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Attachment theory and religious violence : theorizing adult religious psychopathology
(Association for the Study of Religion in Southern Africa, 2017)This paper explores the ways in which attachment disruptions might increase the risk of adult religious psychopathology by drawing parallels between the possible symbolisms lying behind religious violence and the concept ...
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Decolonising development? : re-claiming Biko and a black theology of liberation within the context of faith based organisations in South Africa
(Southern African Missiological Society, 2018)An upsurge in interest with regard to the role of religion in development has also seen an increase in the study of Faith Based Organisations (FBO’s). These organisations have been less well studied within the South African ...
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Die skending van die menswaardigheid van ouer bruin staatspensioenarisse
(LitNet, 2017)In hierdie bydrae word die sosio-ekonomiese situasie van bruin ouer persone teologies-pastoraal vertolk om te probeer vasstel of hierdie situasie hul menswaardigheid skend. Vir hierdie doel is ’n teologiese teorie van ...
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Die reformatoriese verstaan van die geloofsgemeenskap (gemeente) as ’n publieke gemeenskap
(Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology, 2008)This article focuses on the Reformed theological understanding of the church as a public church. Although the Reformation did not know the term ‘public church’, the concept behind the term was from the beginning intrinsic ...
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A feminist pastoral approach to gender-based violence in intimate partner relationship within marriage
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: From my experience as a minister in the Anglican Church of Southern Africa, I have observed that gender-based violence in intimate partner relationships is prevalent in society. Pastoral care focusing on ...
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Mission as frontier-crossing and identity formation : an integrating contextual missiology
(Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology, 2009)This paper introduces preliminary parameters of an integrating contextual missiology (ICM). It develops the thematic and methodological aspects of cultural, ethnic and religious frontiers and identities in mission and ...
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Resilience of faith communities on the Cape Flats [SA] : a pastoral theological perspective
(Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology, 2009)Coloured and Black communities on the Cape Flats were established on the Cape Flats as part of Verwoerdian Apartheid, a massive programme of social engineering implemented by the National Party which came to power in 1948 ...
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Pastorale berading as deel van die multidissiplinêre voortgesette behandeling van middelafhanklike persone
(2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This research investigates the current contribution of pastoral counseling to the continuous care of persons recovering from substance abuse in the Western Cape from the viewpoint of increasing the ...
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Mission as humanisation in the life and work of Bishop Joseph Shanahan : theological evaluation of an intercultural encounter in South-East Nigeria
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The predilection of humanity to replace the core essentiality of its existence with a peripheral worldview is plausible. This might be due to the dearth of humanistic virtues in Christendom today, resulting ...
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Sexual violence : from abuse (power) to "sacrament" (human dignity) : towards the sanctification of the genitals in a pastoral hermeneutics
(Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology, 2009)It is argued that sexual violence and rape (the abuse of power) has its roots in an understanding of sex and sexuality derived from the spiritual notion of intimate love (healthy sexuality) and responsible human decision ...
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Missio Dei and ethnic diversity in Africa : a reflection on the metaphor of community
(Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology, 2009)This article explores the concept of the missio Dei as it affects the Christian missionary enterprise in Africa. It offers a brief overview of the theocentric understanding of mission as a holistic approach that does not ...
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Clowning on the pulpit? : contours of a comic vision on preaching
(Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology, 2009)This paper revisits the concept of the preacher as clown, tracing some aspects of the basic philosophy and history behind this somewhat unconventional understanding of the ministry. Attention is given to aspects such as ...
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As it is in heaven? : reflections on liturgical reframing
(Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology, 2009)This article reflects on the phenomenon of a growing dissatisfaction and restlessness with traditional forms of worship as well as on some conceptions of the notion of liturgical renewal. It proposes that a fundamental ...
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The role of the church in ending female genital mutilation/cutting in order to promote the flourishing of women : a case study of the Wolaita Kale Heywet Church, Southern Ethiopia
(2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) is the most harmful traditional practice (HTP) when it comes to affecting the flourishing of women in Wolaita, Southern Ethiopia. This study is motivated by the ...
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Churches as community development locus : addressing the challenges of the girl child in the Eastern Highlands of Zimbabwe
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The girl child in Zimbabwe encounters great suffering emanating from cultural, traditional and, at times, religious factors. These, in total, make the girl child’s life challenges innumerable. While the ...
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The hermeneutics of intercultural pastoral care : from 'psyche' to 'position' (Habitus) within the healing dynamics of life (Cura vitae)
(Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology, 2010)n a systemic approach to life care (cura vitae), position and habitus becomes more predominant as guiding constructs in theory formation for a pastoral anthropology than personality and behaviour and their relatedness ...
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Pastoral anthropology beyond the paradigm of medieval thinking : from 'cura animarum' (the anthropologyof substantial thinking and nous) to 'cura vitae' (the anthropology of systems thinking and phronesis)
(Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology, 2010)The philosophy of the middle ages can be described as the period of scholasticism. Scholasticism is a technical term for the period wherein the Christian faith and doctrine started to merge with the paradigms of ancient, ...
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Reading films as human texts : yesterday and the dismantling of stigmatisation in a pastoral hermeneutics within the context of the HIV pandemic
(Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology, 2009)The paper, based on a masters’ thesis, explores the possibility of extending the traditional understanding of theology as fides quarens intellectum, with its emphasis on knowledge, to fides quares imaginem, with its ...
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Women and church leadership revised : the implications of a missional ecclesiology and a theological anthropology
(Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology, 2010)The position of women in church leadership positions is still a burning issue. A key aspect of the issue is sexual identity and its implication for women in church leadership structures. Changing contexts and shifting ...
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The liminality of liturgy
(Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology, 2010)This paper proposes that the church cannot be edified without taking cognizance of the role and function of liturgy. Whilst liturgical experimentation seems to be the rule of the day, a plea is made for responsible liturgical ...
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In search of a holistic music ministry in the South Korean context : a liturgical investigation
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This research proposes a holistic reciprocity between the work of the Spirit, human activities and the role of music and the dynamic interconnectedness between liturgy, theology, music and Christian lives ...
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Social capital and the imperatives of the concept and life of ubuntu in the South African context
(Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology, 2011)In this paper, I explore the relationship between ‘social capital’ and the African concept and way of life of ubuntu. I argue that very close parallels exist in the manner that the concept of social capital and African ...
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Healing the scars : a theological-hermeneutical analysis of violence from the perspectives of both perpetrators and victims
(Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology, 2011)Violence is a reality within the South African society and it has a devastating effect on the victims, the perpetrators and the society at large. The recent outbreak of xenophobic violence in De Doorns in the Western Cape, ...
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The rhetoric of persuasion in preaching : a homiletical investigation within a South Korean context
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The purpose of preaching is to elicit transformation in the lives of its listeners. Today, however, in the lives of millions of people who hear sermons in South Korea, changes do not seem to happen. The ...
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Women and male power : a study of the Missional policy of the African Independent Church in Northern Zambia
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This is a missiological study about the lived experiences of Bemba women in the Mutima Church in Northern Zambia. It seeks to interrogate how these women respond to the male-formulated policy in the church. ...
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The liturgy of conversion : evangelism praxis in the Methodist churches of Cape Town
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The problem addressed is why the Methodist Churches of Cape Town do not expand vigorously through evangelism and conversion. The hypothesis is that a careful listening to church leaders and observation ...
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Black Pain is a White Commodity : moving beyond postcolonial theory in practical theology : #CaesarMustFall!
(AOSIS Publishing, 2017)Postcolonialism and decolonising campaigns are expressions of human pain on the level of identity confusion (inferiority), ideological abuse (cultural discrimination) and structural oppression (imperialistic exploitation). ...
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'n Praktiese teologiese ondersoek na kontemporêre jeugkultuur en depressie in tienerdogters
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie navorsingstudie fokus op die invloed van kontemporêre jeugkultuur op depressie onder tienermeisies. ’n Praktiese teologiese ondersoek is gedoen, spesifiek in die veld van jeugbediening. ’n ...
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Offender reintegration : a challenge to the Uniting Reformerd Church in SA, Porterville, in its ministry of reconciliation, restoring and healing to the relaesed offender in the local community
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: People re-entering society after a period of incarceration often experience an identity crisis regarding their life orientation. Society is reluctant to receive perpetrators back into the community after ...
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God at work : an exploration of the dynamic inter-relationship between the reign of God and the people of God
(Pieter de Waal Neethling Trust, 2016)In this article, it is argued that we must take seriously the missional invitation of the Triune God to communion and fellowship. Further, it is argued that it is this invitation which informs, shapes and forms the nature ...
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