Sabinet | Volume 79, Issue 1
Volume 79, Issue 1, 2014
Koers : Bulletin for Christian Scholarship = Koers : Bulletin vir Christelike Wetenskap - Volume 79, Issue 1, January 2014
Volume 79, Issue 1, January 2014
Suid-Afrika se volhoubaarheid in die lig van wêreldbeelde : prakties-teologiese perspektiewe : original research
Authors: Izak J. Van der Walt and Petria M. Theron
Source: Koers : Bulletin for Christian Scholarship = Koers : Bulletin vir Christelike Wetenskap 79, pp 1 –9 (2014) http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/koers.v79i1.2115
Volgens die Fund for Peace (FFP) se indeks vir die volhoubaarheid van verskillende lande flikker daar gevaarligte vir Suid-Afrika as gevolg van verskynsels soos &apos;n stygende demografiese druk op natuurlike hulpbronne en &apos;n ongelyke verdeling van welvaart. Hierdie toestand kan tot &apos;n mindere of meerdere mate toegeskryf word aan die wyse van regering. In hierdie artikel word die moontlikheid ondersoek of die huidige onvolhoubare pad waarop Suid-Afrika ditself bevind, beïnvloed word deur die regerende party se wêreldbeeld(e). Die konsep wêreldbeeld word kortliks beskryf en ontleed in die konteks van die samestelling en ontwikkelingsgeskiedenis van die Suid-Afrikaanse regerende party. Vervolgens word enkele verbande tussen volhoubaarheid en wêreldbeeld verken. Ten slotte word die vraag gestel hoe Christene wat die Woord van God op alle lewensterreine wil gehoorsaam, oor volhoubaarheid behoort te dink en wat hulle kan doen om Suid-Afrika se situasie te verbeter. Die sentraal-teoretiese argument in hierdie artikel is dat &apos;n reformatoriese wêreldbeeld &apos;n raamwerk bied waarvolgens mense hulle denke, besluite en optrede kan beoordeel en, indien nodig, kan verander om volhoubaarheid in Suid-Afrika tot die voordeel van alle landsburgers te bevorder.
The shift to the subject in 20th century philosophy of science : a liberating move? : original research
Author Renato Coletto
Source: Koers : Bulletin for Christian Scholarship = Koers : Bulletin vir Christelike Wetenskap 79, pp 1 –8 (2014) http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/koers.v79i1.2128
During the 20th century, the &apos;subject&apos; of knowledge (i.e. the individual scientist or a scientific community) was attributed an increasingly relevant role in (the philosophy of) science. Anchoring scientific knowledge to the subject (rather than to the object, as in early positivism) was proposed as a &apos;liberating&apos; move, leading to a less authoritarian and rationalistic view of science. This article provides a reformational point of view on the topic. A historical documentation of the shift to the subject is provided by visiting the philosophies of Popper, Kuhn, Collins and others. It is argued that the promise of a more libertarian or emancipating conception of science was challenged by several problems. In particular, the conflict between an individual and a communal understanding of the subject is highlighted. Furthermore, it is argued that the roots of the phenomenon in most cases remain hidden. An interpretation of the shift and the sketch of an alternative approach conclude the article.
Die skuif na die subjek in die 20ste eeuse wetenskapsfilosofie : &apos;n Bevrydende verskuiwing?
Gedurende die 20ste eeu is toenemende relevansie in die (filosofie van die) wetenskap toegestaan aan die &apos;subjek&apos; van kennis (i.e. die individuele wetenskaplike of &apos;n wetenskaplike gemeenskap). Die verankering van wetenskaplike kennis tot die subjek (eerder as tot die objek, soos in vroeë positivisme) is as &apos;n &apos;bevrydende&apos; verskuiwing voorgestel wat aanleiding gee tot &apos;n minder outoritêre en rasionalistiese siening van die wetenskap. Die verskuiwing na die subjek word histories gemotiveer deur die filosofieë van Popper, Kuhn, Collins en ander te besoek. Dit word geargumenteer dat die belofte van &apos;n meer liberalistiese of emansiperende opvatting van die wetenskap deur verskeie probleme gekonfronteer is. Veral die konflik tussen &apos;n individuele en &apos;n kommunale verstaan van die subjek word beklemtoon. Boonop word dit geargumenteer dat die wortels van die verskynsel in die meeste gevalle versteek bly. Die artikel word afgesluit met &apos;n interpretasie van die verskuiwing en die buitelyne van &apos;n alternatiewe benadering.
Finding the academic self : identity development of academics as doctoral students : original research
Author Salome Schulze
Source: Koers : Bulletin for Christian Scholarship = Koers : Bulletin vir Christelike Wetenskap 79, pp 1 –8 (2014) http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/koers.v79i1.2114
Internationally and in South Africa there is great pressure on academics to obtain doctoral qualifications. A doctorate helps to facilitate full membership of academic communities and develop academic identities. Thus, this article investigates the identity development of academics who have been enrolled for their doctoral degrees for a few years. The article is written from a postmodern perspective. The situated learning theory and symbolic interactionism were used as conceptual frameworks. By means of a narrative enquiry research approach eight interviews were conducted. Thereafter, three narratives were selected for follow-up research with the participants. From the findings, three major themes emerged with implications for universities and for postgraduate supervision. These themes are: (1) socialisation into the language and values of a stable disciplinary and/or institutional community of practice; (2) internal-external dialectic of identification (self-definition and definition of oneself offered by others) to find meaning and build self-esteem, and (3) role-taking and role-conflict.
Die vind van die akademiese self : die identiteitsontwikkeling van akademici as doktorale studente
Internasionaal en in Suid-Afrika is daar baie druk op akademici om doktorale kwalifikasies te verwerf. &apos;n Doktorsgraad help om volle lidmaatskap van die akademiese gemeenskap te fasiliteer en akademiese identiteit te ontwikkel. Hierdie artikel ondersoek dus die identiteitsontwikkeling van akademici wat vir &apos;n paar jaar vir hul doktorsgrade geregistreer was. Die artikel is geskryf vanuit &apos;n postmodernistiese perspektief. Gesitueerde leerteorie en simboliese interaksionisme is gebruik as konseptuele raamwerk. &apos;n Narratiewe navorsingsbenadering is gevolg. Agt onderhoude is gevoer en daarna is drie onderhoude geselekteer vir verdere navorsing met die deelnemers. Die bevindings het drie hooftemas opgelewer met implikasies vir universiteite en nagraadse supervisie. Die temas is: (1) sosialisering in die taal en waardes van &apos;n stabiele dissiplinêre gemeenskap van praktiseerders; (2) interne-eksterne dialektiese identifikasie (self-definisie en definisie van die self deur ander) om betekenis te vind en selfagting te bou, en (3) rol-aanname en rolkonflik.
Forgiveness and non-forgiveness : the defence of self-respect in alternative responses to wrongdoing : original research
Author Mashuq Ally
Source: Koers : Bulletin for Christian Scholarship = Koers : Bulletin vir Christelike Wetenskap 79, pp 1 –8 (2014) http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/koers.v79i1.2113
The focus of this article is on the notion that, whether in forgiveness or non-forgiveness, negative moral emotions towards a wrongdoer may remain extant and continue to generate memories of wrongdoing. This constitutes a kind of objection to the wrongdoing, even a sort of protest against it insofar as the wrongdoing seems to undermine the victim&apos;s sense of worth. I argue that certain non-retributive attitudes or emotions play under-appreciated roles in policing the boundaries of victims&apos; self-respect and I attempt to explain what makes such attitudes or emotions - those that reflect the deepest concerns of victims of wrongdoing - centrally important. I defend the need for diverse responses that better fit the nuanced reactions amongst those who seek to come to terms with their hurt, especially those choosing not to forgive. Whatever stance is adopted, protecting one&apos;s self-respect remains the core value that victims of wrongdoing seek to defend.
Die konsep vrou : &apos;n Feministiese historiografie oor die verhouding tussen die vroulike en die manlike geslag : original research
Source: Koers : Bulletin for Christian Scholarship = Koers : Bulletin vir Christelike Wetenskap 79, pp 1 –11 (2014) http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/koers.v79i1.1248
Hierdie artikel analiseer die vooronderstellings waaruit die geskiedenis van die konsep vrou in die feministiese filosoof Prudence Allen se belangrike werk, The concept of woman, filosofies benader word. Volgens &apos;n ideëgeskiedenismetode ondersoek sy die visies van 60 manlike en vroulike Westerse denkers ten opsigte van die vrou gedurende 750 v.C. tot 1250 n.C. Sy bespreek ook drie basiese modelle vir die verhouding tussen die vrou en die man, naamlik geslagtelike eenheid, polariteit en komplementariteit. Twee van die artikelskrywer se belangrikste probleme met haar filosofiese historiografie is eerstens dat sy nie duidelik genoeg aantoon hoe die verskillende onties-antropologiese uitgangspunte op die mens die uiteenlopende visies op die twee geslagte bepaal nie. Tweedens soek sy na die norm vir die relasie tussen die twee geslagte op subjektivistiese wyse in hulle verhoudings self, in plaas van in &apos;n maatstaf buite die verhoudings. Haar eie voorkeur vir &apos;n komplementêre verhouding word ook bevraagteken. Verder blyk dit dat sy die onderskeid tussen natuurgenade en filosofie-teologie nie konsekwent op die geskiedenis kon toepas nie. Met die oog op verdere besinning, word ter afsluiting die standpunte van enkele kontemporêre Protestantse denkers oor die onderwerp vermeld. Verder word &apos;n opvolgartikel in die vooruitsig gestel waarin aangetoon sal word dat &apos;n konsekwent probleem-historiese metode van wysgerige historiografie antwoorde kan bied op die twee hoofgebreke van Allen se andersins boeiende en baanbrekende studie.
Die implikasies van &apos;n konsekwent probleem-historiese metode van wysgerige historiografie vir geslagtelike verskille en verhoudings : original research
Source: Koers : Bulletin for Christian Scholarship = Koers : Bulletin vir Christelike Wetenskap 79, pp 1 –13 (2014) http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/koers.v79i1.1247
A Light to the Nations: The Missional Church and the Biblical Story, Michael W. Goheen : book review
Source: Koers : Bulletin for Christian Scholarship = Koers : Bulletin vir Christelike Wetenskap 79 (2014) http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/koers.v79i1.2140
The concept of mission has too often been shaped by 19th century assumptions: mission is a matter of geography, it is a cross-cultural activity done by a select few individuals; some are called to mission, others are not. This book exposes these erroneous views and places mission in the context of Israel and the church. It provides a whistle-stop overview of &apos;the missional impulse in the biblical narrative&apos;. It begins to explore the missional roots of the church in the Old and the New Testaments. Far too many missional books neglect the Old Testament; Goheen does much here to redress the imbalance.
Exodus: An introduction and commentary (Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries), R. Alan Cole : book review
Author Stephen J. Bennett
Source: Koers : Bulletin for Christian Scholarship = Koers : Bulletin vir Christelike Wetenskap 79, pp 1 –2 (2014) http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/koers.v79i1.2109
R. Alan Cole published Exodus: An introduction and commentary in 1973. This commentary has remained in print for four decades, partly due to its place in the series Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries. Consistent with the other volumes in the series, it has a significant introduction (41 pages) and, although it is a small book, there is commentary of at least a sentence or paragraph on most verses, and important verses are given up to a page of commentary.
Attitudes and perceptions regarding metabolomics research on HIV and AIDS : towards a dynamic model relating basic beliefs, technology and behaviour : original research
Authors: Henk Jochemsen, Honey Nonyane, Carolus Reinecke and Johan Zaaiman
Source: Koers : Bulletin for Christian Scholarship = Koers : Bulletin vir Christelike Wetenskap 79, pp 1 –9 (2014) http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/koers.v79i1.544
Houdings en persepsies aangaande metabolomika-navorsing oor MIV en VIGS : die ontwikkeling van &apos;n dinamiese model betreffende basiese oortuigings, tegnologie en gedrag
Afrika is swaar getref deur die impak van die menslike immuuntekort-virus (MIV) en die verkreë immuungebrek-sindroom (VIGS) pandemie. Suid-Afrika is nie hierop &apos;n uitsondering nie. Afgesien van voorkomende maatreëls, is beter maniere van behandeling en &apos;n vertraging in die aanvang van simptome steeds hoog op die ranglys. Resente biomediese ontwikkelinge in Suid-Afrika, spesifiek ten opsigte van genomika en metabolomika, kan wesentlik bydra tot meer doelmatige behandeling en diëte. Die aard van hierdie tegnologieë is egter gevestig in die hedendaagse Westerse kultuur en sluit konsepte en waardes in wat vreemd mag wees aan persone met &apos;n ander kultuur en werklikheidsvisie in gemeenskappe van semi-stedelike gebiede in Suid-Afrika. Die vraag is hoe hierdie gemeenskappe op &apos;n eties verantwoordbare en doelmatige wyse aan hierdie tegnologieë bekendgestel kan word. Om hierdie vraag te probeer beantwoord, is &apos;n kwalitatiewe navorsingsprojek met verteenwoordigende individue vanuit so &apos;n gemeenskap van Potchefstroom in Suid-Afrika onderneem. Die resultate toon dat die wêreldbeeld en oortuigings van hierdie groep betekenisvol bydra tot hulle beskouing van MIV en VIGS en die behandeling daarvan. Deur hierdie gegewens kon &apos;n bestaande kwalitatiewe en teoretiese model, wat kulturele en wêreldbeskoulike oortuigings met die oriëntasie van individue in verband bring, uitgebrei word in &apos;n empiries geïnformeerde dinamiese model wat die effek van die invoer van nuwe tegnologieë op die oortuigings en gedragsisteem van die gemeenskap uitbeeld.
Kuyperania in recent years : extended book review
Source: Koers : Bulletin for Christian Scholarship = Koers : Bulletin vir Christelike Wetenskap 79, pp 1 –6 (2014) http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/koers.v79i1.2138
Hierdie artikel is &apos;n hersiening van verskeie boeke geskryf deur Kuyper en oor Kuyper in die laaste twee jaar.
Goals, ways and the roots of our economic crisis : other contributions
Source: Koers : Bulletin for Christian Scholarship = Koers : Bulletin vir Christelike Wetenskap 79, pp 1 –7 (2014) http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/koers.v79i1.2158
This article deals with the question if and how far religious points of view and messages of churches involved matter in the analysis of the roots of the present global economic crisis, and even more in the discussion about how to overcome the crisis itself. Economic experts such as Stiglitz point to the presence of factors such as greed, fear and utmost selfish behaviour. It inevitably leads to the ethical, but in fact also the religious question of how far people, especially economic agents, can go in the pursuit of their own economic interests without doing harm to others. Jesus asked his disciples to follow him: with Bonhoeffer, we could call that a Way-orientation. Where and how far can a conflict therefore arise between human goal-orientations, on the one hand, and a biblical Way-orientation, on the other hand? And is it indeed relevant when considering our present economic crisis? This article defends the last position, describing some categories (such as the choice of ultimate meaning, the sacro-sanctity of chosen instruments, and the demonisation of opponents) which indicate that the borderline has been passed between responsible and irresponsible goal-orientations. The glorification of greed and the delegation of ultimate power to financial markets indicate that at this moment elements of idolatry (or the obedience to Mammon) are at hand. They are also aggravating the present economic crisis. This implies that returning to the choice for decisive normative Way-orientations in economic life is possibly the only true way out of the present economic crisis.
Can we know God is real? : original research
Source: Koers : Bulletin for Christian Scholarship = Koers : Bulletin vir Christelike Wetenskap 79, pp 1 –16 (2014) http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/koers.v79i1.447
This article examines the question as to what ground we have for believing that God is the only true Divinity. A re-evaluation of the misconception of faith as &apos;blind trust&apos; or belief without reason is provided. From this it is seen that faith, as used in the Bible, may refer to the whole of Christianity as &apos;the faith&apos;, to trust based on expectation (not &apos;blind trust&apos;), or to faith as genuine knowledge derived from experience. Based on the idea of faith as knowledge derived from experience, this article investigates religious experiences and the self-evident beliefs often arising from these experiences as possibly forming a valid part of our knowledge of God. The traditional restrictions on self-evident truths (that a truth must be recognised by all who understand it, that it must be a necessary truth and that it must be an infallible truth) are shown to be unsupported and contradicted by experience. The definition of &apos;self-evidence&apos; defended is that such beliefs are simply produced in the mind by experience instead of being inferred from other beliefs, that they are experienced as prima facie true, and that they are irresistible or impossible to disbelieve for the person who had the experience. If we accept this definition of self-evident truths, which corresponds to the way they are actually experienced rather than the version that includes arbitrary restrictions imposed by a few philosophers, not only will beliefs such as that other people have minds, or that our names are what they are, be allowed as self-evident. The experience of the gospel as the truth about God will also be a genuine self-evident truth to those who experience it as such.
Violent societies : educating the upcoming generations about their social contract : original research
Authors: Johannes L. Van der Walt and Izak J. Oosthuizen
Source: Koers : Bulletin for Christian Scholarship = Koers : Bulletin vir Christelike Wetenskap 79, pp 1 –7 (2014) http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/koers.v79i1.2123
The citizens of many countries in the world, particularly of South Africa, are experiencing the collapse of the social order in their country as a result of certain circumstances. This fact of social disintegration has led educationists to again examine the nature and contents of the social contract that the South African citizenry has entered into. In secular states, the social contract should at least be rooted in two ethical principles, namely trust and humanistic versions of the Golden Rule. Analysis of the South African social contract demonstrates this point, and also shows how a positive modus vivendi [living together] can flow from the recognition and application of these two principles. The upcoming generations should therefore be educated to understand the nature and content of their social contract, the two ethical principles, and the need for a positive modus vivendi based on their particular social contract.
Gewelddadige samelewings : die opvoeding van die opkomende geslagte rakende hulle sosiale kontrak
Die burgers van baie lande in die wêreld, dog in die besonder dié van Suid-Afrika, ervaar tans die ineenstorting van die sosiale orde in hulle land as gevolg van die inspeling van baie faktore. Hierdie toestand van sosiale disintegrasie het opvoeders en opvoedkundiges daartoe gelei om andermaal die aard en die inhoud van die sosiale kontrak waartoe Suid-Afrikaners hulle verbind het, te ondersoek. Die sosiale kontrak behoort in sekulêre state minstens in twee etiese beginsels gewortel te wees, naamlik vertroue en humanistiese weergawes van die Goue Reël. &apos;n Ontleding van die Suid-Afrikaanse sosiale kontrak illustreer hierdie punt, en toon ook hoedat &apos;n positiewe modus vivendi [saamlewe] kan voortvloei uit die erkenning en toepassing van hierdie twee beginsels. Die komende geslagte behoort derhalwe opgevoed te word om die aard en inhoud van hulle sosiale kontrak, die twee etiese beginsels waarop dit behoort te berus, en die noodsaaklikheid van &apos;n positiewe modus vivendi te verstaan en toe te pas.
A green economy? : original research
Author Petrus Simons
Source: Koers : Bulletin for Christian Scholarship = Koers : Bulletin vir Christelike Wetenskap 79, pp 1 –8 (2014) http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/koers.v79i1.2122
Economic growth has become a fetish, as it is believed to yield many benefits to society. It has its origins in the Enlightenment ideal of progress through science, technology and a free market economy. J.W. Goethe anticipated the problems of such progress in his poem Faust, especially its second part. Binswanger interprets Goethe&apos;s view on the modern economy as a form of alchemy, an attempt to master time through the invention of monetary capital. Keynes&apos;s views on progress and liquidity are compatible with this analysis. The problems, evoked by the uncritical application of scientific technology so as to increase material welfare, have given rise to a dialectic between business seeking growth and those concerned about its effects, especially on ecology. Sustainable development is an outcome of this dialectic, without abandoning it. Others, particularly those advocating décroissance [de-growth], reject the concepts underlying growth. The ideology underlying this is a combination of technicism and economism. A spiritual revolution is called for to break the hold of this ideology on society, with a change from the metaphor of the world as a machine to that of a garden-city. It is suggested that working groups should analyse the various proposals for change from the perspective of the garden-city metaphor.
&apos;n Groen ekonomie?
Ekonomiese groei het in &apos;n fetish ontaard en daar word geglo dat dit vele voordele vir die samelewing inhou. Die oorsprong hiervan kan in die Verligtingsideaal van vooruitgang deur wetenskap, tegnologie en &apos;n vryemark ekonomie gevind word. J.W. Goethe het die probleme van vooruitgang in sy gedig Faust, veral die tweede gedeelte daarvan, geantisipeer. Binswanger interpreteer Goethe se siening van die moderne ekonomie as &apos;n vorm van alchemie en as &apos;n poging om tyd deur die uitvinding van monetêre kapitaal te bemeester. Keynes se sienings van vooruitgang en likiditeit is versoenbaar met hierdie analise. Die probleme wat deur die onkritiese toepassing van wetenskaplike tegnologie ter wille van die toename in materiële welvaart opgeroep is, het aanleiding gegee tot &apos;n dialektiek tussen besigheid opsoek na groei en diegene wat bekommerd is oor die gevolge daarvan, veral die ekologiese gevolge. Volhoubare ontwikkeling is &apos;n uitkoms van hierdie dialektiek, sonder dat dit agtergelaat word. Ander, veral diegene wat décroissance [de-groei] voorstaan, verwerp die konsepte wat groei onderlê. Onderliggend hieraan is &apos;n ideologie wat &apos;n kombinasie van tegnisisme en ekonomisme is. &apos;n Spirituele revolusie is nodig om die houvas wat hierdie ideologie op die samelewing het, te verbreek. Dit sluit in dat die huidige metafoor van die wêreld as &apos;n masjien na &apos;n metafoor van &apos;n tuin-stad moet verander. Daar word voorgestel dat werksgroepe die verskeidenheid voorstelle vir verandering vanuit die perspektief van die tuin-stad metafoor analiseer.
A Derridarean critique of Logocentrism as opposed to Textcentrism in John 1v1 : original research
Author Gavin P. Hendricks
Source: Koers : Bulletin for Christian Scholarship = Koers : Bulletin vir Christelike Wetenskap 79, pp 1 –8 (2014) http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/koers.v79i1.50
In Kelber&apos;s hermeneutics of John, the notion of the pre-existence Logos is central. The Logos, in his reading, is prior to the realm of history and outside the reality of the narrative text. I have argued that the Logos in John can be seen as a leading case of logocentrism as coined by Derrida. The term &apos;logocentrism&apos; refers to the Graeco-Christian or Johannine Platonic tradition according to which written language belongs to the realm of the imperfect whereas true knowledge pertains to the pre-existent, personified Logos. Derrida provides an uncompromising critique of logocentrism. He read Western theology and philosophy not in terms of a fading logocentrism and a rise of textcentrism, but rather in terms of the illusion of logocentrism. Derrida&apos;s principle of distress is the referential paradigm of language. The linguistic sign is defined by the signifier and the signified. The signifier constitutes the visible marks committed to paper and the signified is the so-called meaning we attached to them. For Derrida, written language is generally seen as inferior whereas spoken language takes on transcendental significance and an ontological status to the referent of language. The Western tradition of philosophy and theology views writing as exterior whereas speech appears as innocent. Derrida&apos;s logocentrism approach challenges the privileging of speech over writing in the referential system, accusing Western theology and philosophy of falsely enslaving the sign by establishing a transcendental signifier over against writing. In this article, these ideas of Derrida are applied by reading the Logos in the Johannine narrative from the perspective of orality and textuality.
Author Helena Hoogstad
Source: Koers : Bulletin for Christian Scholarship = Koers : Bulletin vir Christelike Wetenskap 79, pp 1 –2 (2014) http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/koers.v79i1.2199
Dit is aangenaam om die vier afsonderlike bundels met 2014 se artikels vir ons lesers aan te bied. Benewens die normale Koers 79(1)-uitgawe is daar ook drie spesiale uitgawes. Die tema van Koers 79(2) is Christelike leierskap in die werkplek. Dit bevat &apos;n versameling artikels wat vir vakkundiges sowel as (Christen-)leiers in &apos;n verskeidenheid werksomgewings van belang is. Die tema van Koers 79(3) is Nuanses in die wysbegeerte van die wetsidee. Hierdie mini-uitgawe bevat uitstaande en gespesialiseerde akademiese bydraes gerig op die verdere kritiese ontwikkeling van hierdie idee binne die reformatoriese filosofie. Die artikel van Marinus Dirk Stafleu waarin hy kommentaar op Danie Strauss se Philosophy: Discipline of the disciplines (2009) lewer, lei die uitgawe in. In drie verdere artikels, waaronder een van Strauss self, word op hierdie bydrae gereageer. Die laaste bundel vir 2014, Koers 79(4), is &apos;n bekendstelling van sommige van die nuutste navorsing oor Calvyn in &apos;n temanommer getiteld, Calvyn: Die gesag van God.
Editorial : Koers 79, 2014
Source: Koers : Bulletin for Christian Scholarship = Koers : Bulletin vir Christelike Wetenskap 79, pp 1 –2 (2014) http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/koers.v79i1.2198
It is a pleasure to present our readers with 4 different issues of Koers articles for 2014. Apart from our normal Koers 79(1) number, we have also published three special editions. The theme of Koers 79(2) is Christian leadership in the workplace and its contributions are relevant to both subject specialists and (Christian) leaders in a variety of work environments. Koers 79(3) is a mini-edition titled Nuances in the Philosophy of the Cosmonomic Idea. It contains outstanding specialised academic contributions aimed at the further critical development of this particular idea within reformational philosophy. An article by Marinus Dirk Stafleu, in which he comments on Danie Strauss&apos;s Philosophy: discipline of the disciplines, introduces this volume. It is followed by three response articles, including a response by Strauss. The last number of 2014, Koers 79(4) introduces new research contributions on the theme of Calvin: The authority of God.