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Responses of African Pentecostal churches to African refugees in Düsseldorf between 2015 and 2020 : a case study of mission and migration
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study presents the African Pentecostal Churches’ (APCs’) response to the plight of African refugees in Düsseldorf, Germany, between 2015 and 2020. The APCs’ response reveals their understanding of ... -
Communicating the Gospel in a digital age : a case study of the Dioceses of Kampala and Namirembe in the Anglican Church of Uganda
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In response to the influx of digital media use in daily life and church work, with a specific interest in the Anglican Church of Uganda (COU), this study explores and examines the communication of the ... -
The search for happiness, towards a practical theology of joy : faith seeking beatific happiness – fides quaerens beatitudinem
(De Gruyter, 2020-07-22)In the light of the eudaimonic principle of pleasure/enjoyment, the question is posed: What is meant by a spirituality of happiness? In terms of the eucharistic perspective of graceful living, and the view that human ... -
Verwondering ondanks verwonding. Tussen aftakeling (verganklikheid) en ontkieming (onverganklikheid) ‒ oor die spirituele estetika van 'n "pneumatiese liggaam" binne die knyptang van veroudering, sterwe, graf en dood
(LitNet, 2022)Antjie Krog se digbundel Verweerskrif (2006a) stel opnuut die vraagstuk van veroudering, liggaamlike aftakeling en die besef van verganklikheid, sterwe en dood aan die orde.1 Die besef van sterwe en dood laat beslis ’n ... -
Deliver us from patriarchy : a gendered perspective of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa and implications for pastoral care
(AOSIS, 2020-03-23)The church is a fertile ground for nurturing and protecting patriarchy. Within the Christian church, gender equality remains a theoretical notion, and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa (ELCSA) is no ... -
Gemeentestudies : ’n snel ontwikkelende veld van studie
(AOSIS, 2020-09-17)Congregational studies: A rapidly developing field of study. Congregational studies are not so simple to define. This may be related to the relative novelty of the discipline, but also to the variety of people who practise ... -
An empirical interrogation of the Christian/Muslim inter-religious challenges in Northern Nigeria
(Pieter de Waal Neethling Trust, 2020)Various researches indicate that Christians and Muslims in Northern Nigeria experience a tense and violent relationship that arises from a dysfunctional relationship embedded in a superiority/inferiority complex, discrimination, ... -
Researching preaching beyond the (transcribed) text in (South) Africa: Methodological considerations
(Pieter de Waal Neethling Trust, 2020)In (South) Africa, preaching should in addition to textual studies of recorded and transcribed sermon texts, also be studied as an enacted performance and thus beyond the transcribed text. This article develops an argument ... -
Die erediens en die lewe : ’n prakties-teologiese verkenning
(Pieter de Waal Neethling Trust, 2020-08-01)Worship service and life: a practical-theological exploration “Does the Sunday worship service have an impact on believers', Christian identity and way of life?” is the main question explored in this article. Using the ... -
A short history of empirical homiletics in South Africa
(Pieter de Waal Neethling Trust, 2020)In this article I am telling the story of the history of empirical homiletics, in particular the use of the Grounded Theory methodology of doing content analysis of sermons and other documents, such as interviews, to ... -
Towards the aesthetics of self-termination (suicide). The spiritual interlude between death (shadow) and life (light)
(Pieter de Waal Neethling Trust, 2020-08-01)To end one's life (suicide) creates a lot of questions concerning the identity and eventual emotional and spiritual condition of the person. Within a more religious context, the intriguing question surfaces: When a committed ... -
Integral mission and drug abuse in a changing landscape : mobilizing the United Church of Christ in the Philippines together towards life
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The War on Drugs has seen an increase in the number of deaths in the Philippines. Yet the high public approval of the war by the government reflects the disturbing reality of people’s acceptance of the ... -
A missiological investigation of the role of the Church of Christ's medical missions at Mashoko, Zimbabwe, as transformational development
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-04-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study investigates the role of the Church of Christ’s medical missions in promoting transformational development in Mashoko, Zimbabwe. The study considers a whole-person approach to well-being, a ... -
Social transformation through affirmation of human dignity : a case study of ‘Learn to Earn’
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-04-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Given South Africa’s humanitarian crisis, the intention was to explore a possible intervention to address the pervasive poverty and rapidly rising unemployment, by means of a practical theological study. ... -
Microfinance as a tool for socio-economic empowerment of rural women in Northern Malawi : a practical theological reflection
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-04-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Poverty is a multifaceted, gendered global challenge that affects women significantly more than men. To alleviate poverty and achieve sustainable development, women in the Global South are engaging in ... -
Faith formation of children : a practical theological study of child evangelism fellowship South African
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-04-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This research investigates the ministry of CEF in South Africa. As a para-church organisation operating in South Africa for over seventy years, this study seeks to establish the impact the ministry is ... -
The challenge of internal unity within the URCSA Cape regional synod : seeking to understand trust, fairness and loyalty
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-04-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Trust is the glue of relationships. This research study seeks to understand how fairness and loyalty through the Dialogical Intergenerational Pastoral Process can mobilize trust for the internal unity ... -
A phenomenological meaning of testifying about suffering within an African Pentecostal church context : exploring narratives of black South African women's lived experience
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-04-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Discourse on collective trauma and healing in post-conflict contexts have largely focused on the role of victims’ testimonies within Truth Commissions. It has not extended far enough into the role of ... -
HIV and AIDS and the stigmatisation of woman by men in Nigeria : a pastoral care intervention strategy
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-04-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Stigma is known as negative beliefs, feelings and attitudes towards people living with HIV (PLHIV), groups associated with PLHIV and other key populations at higher risk of HIV infection. Stigma and ... -
A case for 'anticipatory leadership' : Christian eschatology and anticipation as a leadership competency for ministers in 'an age of perplexity'
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-04-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Communities around the world are experiencing accelerating social change at a bewildering pace. Rapid globalisation is spurring vast advancements that require constant adaption. While society values the ...
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