The two faces of Calvin in South Africa: In honour of the 500th commemoration of John Calvin’s birth (Part II)

Authors

  • P Naude

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17570/ngtt.2009.v50n3.a28

Keywords:

Confession of Belhar, Reception of Abraham Kuyper, Reception of John Calvin, Status confessionis,

Abstract

In this two-part reflection, the two receptions of Calvin in South Africa are set out against the background of the status confessionis debate in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The first reception of Calvin (see previous article) occurred via the neo-Calvinist interpretation of Abraham Kuyper as adopted in the specific context of South Africa. The second reception (this article) stood in direct opposition to this and attempted to interpret both Kuyper and Calvin in a liberative sense. This article ends with a short analysis of the rejection clauses of the Behar confession to demonstrate how the second reception of Calvin played in definitive role in the formulation of this confession.

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Published

2009-12-31

Issue

Vol. 50 No. 3&4 (2009)

Section

Articles | Artikels

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