Browsing Masters Degrees (Practical Theology and Missiology) by Title
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Addressing the HIV and AIDS stigma : a pastoral approach for church leaders in Khayelitsha
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: A research study was conducted in the form of a literature review to explore the situation of HIV and AIDS stigma in Khayelitsha in order to propose a Pastoral Approach for church leaders in that township. ... -
An African response to The postmodern Bible : is it helpful in breaking the stranglehold of idealist hermeneutics?
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 1998-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The purpose of the thesis is to determine the relevance of postmodern insights as expressed in The Postmodern Bible for Africans and evaluate their significance for African biblical scholarship. The ... -
An African women's theological analysis of a development programme : 'churches, channels of hope'
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis is offering an analysis of the Facilitator's Manual of the Christian AIDS Bureau for Southern Africa (CABSA). The analysis is situated in the context of HIV and AIDS as the manual is used to ... -
The agency of the church in HIV/AIDS among refugees in relation to the host country
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The application of the literary forms of the Bible in preaching : a Korean perspective
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2010-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The Korean Protestant Church has witnessed some conflicting views regarding theological issues as well as important socio-political events between conservatism and liberalism from the early mission era ... -
Awareness-building : a strategy for an effective relief and development approach in the Nkhoma Synod
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2011-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: ABSTRACT This paper presents a proposal of carrying out sustainable relief and development activities from the church perspective. With reference to the Nkhoma Synod Relief and Development Project, the ... -
Bedieningsvooruitsigte in 'n klein plattelandse gemeente : 'n bedieningsbeplanning vir die Ned. Geref. gemeente, Hofmeyer
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2001-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The small rural congregations, of which the Dutch Reformed Congregation ofHofmeyr is part, strive to keep the status quo with their congregational structure and leadership. However the times we live ... -
Breaktrhru [i.e breakthru] Restoration Community Church (Wellington): konteks, identiteit en uitdagings
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2009-12)AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: In ‘n sosio-ekonomies minder bevoorregte bruin gemeenskap is misdaad, alkohol- en dwelmmisbruik, werkloosheid, en armoede alledaagse verskynsels. Hoe begelei ‘n mens ‘n gemeente om ‘n missionale ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Challenges confronting infertile couples in Africa : a pastoral care approach
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-11)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In the light of scriptural understanding, children are a gift from God. Although some may choose not to have children (mostly in the Western world), others desire children more than any other thing, ... -
Challenges of disintergrating family life to youth ministry : a practical theological investigation
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The family as an indispensable social institution meant to serve as the first place of socialization, nurture and spiritual training ground for young people is disintegrating. The signs for disintegrating ... -
Christian communication in Korea : a homiletical assessment
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2009-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis is intended to assess Christian communication in the light of the conundrum of sermonic language originating from Korean pulpits. In Korea, preaching is valued highly: almost everyone is aware ... -
Christian discipleship as power encounter with South Korean indigenous leaders : an intercultural theological study
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study explores how appropriate Christian discipleship can be carried out in the Korean indigenous religious context, which encompasses belief systems such as shamanism, Buddhism, and Neo-Confucianism, ... -
Church teaching and the views of youth on sexual practices : a study amongst Anglican youth of the Cape Town diocese aged 12-19
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2006-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This research aims to establish if church-going young people adhere to the principle of ‘no sex before marriage’, or if there are competing ‘voices’ and pressures that young people succumb to. Are they ... -
Church/state partnership in development? : the case of Mitchell's plain and Khayelitsha in post-apartheid Cape Flats
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Since the Edict of Milan during the time of Constantine the Great, church and state relations were always antagonistic as Christianity was adopted as the state religion. The same is true for the South ... -
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 ... -
Community pastoral care : a critical empirical study of the role of the pastor in the community
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Pastors and congregations need to communicate the faithfulness and care of God within the real life contexts of the communities that they are a part of. The problem is that pastoral theology has been ... -
Compassion fatigue : pastoral care to HIV and AIDS caregivers within the realm of the healing professions
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This dissertation aims to address the phenomenon of compassion fatigue within the scenario - of the HIV and AIDS pandemic in South Africa where an estimated 5-6 million people are living with HIV and ... -
Congregational participation in preaching? : a practical-theology inquiry within a South-Korean context
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The value of the congregation in preaching is underestimated in the Korean church, an institution unfamiliar with having the congregation participate in preaching. Preaching has, instead, been hierarchical ...
