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Die geskiedenis van die kategese In die Gereformeerde kerke in Suid Afrika, 1859 - 2009
Full text linkPhD (Dogmatics), North-West University, Potchefstroom, CampusThis study is a scientific investigation of the history of catechesis in the Reformed Churches in South Africa from 1859 to 2009. A full picture of the history of catechesis in the Reformed Churches in South Africa is necessary with a view to evaluation and planning which are needed, as the history of catechesis in the Reformed Churches in South Africa has never been investigated and recorded. The focus of this study was church catechesis (as opposed to catechesis in the home or school). The foundation of catechesis is found in the Word of God. The historic development of catechesis from the New Testament to the Nearer Reformation was investigated as a background for this study. Catechesis in the Reformed Churches in South Africa was especially influenced by the Nearer Reformation. The Nearer Reformation emphasised both the subject and the object of catechesis. In the course of the history of catechesis over the centuries, more and more emphasis was placed on the objective content of faith (fides quae creditur), at the expense of the subjective acts of faith (fides qua creditur). Catechists like A. Hellenbroek, W. Schortinghuis, J. Borstius, W.A. Brakel and B. Smytegelt had a positive influence on the practice of catechesis in the Reformed Churches in South Africa. The catechesis books of these catechetics were used in the Reformed Churches in South Africa for many years. The historic development of catechesis in South Africa from 1652 to 1859, when the Reformed Churches in South Africa were established, was researched with a view to identifying the influences on catechesis in the Reformed Churches in South Africa. Catechesis in the Reformed Churches was regarded as ecclesiastical services performed by the office of the minister. However, long distances between communities, many congregations and few ministers in the period shortly after the founding of the Reformed Churches in South Africa made it necessary to use catechesis teachers from among suitable members in the congregations. Because catechesis has an official character, matters of catechesis were addressed in meetings of the church councils and of supervising bodies. To a greater or a lesser extent, attention was paid at class level and at synod level to the curricula, syllabi and practical application of catechesis. The learning
outcomes of catechesis were addressed repeatedly. In the earliest years of the history of catechesis in the Reformed Churches in South Africa, the learning outcomes were seen as certainty of faith, maturity of faith, obedience to faith and confession of faith. Confession of faith gave admission to the Holy Communion. The 36th synod meeting of 1976 distinguished a dual goal: (a) the individual goal to guide the catechumen towards confession of faith and participation in the Holy Communion, and (b) the common goal to guide the children of the covenant towards an intentional life in full community with God's people. In 2004, the learning outcome of catechesis was formulated as guiding the catechumen towards certainty of salvation and appropriation of salvation. In the years 1961-1970 the synod thoroughly addressed the principle facets of catechesis. The 1967 synod meeting approved a report which principally addressed catechesis in the Reformed Churches in South Africa in terms of all its aspects. From 1935 to 1958, the possibility of appointing a permanent catechesis organiser was considered at synod level. Over the years, various delegate groups paid attention to this matter, as instructed by synod meetings. The synod meeting of 1955 approved the appointment of a catechesis organiser. Dr K.S. van Wyk de Vries of Bloemfontein was appointed in this position, which he accepted on 1July1955. However, many people were ardently opposed to this development and made their opinions known in remonstrances and in letters in Die Kerkblad
(Newsletter of the Church). On 27 January 1958, the synod meeting condemned the appointment of a catechesis organiser, and shortly afterwards Dr K.S. van Wyk de Vries accepted an appointment as minister in a Pretoria congregation. Thus, the unpleasant and hostile proceedings with regard to a catechesis organiser were concluded. Through all the decades of its existence, the Reformed Churches in South Africa were concerned with textbooks for its catechesis. From 1970 to 2009 catechesis manuals were used instead of
textbooks, and newly compiled manuals for all classes were published in 1983, 1990 and 2000. The history of catechesis in the Reformed Churches in South Africa rests on 8 principles: 9) Ecclesiological: catechesis is seen as an ecclesiastic service. 10) Diaconiological: catechesis is ecclesiastic service through the office of the minister. 11 ) Pistological: the learning outcomes of catechesis are certainty of salvation and appropriation of salvation. 12) Phaseological: the children of the covenant are the object of catechesis.
13) Theocentric: God is the Subject of catechesis. 14) Didagonal: the learning content of catechesis is the Bible, the Heidelberg Catechism and ecclesiastical history. 15) Methodological: it was determined that catechesis should be taught orderly according to
certain methods. 16) Practically oriented: decisions were made about all practical matters concerning catechesis, such as duration, venues, class divisions etc.Doctora
Die verwerkliking van die geloof in die kerklike kategese: basisteoretiese perspektiewe
Full text linkTersaaklike vakliteratuur en empiriese ondersoeke toon dat verbondskinders se verhouding met God dikwels stagneer nadat hulle belydenis van geloof afgelê het. Ook skyn dit asof hierdie kinders dikwels nie ontwikkel tot die belewing van hulle geloof nie. Volgens empiriese data en menings wat uitgespreek word in tersaaklike vakliteratuur kom dit voor asof die onderrig in kerklike kategese hoofsaaklik objektief met die Bybel omgaan en dat verbondskinders nie genoegsaam begelei word tot ’n subjektiewe belewing van hulle geloof nie. Dogmaties benadruk hierdie artikel die verhouding tussen die objektiewe ontvang van die heil (fides quae creditur) en die subjektiewe toe-eiening en uitlewing van die heil (fides qua creditur). Die genade van God impliseer nie dat verbondskinders passiewe mense word nie. Inteendeel, die verbondsbeloftes en -eise vra ’n aktiewe benadering van geloof en die ondervind van die volle reikwydte van God se genadeverbond. In die proses van kategetiese onderrigleer moet verbondskinders op ’n aktiewe wyse begelei word om God se genade deelagtig te word. Verbondskinders word immers deur die doop vermaan en verplig tot ’n nuwe gehoorsaamheid. God gebruik ook die kerklike kategese as middel om verbondskinders deur die werking van Gees en Woord tot heilstoe-eiening te lei. Die “beloof” van God roep om “geloof”. Belydenis moet uitloop op belewenis en verwerkliking
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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