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Called to work : a descriptive analysis of Call42’s research on faith and work in South Africa
(Scriber Editorial Systems, 2014-11-21)Very little empirical research has been conducted into faith and work, particularly as it relates to the experience and expectations of Christians in the world of work in South Africa. This article discusses the most recent ... -
Calvyn as praktiese teoloog : die bydrae van ’n teodramatiese paradigma
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2011-06)In order to ask the question about the role and place of a specific discipline (in this case Practical Theology), one must realise where one comes from. This article seeks to answer the question about the role of ... -
The canon law framework for arbitration of delictual disputes in the Roman Catholic Church of South Africa : a critical and comparative study
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2005-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In his analysis of conflict resolution in the church sector, Professor Coertzsen (1998:69) points out that disputes occur also within the churches. While some of the disputes are purely doctrinal, ... -
Cape Dutch Christendom and its legacy
(Pieter de Waal Neetlhling Trust, 2012)As a general concept, Christendom (corpus Christianum) – and particularly the phenomenon of patronage – are useful tools to understand the relationship between churches and cultures, and between political and civil society. ... -
Care to the human "soul" in contemporary theological theory formation. From "kerygmatics" to "fortigenetics" in a pastoral anthropology
(Pieter de Waal Neethling Trust, 2010)The core problem: whether a theological paradigm in theory formation for a pastoral anthropology, derived from, and coming from the very positivistic stance of orthodoxy, is appropriate for counselling people within ... -
A case of tribal defilement in a Kenyan rural village : a narratological and socio-rhetorical function of the motifs of 'hearing and understanding' and 'contrast' in Matthew 15:10-11 vis-à--vis Leviticus 11:1-4
(AOSIS Publishing, 2011-08)This article employed a case study to explore the theme of defilement as experienced in a Kenyan village. To provide a basis for the theological reflection on this case study, the article investigated two motifs in Matthew ... -
Celebrating the Reformation as transformation to dignity
(Pieter de Waal Neethling Trust, 2017)South Africa is on an urgent journey of transformation toward a life of dignity for all. Dignity is at the heart of the South African Constitution of 1996. Some essential building-blocks of dignity are reconciling justice, ... -
The centralization of the worship of Yahweh according to the Jewish and Samaritan Pentateuchs : a textual and theological study
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The aim of the present study is, firstly, to understand the theological implications of the phenomenon of centralization of worship in Deuteronomy 12 according to the Jewish and Samaritan Pentateuchs; ... -
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 ... -
Challenging hegemonic masculinity in John 7:53-8:11
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Violence against women can be perpetrated in various ways, among which is masculine supremacy or the desire to be a successful man at the expense of women. However, when manhood is seen as something that ... -
The changing landscape in religious leadership : reflections from rural African faith communities
(2014-05)"Religious leadership is a contested field of study in the process of finding a footing in the academic world. In Africa, a long history of hierarchical leadership is experienced - not only in the spheres of politics, ... -
The character of the purse : analyzing tax records and administrative policy from the perspective of Christology in 7th-8th century Egypt
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This dissertation is a qualitative study of literary and documentary evidence driven by a proposition: “Did Historical-Contextual Christological perspectives in seventh and eighth century Egypt have a ... -
The characterisation of Herod and the infant Jesus as masculine authority figures in the gospel according to Matthew 1 and 2
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-11)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In the first chapter, the research background and motivation for the study is explained as well as the focus on power and authority in Matthew 1-2 in regard to Jesus and Herod. Thereafter the research ... -
Charters of religious freedom : the Magna Carta (1215), Ordinance No. 7 of 1843 (South Africa), and the South African Charter of Religious Rights and Freedoms (2010)
(Church History Society of Southern Africa and Unisa Press, 2016)In June 2015 a conference was held in Oxford to commemorate the 800th Anniversary of the Magna Carta (the Great Charter). In 1865 Ordinance no. 7 of 1843 was hailed as the Magna Carta of the Dutch Reformed Church. At the ... -
Chiasm in Mark 7:24-31
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2002-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: My provisional identification of chiasm in Mark 7:24-31 initiated this multidisciplinary study of the literary shape of this interesting text. New Testament scholars tend to agree that the genre (form, ... -
Children as hermeneutes : readings of the seven parables in Matthew thirteen
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2001-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This qualitative empirical study is located in one of the aims of Bible Skills which focuses on 'the Bible in today's world' and specifically on the foregrounding of the ordinary reader in recent research. ... -
Christ and creation : early Christian theologians on Christ’s ownership of creation
(Pieter de Waal Neethling Trust, 2014)Confessing a good creation was not an independent issue for early Christian theologians. They stressed creation because according to their opinion only an independent Creator can be truly God (Athenagoras). The eternal ... -
"Christ transforming culture"? Nagedink oor die aard van die gereformeerde geloof
(Faculty of Theology, University of the Free State, 2002)The essay pays tribute to the honoree by reflecting on the nature of the Reformed faith and tradition, in which he was called to play a leading role during challenging times. It takes its departure in H. Richard Niebuhr’s ... -
‘Christ, the Head of the Church?’ : authority, leadership and organisational structure within the Nkhoma Synod of the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This dissertation has as its title: ‘Christ, the Head of the Church’: Authority, Leadership and Organisational Structure within the Nkhoma Synod of the Church of Central Africa, Presbyterian. This study ...
