Kerk en Theologie - Volume 73, Issue 2, 2022

Abstract The article deals with Kuyper’s reaction to the French law on the separation between state and church (1905). Kuyper considered this law rather harmful to the Protestants’ interests and blamed the French Protestants for having agreed with this law. His reaction gave rise to a debate with French counterparts that revealed considerable cultural differences between the Dutch and French ways of conceiving the relations Read More

Abstract What is whose? Ecological questions regarding the human use of space, air, precious metals and other natural resources make it necessary to reconsider the claim on property from a theological perspective. Whereas the modern mind takes a firm stand on property from an anthropocentric view, a biblically oriented approach relativizes any absolute claim on property and relates our use of resources to God a Read More

Abstract In 2021, the General Synod of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands decided on differentiation within the one office of the minister of the Word. It is almost certain that the hitherto strict condition of a full academic training with knowledge of the Biblical languages will be abandoned for this purpose. This means nothing less than a break with centuries of reformed tradition. This article examines the considerations that Read More

Abstract The renunciation of violence, that is central to Mennonite theology, is at odds with the classical interpretation of the death of Christ, that supposes that God needs this death to be reconciled to sinful humanity. This article proposes an interpretation of the death of Christ as an atonement, that tries to unite these seemingly opposing positions. Building upon the work of J. Denny Weaver, it suggests to interpret th Read More

Abstract In this article the story of the raising of Lazarus is object of study. I approach this story from Genre- und Formkritik. I begin with the delimitation, context and structure of this passage. Afterwards I treat John 10:40-11:54 as a miracle story, discuss the question to which genre it belongs and examine the different motifs, with special attention to the motif of the late coming of the miracle worker, clearing the way f Read More