Original Research

The marks of the church in South Africa today - In dialogue with Jürgen Moltmann on his 80th birthday

PJ Naude
Verbum et Ecclesia | Vol 27, No 3 | a196 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/ve.v27i3.196 | © 2006 PJ Naude | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 30 September 2006 | Published: 30 September 2006

About the author(s)

PJ Naude, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa

Full Text:

PDF (96KB)

Abstract

In this celebration of Moltmann’ s 80th birthday, an ecclesiological reading of his well known trilogy, Theology of hope, The crucified God, and The church in the power of the Spirit is attempted. It is asserted that Moltmann’ s discussion of the marks of the church is a high point and summary of his early theological development. These insights are then applied to the situation of the church in South Africa today. The article closes with four contextual questions which are then “answered” in terms of the marks of the church.

Keywords

No related keywords in the metadata.

Metrics

Total abstract views: 3953
Total article views: 4258

 

Crossref Citations

1. Poverty and the COVID-19 pandemic: A challenge to the church
Johan M. van der Merwe
HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies  vol: 76  issue: 1  year: 2020  
doi: 10.4102/hts.v76i1.6221