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Kerk en Theologie - Volume 74, Issue 2, 2023

Volume 74, Issue 2

Volume 74, Issue 2, 2023

Language: Dutch
  • Artikelen

      • De mens als rentmeester

        https://doi.org/10.5117/KT2023.2.003.SCHE
        Abstract

        Stewardship is a frequently used metaphor in the debate on ecological questions. Especially in the Anglo-Saxon world, this metaphor is often used to describe man’s moral responsibility for the earth. The concept has also been criticized for its alleged anthropocentric and hierarchical nature. This article provides a diachronic overview of the use of the metaphor in the Anglo-Saxon world. In line with the theoretical insights of Lakoff, Johnson and Musolff, the 'success' of this metaphor appears to depend not primarily on its theoretical underpinnings but on the specific cultural setting in which it is used.

    • De classispredikant: pastor pastorum?

      https://doi.org/10.5117/KT2023.2.004.IPER
      Abstract

      In 2018 the minister of the so-called ‘classis’ (Dutch: ) was introduced in the Protestant Church of the Netherlands. In the long process that preceded this new function the question was (and still is) regularly posed: is the classispredikant a ? We use the theory of communicative action of Jürgen Habermas to analyze in what way the more administrative authority of the classispredikant may have an impact on the confidentiality between him and the pastors during his regular and specific visits. In this article we conclude that the classispredikant is a pastor, but not specifically a . This is a consequence of his broader task - also being a pastor for elders, deacons etc. of the congregation - and of his administrative authority.

    • ‘Het ambt zal zijn verpersoonlijking van de gemeente’

      https://doi.org/10.5117/KT2023.2.006.JANS
      Abstract

      Daniël Chantepie de la Saussaye (1818-1874) was an important theologian in the first decades after the new constitution of the Netherlands in 1848. Representing the but with strong ties with calvinism and influenced by revivalism, he was vividly involved in debates about positioning and restructuring the Dutch Reformed Church. This article investigates his thoughts on church ministry. Important elements are the common priesthood of all believers (including their suffrage) and church ministry as ‘personification’ of the life of the Holy Spirit in the congregation. Comparing these thoughts with the most recent statement of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands on church ministry, a shift turns out towards a stronger ranking of it as apostolic, sharing the same vocation by Christ, and towards a privatization of church ministry as a means of the Holy Spirit besides the church communities. The typical reformed concept of ministry as ‘ministry of the Word’ is weakened.

  • Articles

      • Music, Persecution and the Freedom of the Soul

        https://doi.org/10.5117/KT2023.2.007.KIM
        Abstract

        This article explores how metrical psalmody as a form of musical poetry was utilised to relieve mental, physical and emotional turmoil which early-modern religious prisoners and refugees underwent, focussing on Philips van Marnix’s (1580). By situating Marnix’s psalm versification within the context of Renaissance Biblical humanism where music and poetry are inseparable, the article seeks to determine the place of Marnix in the history of religious poetics contributing to early Protestant devotional practices, in which the psalmody served as the songs of transcendence, freeing the soul from persecution and, ultimately, from the death of the body.

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