Gerald J Pillay
Biographic Data
| ID | 1372724 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gerald J Pillay |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gerald J |
| FAMILY NAME | Pillay |
| SIGNATURE | PILLAY G J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Otago |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Theology as a human science
Gadamer’s attempt to ’rehabilitate tradition in general clarifies that which theology and the human sciences have in common since he claims that the rehabilitation of tradition is crucial for all human science enquiry. His systematic unfolding of the hermeneutical process described in Truth and Method is discussed under three headings: The meaning of tradition and how the idea of tradition may be rehabilitated; how do we know in the human science…
Postmodernism and the hermeneutical challenge
How can one achieve the critical tension between contextual relevance in a post-modem world and "responsibility before history"? What is the justification for theological method as critical reflection within a tradition? What is the relation between ground texts that have historical authority (Scripture), the infonning tradition of interpretation of these texts (Church History), and the interpretive communities that read them (context)? Raising t…
Moya
Bethesda Temple Among Indian South Africans
BETHESDA TEMPLE AMONG INDIAN SOUTH AFRICANS BY GERALD J. PILLAY (University of South Africa) Concentrated in the province of Natal, on the South African east coast, and in some of the Transvaal and Cape Province suburbs, are over 80 congregations which belong to the Bethesda movement. This Christian movement with 35,000 members, made up almost entirely of Indian South Africans, celebrated its Golden Jubilee in 1981. In these fifty years, it has g…
Pentecostalism within a South African Community
Bethesda Temple Among Indian South Africans
BETHESDA TEMPLE AMONG INDIAN SOUTH AFRICANS BY GERALD J. PILLAY (University of South Africa) Concentrated in the province of Natal, on the South African east coast, and in some of the Transvaal and Cape Province suburbs, are over 80 congregations which belong to the Bethesda movement. This Christian movement with 35,000 members, made up almost entirely of Indian South Africans, celebrated its Golden Jubilee in 1981. In these fifty years, it has g…
Pentecostalism within a South African Community
Bethesda Temple Among Indian South Africans
BETHESDA TEMPLE AMONG INDIAN SOUTH AFRICANS BY GERALD J. PILLAY (University of South Africa) Concentrated in the province of Natal, on the South African east coast, and in some of the Transvaal and Cape Province suburbs, are over 80 congregations which belong to the Bethesda movement. This Christian movement with 35,000 members, made up almost entirely of Indian South Africans, celebrated its Golden Jubilee in 1981. In these fifty years, it has g…
Moya
Postmodernism and the hermeneutical challenge
How can one achieve the critical tension between contextual relevance in a post-modem world and "responsibility before history"? What is the justification for theological method as critical reflection within a tradition? What is the relation between ground texts that have historical authority (Scripture), the infonning tradition of interpretation of these texts (Church History), and the interpretive communities that read them (context)? Raising t…
Theology as a human science
Gadamer’s attempt to ’rehabilitate tradition in general clarifies that which theology and the human sciences have in common since he claims that the rehabilitation of tradition is crucial for all human science enquiry. His systematic unfolding of the hermeneutical process described in Truth and Method is discussed under three headings: The meaning of tradition and how the idea of tradition may be rehabilitated; how do we know in the human science…
Christian Theology and Mission (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · History (3 works) · Ancient history (2 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Hermeneutics (2 works)