- Description:
- HTS Theological Studies is an acclaimed Open Access journal with broad coverage that promotes multi-, inter-, and transdisciplinary religious aspects of studies in the international theological arena. The journal’s publication criteria are based on rigorous research, accountable methodologies and novel findings based on sound ethical standards. Its focus and scope are therefore contested Historical Thought and Source Interpretation (HTS). From a multidisplinary theological perspective, the notion ‘historical thought’ covers the textual and oral history and hermeneutical studies, myths, legends, narratives and philosophies behind the Abrahamic religions as expressed in the Hebrew Scriptures, Apocrypha, Pseudepigrapha, Qumran literature, the New Testament, Intertestamental literature, Rabbinic literature, Patristic literature and the Qur'an. The aspect ‘thought’ refers to the classical use of the concept fides quaerens intellectum (‘faith seeking understanding’), including the traditional university disciplines involving systematic, historical, exegetical and practical reflection – often within a paradigm in which the intersection of philosophy, religious studies, social sciences, humanities and natural sciences generate an interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary contested discourse. The notion ‘source’ alludes to the sources of origins of our endeavour to come to grips with reality. It focuses on the history of religions, as well as phenomenology, psychology, philosophy and sociology of religion(s). The combination of the notions ‘source’ and ‘interpretation’ refers to the exegesis of the Ancient Near Eastern scriptures and the Early Church, including studies in the field of early Christian literature, Targum research, Mishna, Talmud, Qumran and Nag Hammadi literature, Apocrypha, Pseudepigrapha, Septuagint, Patristics, Gnostic literature, and Christian-confessional and faith-based sources during both the pre-Enlightenment and post-Enlightenment periods.
- ISSN:
- 2072-8050
- Website:
- http://hts.org.za
- Publisher:
- AOSIS
- Frequency:
- Continuous
- Journal discipline:
- Arts and humanities
- Subject area:
- Arts and Humanities