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Crucifixion of masculinity : a gender critical (re)reading of the narrative of the cross as portrayed in the Gospel of Luke

Muller van Velden, Nina Elisabeth (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The South African society is violently sick to the core regarding gender and sexuality. Shockingly high statistics of gender-based violence and the everyday occurrences of gender injustices and gender ...

Wie van julle is wys en leef verstandig? : 'n multidimensionele lees van die Jakobus-brief, op weg na 'n etos van historiese lees en verantwoordbaarheid van die ekklesiaThesis

De Kock, Annemarie Susan (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In South Africa there are various gender and health issues. These issues influence and challenge South African faith communities in their daily existence. This is further justified and enhanced by unethical ...

Lawsuits in Pauls theological ethics : a historical and literary interpretation of 1 Corinthians 6:1-11

Oh, JungHwan (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: As human society develops, people often face unpleasant affairs in their daily lives. However, when they do not solve matters, they might resort to solving such matters through lawsuits. In the same way, ...

Natural law and human dignity in the Old Testament? : a case study of Isaiah 1:2-3

Kassa, Friday Sule (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This research investigates the role of nature and cultures/traditions in the ethical and theological interpretation of the Bible. To be specific, it is concerned with the legitimacy of the knowledge of ...

Job the Pious? : the theological-ethical potential of Job 31 in contemporary Africa

Musa, Hassan (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis concerns itself with the discussion of the piety of Job in the biblical book that bears his name in order to closely examine the motivation and potential of his piety in light of his oath of ...

Geweld en Patriargie in Esegiel 16 en 23 in die Suid-Afrikaanse konteks van geweld teen vroue en kinders

Gertzen, Marius (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis is an ideological critical analysis of Ezekiel 16 and 23 in the South African context of Intimate Partner Violence. The ideology of patriarchy and the ideology of violence were used as a ...

Bodies in the body of Christ : in search of a theological response to rape

Van Niekerk, Margeretha (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study argues that rape is an instrument of patriarchy, functioning in the same way as torture to keep patriarchal power hierarchies intact. Rape robs women of their voices, making and keeping them ...

The abolition of intermarriage in Ezra 10 and the ethnic identity of the postexilic Judean community : a hermeneutic study

Paulo, Bonifacio (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The present study seeks to examine the abolition of intermarriage according to Ezra 10 by asking the question as to what were the compelling reasons for such a social crisis, and to demonstrate its possible ...

Encountering the female voice in the Song of Songs : reading the Song of Songs for the dignity of Kenyan women

Juma, Dorcas Chebet (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study investigates one of the central aspects of a Kenyan woman’s identity, namely the notion of sexuality, which unfortunately also underlies numerous socio-economic and developmental challenges ...

The role of the Exodus motif in 1 Cor.10:1-13 : an intertextual study

Lubani, Sanned (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The goal of the study is to show that Paul’s usage of the Exodus Motif in 1 Corinthians 10 is intertextual in that it contains echoes and allusions from the exodus tradition. These intertextual echoes ...