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Piet J. Naudé, Neither Calendar Nor Clock: Perspectives on the Belhar Confession (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2010), xxxi + 255 pp., $25.00/£16.99 (ISBN 9780802862594).

Piet J. Naudé, Neither Calendar Nor Clock: Perspectives on the Belhar Confession (Grand Rapids:... The Confession of Belhar has made a mark on Reformed churches far beyond what might initially have been expected. Begun in 1982 as a confession of a small, poor and marginal church, the Dutch Reformed Mission Church, it has not only functioned as the confessional core of the Uniting Reformed Church of Southern Africa, and not only been at the center of discussions among the Reformed family of churches in South Africa, it has also been adopted in Europe by the United Protestant Church of Belgium and in the United States by the Reformed Church in America. In this illuminating book, Piet Naudé, professor of ethics and director of the Business School at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, offers convincing reasons why Belhar should be received and adopted as a confession beyond the immediate context of the struggle against apartheid by the DRMC. He does so by arguing that the Belhar meets the standard of what constitutes a confession in the Reformed understanding. Karl Barth’s famous 1925 address to WARC on the desirability of a universal Reformed creed provides the background for Naudé’s argument. Just so, Naudé meets the frequent objection that while Belhar may function as a policy http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Reformed Theology Brill

Piet J. Naudé, Neither Calendar Nor Clock: Perspectives on the Belhar Confession (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2010), xxxi + 255 pp., $25.00/£16.99 (ISBN 9780802862594).

Journal of Reformed Theology , Volume 6 (3): 323 – Jan 1, 2012

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© Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Book Reviews
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1872-5163
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1569-7312
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10.1163/15697312-12341256
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The Confession of Belhar has made a mark on Reformed churches far beyond what might initially have been expected. Begun in 1982 as a confession of a small, poor and marginal church, the Dutch Reformed Mission Church, it has not only functioned as the confessional core of the Uniting Reformed Church of Southern Africa, and not only been at the center of discussions among the Reformed family of churches in South Africa, it has also been adopted in Europe by the United Protestant Church of Belgium and in the United States by the Reformed Church in America. In this illuminating book, Piet Naudé, professor of ethics and director of the Business School at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, offers convincing reasons why Belhar should be received and adopted as a confession beyond the immediate context of the struggle against apartheid by the DRMC. He does so by arguing that the Belhar meets the standard of what constitutes a confession in the Reformed understanding. Karl Barth’s famous 1925 address to WARC on the desirability of a universal Reformed creed provides the background for Naudé’s argument. Just so, Naudé meets the frequent objection that while Belhar may function as a policy

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Published: Jan 1, 2012

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