The thousand generation covenant : : Dutch Reformed covenant theology and group identity in colonial South Africa, 1652-1814 / / Jonathan Neil Gerstner.
This study presents the religious factor in the development of a separatistic group identity among the forebears of the Afrikaners during the Dutch colonial period of South African history. Dutch Reformed covenant theology and baptism practice rooted in the thousand generation covenant theory helped...
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| Superior document: | Studies in the History of Christian Traditions ; 44 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, Netherlands ;, New York, New York : : E.J. Brill,, [1991] ©1991 |
| Year of Publication: | 1991 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies in the History of Christian Traditions ;
44. Studies in the History of Christian Traditions Online. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (292 pages) |
| Notes: | Revision of thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago, 1985. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material / Jonathan Neil Gerstner
- Acknowledgments / Jonathan Neil Gerstner
- Introduction / Jonathan Neil Gerstner
- Chapter One Covenantal Holiness and the Dutch Reformed Confessions / Jonathan Neil Gerstner
- Chapter Two The Impact of the Reformed Confessions on Colonial South Africa / Jonathan Neil Gerstner
- Chapter Three The Dutch Reformed Liturgy / Jonathan Neil Gerstner
- Chapter Four The Netherlands in the Post-Confessional Period / Jonathan Neil Gerstner
- Chapter Five The South African Response to Post-Confessional Netherlands / Jonathan Neil Gerstner
- Chapter Six Theology for the Average Person / Jonathan Neil Gerstner
- Chapter Seven The Reformed Church and the Dutch Merchant Empire / Jonathan Neil Gerstner
- Chapter Eight Sacramental Practice in the Netherlands / Jonathan Neil Gerstner
- Chapter Nine Sacramental Practice in South Africa / Jonathan Neil Gerstner
- Chapter Ten The French Reformed Factor / Jonathan Neil Gerstner
- Chapter Eleven Application / Jonathan Neil Gerstner
- Chapter Twelve Conclusion / Jonathan Neil Gerstner
- Bibliography / Jonathan Neil Gerstner
- Index / Jonathan Neil Gerstner.