Confessing Belhar In America

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" Confessing Belhar In America "
Allan Janssen

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1073167
Doc. No	:	LA116796
Call No	:	‭10.1163/156973107X197356‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Allan Janssen
Title & Author	:	Confessing Belhar In America [Article]\ Allan Janssen
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Journal of Reformed Theology
Date	:	2007
Volume/ Issue Number	:	1/2
Page No	:	195–203
Abstract	:	This article examines how the consideration of adoption of the Belhar Confession by the Reformed Church in America surfaces issues concerning the nature of confession. Reflection on how confessions have in fact been used in the Reformed church show that they have functioned as markers of identity and as a way of shaping a religious way of being. The article proceeds to argue that by assessing to whom a confession is addressed, three uses become apparent: confession is addressed to the church as a hermeneutic through which it reads scripture; addressed to the world as a truth that must be spoken; and to God as a song that is sung. This article examines how the consideration of adoption of the Belhar Confession by the Reformed Church in America surfaces issues concerning the nature of confession. Reflection on how confessions have in fact been used in the Reformed church show that they have functioned as markers of identity and as a way of shaping a religious way of being. The article proceeds to argue that by assessing to whom a confession is addressed, three uses become apparent: confession is addressed to the church as a hermeneutic through which it reads scripture; addressed to the world as a truth that must be spoken; and to God as a song that is sung.
Descriptor	:	A.A. VAN RULER
Descriptor	:	BELHAR CONFESSION
Descriptor	:	CONFESSION
Descriptor	:	REFORMED CHURCH IN AMERICA
Descriptor	:	UNITING REFORMED CHURCH IN SOUTHERN AFRICA
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/156973107X197356‬