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Reforming memory : essays on South African Church and theological history
Author
Title
Reforming memory : essays on South African Church and theological history / Robert Vosloo.
ISBN
9781928314363
1928314368
9781928314370
Edition
First edition.
Publication
Stellenbosch : African Sun Media, 2017.
Copyright Notice Date
©2017
Physical Description
xii, 287 pages ; 25 cm.
Summary
"Although we should acknowledge the fragility of memory, we should nevertheless affirm the remarkable ability of memory to reform and transform our identity. Our memories and ways of remembering are, however, often marked by trauma and violence. Memory, therefore, not merely reforms; it too is in need of reformation, redemption and transformation. With this emphasis in mind, Reforming Memory grapples with the question what a responsible engagement with the past entails, also for Christians and churches associated with the Reformed tradition. The history of Reformed churches in South Africa is, one can argue, a deeply divided and ambivalent one. The same figures are heroes to some and villains to others; historic events are deeply ambiguous and conflicting views surround different discourses. Yet the histories, and perhaps futures, of these churches and traditions are inextricably interwoven. Reforming Memory fundamentally combines an interest in the notion of memory with an interest in (South African) Reformed theology and history. Central is the question: how should we remember and represent the past responsibly? The essays collected in this book engage in different ways with this question, attending in the process to some episodes in the history of the Dutch Reformed Church, some influential Reformed theologians, and some important Reformed practices and confessional documents." -- Provided by publisher.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 17, 2024
Series
Beyers Naudé Centre series on public theology ; volume xii
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Part 1. In search of a responsible historical hermeneutic. On forgetting : historical injustice and the art of forgetting
On history : the writing of history as remedy or poison?
On remembering : memory, history, and justice
On the archive : archiving otherwise
On tradition : reforming tradition?
On doing church history : five theses
On commemorating : remembering the Reformation after 500 years
Part 2. Revisiting some episodes in the history of the Dutch Reformed Church (1916-1960). On poverty : the Dutch Reformed Church and "the poor white problem"
On urbanisation : the Dutch Reformed Church and the city
On division : the Dutch Reformed Church and some responses to the Second World War
On reading Scripture : the Dutch Reformed Church and the biblical justification of apartheid
On ecumenism : the Dutch Reformed Church, Beyers Naudé and the ghost of Cottesloe
Part 3. Engaging reformed theologians. On Calvinʹs theological heritage in South Africa : engaging an ambivalent, contested and promising legacy
On the displaced Calvin : "refugee reality" as a lens to examine Calvinʹs life, theology and legacy
On Calvin and the mirror of the stranger : "refugee reality' and the gift of recognition
On Beyers Naudé : revisiting a legacy of hospitality and truth-telling
On Dirkie Smit : take, read ... interpret, confess
For John de Gruchy : democracy is coming to the RSA
Part 4. Revisiting reformed practices and confessional documents. On the Lordʹs supper : the "welcome table", exclusion and the reformed tradition
On theological education : Calvin, the Academy of Geneva and 150 years of theology at Stellenbosch
On the Heidelberg Catechism : remembering a 16th-century reformed confession in South Africa today
On the Belhar Confession : remarks on the reception of a 20th century confessional document in the Dutch Reformed Church.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Church history.
Also listed under
Beyers Naudé Centre for Public Theology.
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