Abstract
A critical-hermeneutical perspective on marriage in postmodern times 
 
 This research report consists of two articles. The first part is titled: Biblical models of marriage: A critical perspective. In the first article the book of Adrian Thatcher (1999) Marriage after modernity: Christian marriage in postmodern times, is discussed in conjunction with other relevant studies. His hermeneutical approach identifies five Biblical models of marriage. An overview and discussion of these models lead to the question of whether these models could assist in understanding the essence of marriage in postmodern times. Based on the research of recent studies, this second article is an attempt to modify and implement his models as a possible framework and guidelines to address the complexity of marriage in our context.
Highlights
This research report consists of two articles
Die gegewens wat ons wel uit die Skrif kry, moet ons noukeurig ondersoek en binne konteks lees
Hierna word gepoog om teologies daarop te reflekteer
Summary
In ’n voorafgaande artikel is die modelle wat Thatcher (1999) in sy navorsing as moontlike Bybelse modelle van die huwelik aangebied het, bespreek en geëvalueer. Laastens, is Thatcher (1999:119) van oortuiging dat Middeleeuse teorieë oor die huwelik, waar daar aan mekaar trou beloof is voor die seremoniële huwelik, gebruik kan word om in ’n postmoderne konteks as basis vir ’n teologie vir die toetrede tot die huwelik te dien. Die rede waarom Thatcher (1999:130) die tradisie van verlowing propageer, is nie omdat dit mense wat saamwoon, meer aanvaarbaar sal laat lyk nie, maar omdat daar historiese en teologiese redes is vir die herinstelling daarvan. As dit aanvaar word dat die toetrede tot die huwelik ’n proses is, met stappe soos verlowing en seremonie, kan die spanning en verleentheid wat saamwoon vir mense in ons tyd teweegbring, verminder word.
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