Why minds are changed: an inquiry into the decisions by the Gereformeerde Kerke in Suid-Afrika (GKSA) on the role of women in the church

Abstract

For a long time, interpretation was taken for an activity that did not seem to require analysis of its own procedures (Iser, 2000:1).Adherents of each doctrinal system constitute an "authoritative community" that dictates to the Bible that which the Bible is permitted to say (Noll, 2000:1

Feminist interpretation in the context of reformational theology: a consideration

“…It just goes to show how interpreters are in the final analysis also influenced by their subjective perspectives on "what the text says" -another aspect that hermeneutical theory has underlined especially over the past three decades (cf. Osiek, 1997:963;Van Deventer, 2005).…”

Grammaties-historiese eksegese: quid est et quo vadis?

“…Die moderne literatuurwetenskap het die rol van die leser in die leesproses op teoretiese vaste grond geplaas. Daar is ook al aangetoon hoe hierdie teorie getoets kan word met betrekking tot die verstaan van die Bybel wat die rol van die vrou in die kerk betref(Van Deventer, 2005b) Snyman (2007). het die hele saak aangaande die rol van die leser in die leesproses, en die verantwoordelikheid wat dit meebring in diepte bespreek.…”