Volume 76, Issue 4, 2011
Koers : Bulletin for Christian Scholarship = Koers : Bulletin vir Christelike Wetenskap - Volume 76, Issue 4, January 2011
Volume 76, Issue 4, January 2011
Source: Koers : Bulletin for Christian Scholarship = Koers : Bulletin vir Christelike Wetenskap 76, pp XIII –XVIII (2011)
Die redaksie kondig met genoeë aan dat Koers: Bulletin vir Christelike Wetenskap voortaan in &apos;n opwindende nuwe formaat sal verskyn. Alle artikels word vanaf die volgende uitgawe aanlyn en in oopbronvorm deur AOSIS (African Online Scientific Information Systems) gepubliseer. Dit hou in dat alle artikels gratis beskikbaar is vir enige persoon met toegang tot die internet.
The Editorial Board is pleased to announce that Koers: Bulletin for Christian Scholarship will appear in an exciting new format. From the next issue onwards, all articles will be published online and in open access mode by AOSIS (African Online Scientific Information Systems). This means that all articles will be available free of charge to anybody with access to the Internet.
Source: Koers : Bulletin for Christian Scholarship = Koers : Bulletin vir Christelike Wetenskap 76, pp 637 –659 (2011)
Hierdie artikel handel oor die ontstaan van die moderne versamelingsleer wat, volgens Meschkowski, saamval met die eerste bewys wat Cantor in 1874 gepubliseer het vir die ooraftelbaarheid van die reële getalle. Later het Cantor sy bekende diagonaalbewys ontwikkel, wat die kern van hierdie artikel vorm. Die beredenering van die onderhawige artikel is gerig op die implisiete veronderstelling van die diagonaalbewys, naamlik die aanvaarding van die aktueel-oneindige (wat meer gepas die opeens-oneindige genoem kan word). Sonder hierdie aanname kan nie tot ooraftelbaarheid gekonkludeer word nie. Verskeie wiskundiges en wiskundige tradisies het gedurende die twintigste eeu die gebruik van die opeens-oneindige in die wiskunde bevraagteken. In die besonder word nader ingegaan op twee prominente teenstanders van die opeens-oneindige, naamlik Kaufmann en Wolff. Die sirkelredenasie wat in albei benaderings opgesluit lê, word uitgewys en as alternatief word &apos;n verantwoording van die gebruik van die opeens-oneindige verduidelik wat nie dit wat bewys wil word as uitgangspunt neem nie. Tegelyk word die beweerde eksaktheid (en neutraliteit) van die wiskunde bevraagteken (in die gees van "Koers" as Christelikwetenskaplike tydskrif). Hierdie besinning sien egter daarvan af om nader op die aard van die wiskunde in te gaan (deur byvoorbeeld ook die topologie, kategorieteorie en toposteorie te betrek) - wat ons gedagtegang sou heenvoer na die kontemporêre opvattings van persone soos Tait, Penelope en Shapiro, onder meer in hulle rol as redakteurs van en bydraers tot die omvangryke "Handbook of Philosophy of Mathematics and Logic" (2005).
Understanding beyond language : perceiving meaning in reality
Author C.D. Scott
Source: Koers : Bulletin for Christian Scholarship = Koers : Bulletin vir Christelike Wetenskap 76, pp 661 –686 (2011)
Begrip verby taal : gewaarwording van betekenis in die werklikheid
Hierdie artikel is &apos;n poging om &apos;n teenargument te ontwikkel vir die standpunt dat betekenis ingeperk word deur taal. Deur die argument binne die werklikheidsontologie van Sint Anselmus van Canterbury te plaas, sal geargumenteer word dat taal representasies bevat van entiteite wat buite die waarnemer en ook deur introspeksie waargeneem word. &apos;n Taalspeletjie kan dus nie &apos;n geslote sisteem wees sodat deur sy blote bestaan representasies van buite-linguistiese syn daarin vervat is nie. Indien waarheid gedefinieer word as dit wat is, word die taak van die waarnemer bewuswording van syn sonder die wolk wat deur representasie opgelê word. Representasies of simbole is nie dit wat hulle voorstel nie; hulle dien eerder as vensters op dit wat is. In die lig van psigologiese studie oor nadenke word geargumenteer dat ongesimboliseerde oomblikke van aandagtige bewustheid van syn, betekenis na vore laat kom wat nie deur die representatiewe aard van taal (en inderdaad ook ander simboliese stelsels) gefiltreer is nie. Die stelling word gemaak dat in kontemplatiewe (nadenkende) tradisies die syn nie gereduseer word tot gewaarwording nie, en dat die oomblik van betekenis na vore kom in die betrokkenheid by en die ontmoeting met die syn.
"Om te kan asemhaal" : transformerende mimesis as voorwaarde vir betrokkenheid in die poësie van Antjie Krog
Source: Koers : Bulletin for Christian Scholarship = Koers : Bulletin vir Christelike Wetenskap 76, pp 687 –707 (2011)
Betrokke skryfwerk benadruk &apos;n tipe verhouding tussen die teks, die werklikheid en die leser en dit veronderstel mimesis. Mimesis is egter &apos;n oënskynlik uitgediende konsep in die literêre estetika. Daarom is dit noodsaaklik om mimesis konseptueel te rehabiliteer ten einde wesenlike literêre betrokkenheid te kan verreken. Sodanige rehabilitasie kan gedoen word via Paul Ricoeur se teorie van drievoudige mimesis, ook bekend as die mimetiese boog. Die mimetiese boog laat &apos;n siening van mimesis toe wat nóg estetiese outonomie, nóg estetiese heteronomie privilegeer. Daardeur word die invloedsfeer van kuns in die samelewing behou, sonder dat kuns se eiesoortige doelwitte en karaktertrekke prysgegee word. Die drievoudige mimetiese proses dui gevolglik op &apos;n transformerende mimesis wat as die moontlikheidsvoorwaarde van literêre betrokkenheid self dien. Die beginsels van transformerende mimesis is op &apos;n duidelike en insiggewende wyse teenwoordig in die poësie van Antjie Krog. Haar poësie kan derhalwe as eksemplariese-betrokke kuns beskou word.
Authors: Frederick Hale and Frederick Hale
Source: Koers : Bulletin for Christian Scholarship = Koers : Bulletin vir Christelike Wetenskap 76, pp 709 –730 (2011)
Die radikalisering van &apos;n Sweedse kerklike kritikus van apartheid - Gunnar Helander
Vanaf die vyftiger- tot die tagtigerjare van die vorige eeu het die Sweedse regering, asook talle nie-regeringsorganisasies in hierdie land, aan die voorpunt gestaan van die internasionale stryd teen apartheid. Verskillende verteenwoordigers van die Church of Sweden Mission was in &apos;n groot mate aktief in hierdie stryd betrokke. Onder hulle was Gunnar Helander (1915-2006) wat as &apos;n sendeling tussen 1938 en 1956 in Natal en aan die Witwatersrand gewerk het. Na sy permanente terugkeer na Swede in 1956 het die rol wat hy gespeel het egter vergroot en hy het ook internasionaal bekend geword, veral vanweë sy betrokkenheid in die leierskap van die International Defence and Aid Fund. Tussen 1949 en 1986 het Helander ook sewe romans geskryf wat in Suid-Afrika afspeel. In hierdie werke kan &apos;n mens die ontwikkeling van sy denke oor apartheid volg, wat gegroei het van aanvanklike matige kritiek op rasseverhoudings in Suid-Afrika tot die bepleiting vir internasionale omverwerping van die P.W. Botha-regering.
Source: Koers : Bulletin for Christian Scholarship = Koers : Bulletin vir Christelike Wetenskap 76, pp 731 –749 (2011)
The theological background to the notion of the law of nature / creation order is indispensable to the reformational tradition, which recognises that these laws are the Creator&apos;s will, and therefore holds a "necessity" view of these laws. There has, however, been a longstanding debate about the nature of law within the reformational tradition, where its origin and its status as boundary between God and creation have been questioned. In this article I will investigate how Trinitarian theology, specifically that of Robert W. Jenson, relates to process philosophy and theology, and how together they create some theological concerns about the future of creation order. Some of the concerns include the following: that the necessity of order is questioned (the disappearance of a Creator who wills these laws); that order is temporal and in constant change; and that the boundary between God and creation is weakened. I will raise some objections to these aspects, but will also highlight some questions the reformational tradition has to answer in terms of its understanding of the immanence of God and of the implicated theological basis for the creation order. These questions are of the utmost importance for the understanding of the future of creation order.
Source: Koers : Bulletin for Christian Scholarship = Koers : Bulletin vir Christelike Wetenskap 76, pp 751 –769 (2011)
Source: Koers : Bulletin for Christian Scholarship = Koers : Bulletin vir Christelike Wetenskap 76, pp 771 –787 (2011)
Quality education often eludes South African learners from poverty-stricken environments. There are, however, some notable exceptions. This article looks at how quality education based on social capital is provided to the poor. The author reports on a qualitative investigation based on both focus group and individual interviews conducted at a resource-poor KwaZulu-Natal school serving learners from Grade R to 9. The findings show that quality education at the research site relates to the moral agency of the school principal and teaching staff. Through their ethics of being and doing, the school principal and teaching staff ensure that sufficient resources, sound home-school relations, and a high premium on moral values result in a receptive learner corps. This environment encourages these learners to act with diligence, honesty, politeness, respect and service to the community. The findings contribute to research that maintains that quality education is indicative of the school principal and teachers&apos; ethics of being and of doing.
B.J. van der Walt, a missionary of a different kind
Like the first gleam of the dawn: reformational studies - a Bennie van der Walt reader, S. Bishop (Ed.) : book review
Author T. Van der Walt
Source: Koers : Bulletin for Christian Scholarship = Koers : Bulletin vir Christelike Wetenskap 76, pp 791 –792 (2011)
Bennie van der Walt characterises himself as a philosophical missionary. This description is instructive with regards to both the selection of topics included in the reader, as well as the intended audience. What is meant by "philosophical missionary"? Someone completely unfamiliar with reformational philosophy might imagine it to refer to the substitution of the good news of the gospels with the cunning "wisdom" of men. Such an interpretation assumes that philosophy and Christian religion are mutually exclusive.
Author D.M. Van der Merwe
Source: Koers : Bulletin for Christian Scholarship = Koers : Bulletin vir Christelike Wetenskap 76, pp 793 –794 (2011)
Karel Schoeman het nie alleen &apos;n besondere bydrae tot die Suid-Afrikaanse letterkunde gelewer nie, maar ook tot die Suid-Afrikaanse geskiedskrywing en spesifiek oor die tydperk van die VOC (Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie) aan die Kaap. Uit sy navorsing het werke soos die volgende gespruit: Die Suidhoek van Afrika: geskrifte oor Suid-Afrika uit die Nederlandse tyd, 1652-1806; Early slavery at the Cape of Good Hope: 1652-1717; Patrisiërs en prinse: die Europese samelewing en die stigting van &apos;n kolonie aan die Kaap: 1619-1715; en Kolonie aan die Kaap: Jan van Riebeeck en die vestiging van die eerste blankes, 1652-1662. Riviereland: twee besoeke aan Nederland is &apos;n unieke toevoeging tot hierdie versameling. In hierdie werk lewer Schoeman verslag oor twee navorsingsreise wat hy onderskeidelik in 1999 en 2003 deur Nederland onderneem het. Die leser kry as &apos;t ware die geleentheid om die skrywer se verkenningswerk en navorsing mee te maak.
Language rights : the way forward
South African Language Rights Monitor 2001: first report on the South African Language Rights Monitor Project, J. Lubbe, T. Du Plessis, E. Truter & C. Wiegand : book review
Author A.N. Otto
Source: Koers : Bulletin for Christian Scholarship = Koers : Bulletin vir Christelike Wetenskap 76, pp 794 –796 (2011)
The Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB) commissioned the Unit for Language Facilitation and Empowerment at the University of the Free State to assist with the creation of the South African Language Rights Monitor (SALRM). This came about to help foster PanSALB&apos;s intention of raising awareness of language rights issues in South Africa. It also attempts to cultivate a proactive language rights culture that can contribute toward the transformation of society by taking issue with linguistic discrimination. An important pro-active step in this regard is the dissemination of information on language rights in South Africa.
Evolution of language rights
South African Language Rights Monitor 2003: second report on the South African Language Rights Monitor Project, J. Lubbe, E. Truter & T. Du Plessis : book review
Source: Koers : Bulletin for Christian Scholarship = Koers : Bulletin vir Christelike Wetenskap 76, pp 797 –799 (2011)
The South African Language Rights Monitor (SALRM) of 2003 follows on its 2002 predecessor. This second report has as its objective the presentation of an annual in-depth report on South African language rights issues reported by the printed media. The format is largely similar to that of the previous report, but differs in that it is more comprehensive and introduces matters not previously addressed. It also covers themes regarded as fundamental to the establishment of a language rights culture in South Africa.
Response-ability in the era of AIDS: building social capital in community care and support, W. Daglid, Y. Sliep, O. Akintola & F. Duckert : book review
Author H. Strydom
Source: Koers : Bulletin for Christian Scholarship = Koers : Bulletin vir Christelike Wetenskap 76, pp 799 –801 (2011)
This book is appropriately divided into five sections, namely the introduction, broader community and system responses, home-based care and volunteering, other perspectives on responsibility to HIV and Aids, and conclusions and a vision. The text is based on the three constructs of social bonding, social bridging, and linking at individual, family, community and external / governmental levels. The authors also focused on creating dialogue between practitioners, academics, researchers, trainers and facilitators in the field of HIV and Aids.