Laai hier Cas Wepener se interessante artikel oor rituele rondom die dood en begrafnis in verskillende kulture hier af.