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'n Kerkhistoriese herlees van The Genadendal Diaries (1792-1796), met as lens die vraag na die verband tussen gender, gesondheid en godsdiens
(2014-04)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: As a historical document, The Genadendal Diaries should be read against the background of the eighteenth-century scramble by the West to conquer South Africa, among other territories. These conquering ...
A church historical judicial assessment of the Reformed Church in Zimbabwe engagement with demon possession and exorcism
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-11-21)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The Reformed Church in Zimbabwe (RCZ) was constituted in a context where the converts to Christianity believed that the diviners are the only people who have the authority to control the powers that ...
Toward a Chewa ecotheology with special reference to the thought of Ernst M. Conradie
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study concerns the possibility of the Nkhoma Synod C.C.A.P. formulating its own ecotheological views as a way toward motivating its members to participate in addressing the ecological crisis in the ...
Vulnerable embodiment : a critical analysis of Henri Nouwen’s spiritual formation theology and its possible value for the discourse on Gender and Health
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study investigates whether the counter-cultural spiritual formation theology of Henri Nouwen could make a significant contribution to the discourse on an inclusive, gender-equitable, spirituality-based ...
Graced, happy or virtuous? : three female theological voices on God and human flourishing
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The Yale Center for Faith and Culture has held seven Consultations on God and Human Flourishing, 2007 to 2013, where it was affirmed that human relation to God is reason enough for human flourishing. The ...
Love and justice as foundational principles for a community of Shalom in a globalised context
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2007-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In this thesis I show that love and justice are essential foundational principles for
creating and realizing a community of shalom in a globalised society. By examining the current inequalities (with ...
Being in touch : embodying Christian hospitality in an urban context
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-03-01)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study argues that an adequate Christian theology of hospitality understands
hospitality as an embodied practice that seeks in proximity and vulnerability, and often
from the margins, to welcome the ...
The infinite demand & the demand of the infinite : a theological-ethical evaluation of Simon Critchley’s experiments in political theology
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-03-01)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: What is a ‘faith of the faithless?’ This study investigates the question of a ‘faithless faith’ and explores its accentuations through the purview of Simon Critchley, author of Infinitely Demanding and ...
A church judicial analysis of the office of the deacon in the Reformed Church in Zimbabwe
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-03-01)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This research study analyses the office of the deacon in the Reformed Church in Zimbabwe (RCZ). This is done by taking the Scriptural and Reformed church polity understanding of the office of a deacon ...
Telling her story : constructing a historiography of mrs Alice Brink – Afrikaner woman in mission
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study is an exploration of the life and history of Alice Mabel Brink, a woman who dedicated her life to the Dutch Reformed Church’s missionary endeavours in Nigeria in the early twentieth century, ...