Francois Maritz is a pastor at the Dutch Reformed Church Hayfields in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
He obtained his Bachelors degree in Theology, as well as his Honours in Philosophy, Masters in Divinities and Masters in Spirituality at the University of the Freestate in Bloemfontein, South Africa. His research centered around using critical theory to analise the Dutch Reformed Church from a systems perspective.
Francois is currently pastoring in Pietermaritzburg, as well as actively thinking about the future of the Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa.
He loves working with diverse groups, where difference is embraced, and fresh forward thinking is celebrated.
‘N KRITIES-TEORETIESE ONDERSOEK NA IDENTITEITSVORMING VAN ‘N SISTEEM MET VERWYSING NA DIE NEDERDUITS-GEREFORMEERDE KERK IN SUID-AFRIKA....
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Die Verlies van die Wêreld Inleidend kan Modernisme gesien word as ‘n manier van beheer uitoefen, om beheer toe te pas sodat daar...
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Introduction Taylor begin sy inleiding deur te noem dat ‘n sekulere samelewing ‘n samelewing is waarin jy voluit kan deelneem sonder om...
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Peter L. Berger – The Sacred Canopy: Elements of a Sociological Theory of Religion. Chapter 5 – The Process of Secularization. “By...
The Disciplinary Revolution Calvinism and the Rise of the State in Early Modern Europe ——————– Introduction ——————– The subject of this...
———————————————————————————————————————————- The Religious Foundation of Worldly Asceticism ———————————————————————————————————————————-...
——————————————————————————————– Luther’s Conception of the Calling ——————————————————————————————– Now it is unmistakable that even in...
————————————————————— The Spirit of Capitalism ————————————————————— Definition must be gradually put together out of the individual...
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