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Happiness : a primer for theological engagement
(Pieter de Waal Neethling Trust, 2015)This essay discerns themes in the interdisciplinary study of happiness. We distinguish between the concepts of hedonic and eudaimonic happiness, as well as the concepts of well-being and quality of life. We also discuss ...
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Happy? : a critical analysis of salvation in Ellen Charry that portrays human flourishing as healing, beauty and pleasure
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2015-03)Happiness and human flourishing has increasingly, especially in American and German theological writing, become a focus in systematic theological research on creation, salvation and eschatology. The doctrine of salvation ...
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He who laughs last – Jesus and laughter in the Synoptic and Gnostic traditions
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2014-05)The aim of the article is to examine the meaning of references to laughter in the Synoptic Gospels and a number of Gnostic texts. Whereas Jesus is depicted as an object of ridicule (Mk 5:40 par.) and as condemning those ...
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Hearing the Living Word of God today? : a systematic-theological investigation into the authority and interpretation of scripture for contemporary Korean Presbyterianism
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2011-12)AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die krisis rakende Skrifgesag vra ‘n dringende sistematies-teologiese ondersoek om ‘n weg vanuit dié krisis aan te dui deur ‘n oortuigender, meer verstaanbare en belowende benadering te bied om ...
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The Heidelberg Catechism on prayer : relevance of a 16th century confession for 21st century households
(University of the Free State, 2014)In a world characterized by power abuse and violence, where and how would people with the life-affirming ethos of God's alternative kingdom be formed? In view of this challenge, the essay explores the potential of the third ...
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Die Heidelbergse Kategismus as kategetiese leerstof
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 1973-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: No abstract available
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Heiligheid, geregtigheid, heiliging? : 'n kritiese ondersoek na die verbande tussen liturgie, geregtigheid en menseregte in die denke van Nicholas Wolterstorff
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2011-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study is ‘n research proposal for a possible D.Th degree. The research objective is to explore critically the thought and teachings of Nicholas Wolterstorff, a leading Christian philosopher, that ...
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Heling van die familie : 'n kritiese ondersoek na pastorale dimensies van die liturgie
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2009-12)AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die een en twintigste eeu word onder andere gekenmerk deur ‘n snel veranderende samelewing, wat implikasies inhou op makro gebied (filosofies, tegnologies en teologies) sowel as mikro gebied (daar ...
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"Die Here is in sy heilige tempel" – oor die teenwoordigheid van God in die erediens
(Dept. of Systematic Theology and Ecclesiology, Stellenbosch University, 2002-04)The question on how God’s presence in the worship of the church can be discerned is once again on the theological table because of two contextual influences, namely postmodernism and the image-oriented culture in which ...
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Die Hermannsburgse sending-genootskap in Suid-Afrika met 'n beskouing oor hul beleid en metodes op die sendingstasies Ramaliane en Bethel in Wes-Transvaal
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 1947)No abstract available.
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A hermeneutic of learned helplessness : the Bible as problem in pastoral care
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2005-12)This paper attempts an exploration and description of a hermeneutic of learned helplessness. Drawing on insights from both psychology and theology, it problematises the interaction that an individual believer can develop ...
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The hermeneutical nexus of an undenominational Bible school : an application of philosophical hermeneutics and the literary analysis of Paul Ricoeur to the Carroll model for congregational studies
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2004-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The hermeneutical nexus and an undenominational Bible School. This dissertation arose out of reflections on the Carroll Handbook Jor Congregational Studies and inter alia seeks to give a philosophical ...
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Hermeneutics in identity formation : Paul's use of Genesis in Galatians 4
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2011-04)Paul’s hermeneutics, in dealing with the scriptures and traditions of Israel and his concern for a specific identity for the communities he interacted with, require attention for the reciprocal, interrelationship between ...
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Hermeneutiek van inklusiwiteit : Handelinge 15 as Bybelse raamwerk vir aanvaarding van die homoseksuele persoon binne die Verenigende Gereformeerde Kerk in Suider Afrika (VGKSA)
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2006-12)In present day society and the context within which we find ourselves, the word “marginalised” is not altogether uncommon, therefore the marginalised is on the rise. It is precisely the marginalised that feel the need to ...
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'n Hermeneutiese besinning oor die relevansie van die legitimasie-verklaring van die NG Kerk vir kontekstuele spreke oor God
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2007-12)This assignment takes a look at the relevance of the declaration signed on the day of legitimation by future pastors of the Ned. Geref. Kerk. It is evaluated according to its use for pastors as a guide for speaking about ...
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The Hesed and Rahamim of God as resources of hope in contexts of individual and communal loss : a multi-dimensional reading of Lamentations
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This dissertation argues for the existence of hope in the book of Lamentations. Although on the surface the picture presented seems to be that of gloom, an analysis of the literary features points to the ...
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The historical context of the Accra Confession
(AOSIS Publishing, 2009-11)This article places the Accra Confession, accepted at the 24th General Assembly of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC) (2004), within the historical context of the WARC's struggle for economic justice in the ...
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A historical study of reconciliation as a challenge to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia (ELCIN) 1970-2010
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study entails a historical theological research of reconciliation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia‘s (ELCIN) and includes amongst others the engagement of ELCIN in reconciliatory work ...
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The historical understanding of the Old Testament in South Africa : Colenso, Le Roux and beyond
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2013-09)Isaiah Berlin quoted Archilochus to distinguish between two styles of academic reasoning that, to some extent, summarises the transition of historiography from Modernism to Postmodernism: ‘The fox knows many things but the ...
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Hitting the glass ceiling : reflections on women in leadership through the lenses of social Identity
(Online Research Journals, 2014-04)In Africa, we experienced a long history of patriarchal leadership not only in the spheres of politics, economics and culture but specifically also in the sphere of religion. In this regard many women aspiring for religious ...
