In this age of globalization, a need for a communicative explanation of personal and group positions also motivates Christians to describe more precisely their identity in relation to other actors in society. What makes a Christian a Christian? What is specifically Christian in social acions or political calling? Is there a difference between Christian justice and justice in general - and the way Christians deal with justice? What is our calling as Christians? The contributions in this volume are the result of the 6th biannual IRTI conference in Seoul 2005 on this theme.
Author(s): E. Van Der Borght
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 514
CONTENTS......Page 6
Christian Identity: an Introduction (Eduardus Van der Borght)......Page 10
Christian Identity is Identity in Christ (Abraham van de Beek)......Page 26
part one THEOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES......Page 40
Devastating Grace: Justificatio Impii and I-Dentity (Phillipe (Flip) Theron)......Page 42
Christian Identity as Baptismal Identity (Christiaan Mostert)......Page 60
Christian Baptism and an Identity of Inclusivity, Dignity, and Holiness (Nico Koopman)......Page 76
Christian Identity and National Identity (Ferenc Szucs)......Page 92
Christian Identity. Augustine on Faith, Hope, and Love (J.H. (Amie) van Wyk)......Page 100
Identity and Remembrance (Binsar Pakpahan)......Page 114
Christian Identity in an Age of Difference (Jaco Kruger)......Page 128
part two CHRISTIAN IDENTITY AND THE IDENTITY OF THE CHURCH
......Page 142
Confessionality and Identity of the Church—a Reformed Perspective (Conrad Wethmar)......Page 144
Confessing the Faith and Confessions Of Faith (Alan P.F. Sell)......Page 160
Christian Identity and Church Unity (Callie Coetzee)......Page 178
Transforming Identities: Reformed Churches and the Petrine Dialogue (Clint Le Bruyns)......Page 190
Identity and Ministry (Eduardus Van der Borght)......Page 210
The Church's Corporate Culture and Identity (Johan Buitendag)......Page 222
Why Are You Called a Christian? Question 32 of the Heidelberg Catechism (Willem Verboom)......Page 234
part three CHRISTIAN IDENTITY IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE......Page 248
Salt, Yeast, Lamps, and Gadflies: Biblical Guides for Christian Identity and Civil Society (Carol M. Bechtel)......Page 250
Christian Identity in the Context of Social-Economic Tensions (Osni Ferreira)......Page 264
Stranger in a Familiar Land: Living as a Christian in Christian Nationalism (Annette Mosher)......Page 282
Christian Identity in The Public Square—Karl Barth on the Beyers Naudé Centre for Public Theology (Martin Laubscher)......Page 292
Christian Identity and Calling in a .Com World (Frank Sawyer)......Page 306
part four CHRISTIAN IDENTITY AND RELIGIOUS DIALOGUE......Page 320
Christians and the Religions: Towards a Contextual Theology of Religions (Hendrick M. Vroom)......Page 322
Christian Identity in Inter-Religious Dialogue: The Challenge of Hans Kung's Strategy (Paul Kruger)......Page 334
Freedom of Religion and the South African Constitution—The Position of Christian Identity (Pieter Coertzen)......Page 350
part five CHRISTIAN IDENTITY IN CONTEXT......Page 364
Affirming Christian Identity within Indonesian Society (Bambang Subandrijo)......Page 366
Christian Identity in the Korean Context (Seung-Goo Lee)......Page 382
African-Caribbean Perspectives on Christian Identity: Emerging Challenges for Global Christianity (Daniel J. Antwi)......Page 402
Christianity or African Christianity? On Christian Identity in Sub-Saharan Africa (Godwin I. Akper)......Page 414
The Inevitability of Culture and its Continued Struggle with Christianity: A Challenge for Reformed Theology in South Africa Today (Rothney Stok Tshaka)......Page 430
The Quest for African Christian Women's Identity (Akua Frimpong)......Page 448
Challenges of Christian Identity in the Hungarian Reformed Context (Szilveszter Fusti-Molnar)......Page 462
Protestant Identity in an Orthodox Context: The Example of Serbia (Luka and Angela Ilic)......Page 476
The Identity of a Religious Minority: Innovation and Integration in French Protestantism (Paul Wells)......Page 490
On The Way to the Living God in Post-Christian Amsterdam. A Sevenfold Invitation to Overcome the Crisis of the Church (Willem J. de Wit)......Page 506
Index......Page 522
