ORIGINAL RESEARCH
doi: 10.4102/ve.v30i3.131

 

Church History and Church Polity in the Faculty of Theology at the University of Pretoria

 

 

Graham A. Duncan; Johan van der Merwe; Barry van Wyk

Department of Church History and Church Politics, University of Pretoria, South Africa

Correspondence

 

 

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ABSTRACT

Theology has been an integral part of the University of Pretoria since its inception and Church History has been taught since the establishment of the Faculty of Theology in 1917. At that time, the Presbyterian Church of South Africa and the Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk van Afrika (NHK) were partners. The Presbyterian link with the Faculty ceased in 1933. From 1938 the Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk (NGK) joined the NHK and this remained the situation until 2002 when the Uniting Presbyterian Church of Southern Africa re-established its links with the Faculty. At the present time, the Department of Church History and Church Polity is staffed by representatives of all three partner churches.

Keywords: church history; church polity; University of Pretoria; Faculty of Theology; Department of Church History and Church Politics

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Correspondence:
Graham Duncan
Faculty of Theology
University of Pretoria
Gauteng, 0002
South Africa
E-mail: graham.duncan@up.ac.za

Received: 27 Jan. 2009
Accepted: 12 Sept. 2009
Published: 17 Dec. 2009