Prophetic witness
Subtitle: an appropriate contemporary mode of public discourse?
By: edited by Heinrich Bedford-Strohm, Etienne de Villiers
Series: Theologie in der èOffentlichkeit = -- Theology in the public square -- Bd. 1; Theologie in der Öffentlichkeit -- Bd. 1.
Publisher: Lit
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Zurich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9783643900449
Subjects: Prophecy; Christianity; Witness bearing (Christianity); Rhetoric
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Pt. I. Historical perspectives --; title: The origin of prophetism in the Ancient Near East  -- Gerda de Villiers; title: Prophetic witness in the Hebrew Bible: from prophetic word to prophetic books  -- Alphonso Groenwald; title: A prophet of old: Jesus the 'public theologian'  -- Ernest van Eck; title: Prophetic theology in Black theology, with special reference to the Kairos document  -- Vuyani S. Vellem; title: Pt. II. Contemporary issues and contexts --; title: Is prophetic discourse adequate to address global economic justice?  -- Piet Naudé; title: Is prophetic witness the appropriate mode of public discourse on the global economy?  -- Maake J. Masango; title: Is prophetic witness the appropriate mode of Christian participation in public discourse in the Netherlands?  -- Gerrit G. de Kruijf; title: Prophetic witness and public discourse in European societies - a German perspective  -- Heinrich Bedford-Strohm; title: The prophetic witness of the church as an appropriate mode of public discourse in African societies  -- Mbengu D. Nyiawung; title: Prophetic witness: an appropriate mode of public discourse in the democratic South Africa?  -- Etienne de Villiers; title: Modes of prophecy in a democracy? -- Nico Koopman.